Maintenance Technician - PLC Controls - Beverages

PepsiCo; Wytheville (VA); On-site; USD 95,330,000 - 128,392,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & lifestyle benefits

On-the-job training

Job summary

PepsiCo in Wytheville, VA seeks a maintenance technician to service PLC systems and advanced equipment. You will perform preventive maintenance, troubleshoot faults, and support repairs to keep production lines running safely and efficiently.

The role requires handling heat, noise, and chemicals, with on-site shifts and potential weekend coverage. Full-time employment offers health benefits and on-the-job training in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with electrical systems, product manuals, schematics, PLC, and troubleshooting breakdowns.
• Must pass a technical assessment addressing maintenance knowledge areas.
• Position requires working near heat, noise, gas, and chemicals.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance on PLC systems and related control devices.
• Program, troubleshoot, and repair PLC systems and diagnose malfunctions.
• Support preventive maintenance on other production equipment as needed.
• Document work and complete tasks in maintenance systems.

Skills

Electrical systems

PLC troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Tools

SERVO

Job description

Quick Look

• Pay: $39.15 per hour
• Location: Wytheville, VA
• Work Days: Rotating Days (Including Weekends)
• Start Time: 5:45pm
• End Time: 6:15am

Maintain and repair PLC systems and advanced equipment to ensure beloved brands like Pepsi, Gatorade, and Aquafina reach communities reliably, efficiently, and safely.

What You’ll Do

• Perform preventive maintenance on PLC systems and related control devices to support reliable operation
• Program, troubleshoot, and repair PLC systems, diagnose malfunctions and complete more complex adjustments as needed
• Support preventive maintenance and repairs on other advanced production/manufacturing equipment as needed
• Perform breakdown analysis, document findings, and implement solutions to improve equipment reliability and efficiency
• Upgrade production lines with new/upgraded equipment and technology; partner with production, quality, and other teams to dynamically problem solve
• Direct activities of outside contractors working on assigned equipment/line
• Support line package changeovers as needed to keep production running
• Enforce GMP, safety, and audit standards while working near heat, noise, gas, and chemicals
• Oversee or perform general housekeeping in work areas and around equipment
• Work independently under limited supervision (self-management) to prioritize and complete assigned work
• Document work schedule and tasks completed using required maintenance systems and records

Minimum Qualifications

• 18 years or older
• Pass technical assessment addressing job-critical maintenance knowledge areas
• Position requires continuous work near heat, noise, gas, and chemicals
• Position requires frequent lifting, climbing, standing, walking, crouching, squatting, bending and kneeling (with or without accommodation)
• Experience with electrical systems, product manuals, schematics, PLC, and troubleshooting breakdowns

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with mechanical systems including but not limited to: compressors/ammonia systems, conveyers and airveyors, and hydraulics
• Experience with electronics, gearing, pumps, kinematics, pneumatics, and PLC
• Experience with packaging/high speed production
• Experience with preventative maintenance and mechanical drawings
• Experience with SERVO

What To Expect

• On-the-Job Training: Learn the role through hands-on and classroom training
• High Energy Workplace: On the go for most of the day in a fast-paced, hands-on environment that involves lifting, bending, and moving product throughout your shift
• Health & Lifestyle Benefits: As a full-time team member, you’ll be supported with competitive pay, meaningful benefits, and opportunities to grow a long-term career at PepsiCo.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity

Our Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all other applicable laws, including but not limited to, San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901 - 4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance; and Chapter XVII, Article 9 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, commonly referred to as the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available [1] EEO is the Law & [2] View the PepsiCo EEO Policy.