Manufacturing Technician

PepsiCo Deutschland GmbH; Leicester; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 42,000

Job description

Overview

Why PepsiCo?

PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world's most loved food and drink products. Making every day favourites like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers and Monster Munch, to name a few!

We have a fantastic reputation for developing and launching products that our consumers love. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers around the world more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories. The company generated $91 billion in net revenue in 2023. In the UK we pride ourselves on being a great place to work and in 2023 have been awarded the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality (formerly Times Top 50 Employers for Women) for the 18th year in a row and Top Employer for the 12th year in a row.

We offer a competitive salary, quarterly bonus incentive, critical illness cover, discounted gym membership, market-leading health and wellbeing support, generous company pension plus so much more. In 2024 we have enhanced our extended parental leave offering, now paying in full for 26 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks for paternity leave for those who have the respective length of service. We’re also pushing our benefits to be more pep+ by offering electric cars through salary sacrifice with a partnership with Octopus Energy.

Join the world of PepsiCo Supply Chain, our famous Leicester manufacturing site is the world’s largest crisp factory producing millions of bags every day. It’s already a great plant but our ambition is to make it even greater. We not only want to be the largest crisp factory in the world, we want to be the best and that’s where you come in! Your leadership, innovation and problem solving skills will be utilised to the fullest; where in this fast paced and ever changing environment, we can go from idea to implementation in a matter of days. You will be inspired by the drive of your team and feel a true sense of connection and comradery with your colleagues who are proud to work in Leicester.

Salary & Benefits:

• £41,890.39 per annum (inclusive of shift allowance)
• Quarterly Bonus Incentive
• Competitive Pension Scheme
• 23 days holiday (with the option to buy/sell holiday)
• PPE provided by the business
• Staff discount shop
• Cycle to work scheme
• Subsidised Canteen
• Long Service Rewards

Working Hours: Continental shift pattern (4 on, 4 off) working 12 hour shifts, rotating between days & nights each block, which will also include working weekends and bank holidays. This will average to 42 hours per week.

Responsibilities

Main Accountability

The Manufacturing Technician (MT) role directly influences line performance through managing their zones to achieve Spark DMS targets. Working with a team of General Operatives (GO’s) and collaborating with the wider line team of MT’s, Shift Technicians and Operations Team leaders to understand line performance, prioritise actions and proactively apply improved performance specification (IPS), good manufacturing practices (GMP), safety and maintenance standards.

Roles & Responsibilities

The MT’s responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Coach the GOs in Health and Safety, Food Safety, Quality, Spark DMS, GMP and immediate problem solving to reinforce their training.
• Responsible to hold the GOs and GSOs in their zone accountable to the expected standards in Health and Safety, Food safety, Quality, IPS, GMP and performance across the multiple zones they are accountable for.
• Responsible for co-ordinating and prioritising the activities and resources (across their zones) to ensure efficient utilisation.
• Accountable for ensuring that the zone standards are maintained through continual auditing and verification. Accountable for identification of gaps and building capability in the zones through training and coaching using SOP and DMS processes.
• Influence and facilitate by utilising problem solving techniques to identify and resolve root causes.
• Generate data and identify trends and systemic issues to drive improvement.
• Completes validation of tasks completed by GOs to ensure performance in the zones.
• Responsible for prescribed routine maintenance activity; basic fault finding, first fixes, calibrations and running inspections including impression based maintenance. Supporting and assisting the GOs in replacing consumable parts, filters, sanitising, lubricating, checking for wear, re-building and re-starting a machine. Working with STs on engineering day activities.
• Responsible for the identification & escalation of continual improvement opportunities to the standard ways of working (Spark DMS (CL, DH,CIL..), SOPs etc, or standard work where deployed).
• Accountable for ensuring the Maintenance Management system (SAP) is utilised effectively.
• Accountable for facilitating Spark DMS completion in the zone and responsible for proactive contribution in the shift DDS meeting.
• Responsible for collaborating with other MT’s and OTL’s to ensure end to end line performance (within manufacturing environment).
• 90% time should be focused on “Maintain the Standard” 10% of time on “Improve the Standard”.
• Proactively escalating to the ST’s and shift leadership team for assistance where necessary if issues occur outside of expected capability or role remit.
• Proactively identifies, coaches and escalates where required people performance/behaviour gaps.
• Takes and drives actions based on numerical data and or machine performance.

Qualifications

What we are looking for:

• Ideally experience in a manufacturing environment and/or an autonomous role with some people coaching responsibilities.
• Desirable to have NVQ Level 2, GCSE grades A-C, O Level or equivalent.
• A motivated self-starter with a desire for success.
• Results driven and understands the link between action and results.
• Able to deliver in a fast paced environment and working to stretch targets.
• Excellent Influencer, capable of taking others with them.
• A confident communicator at all levels.
• Conscientious and resilient to do the right thing even when no one’s looking.
• Ability to hold people to account and coach effectively to change behaviours (e.g. DMS & SOP adherence, GMP).
• Results focused, understands targets.
• Can lead others to follow instructions / procedures and work as part of a team.
• Ability to maintain standards and drive continuous improvement.
• Uses initiative and is capable of solving problems.
• Good prioritisation skills.
• Motivates others and displays integrity and trust.
• Organised and methodical.
• Lead by example, demonstrating the key safe behaviours; work safe, report safe, challenge safe, action safe.
• Technical competence in operation or maintenance environment.
• Demonstrates basic mechanical competence. Capable of training and coaching others in the changing of consumable parts.
• Good understanding and application of IPS standards and equipment optimisation.
• Able to follow flow diagrams and interpret equipment manuals.
• Understand and be compliant with GCS controls (as applicable to role).
• PC literate in MS Office, Scada, SAP.

We pride ourselves on our superb workforce. The people in this business genuinely care about doing a great job! We have a common goal - strive to continuously improve our business performance and our own personal development. With the majority of executive team having been promoted organically, we are continually developing and encouraging our employees to push themselves further and offer them support with their continual learning. Career progression is incredibly important to us and we provide great opportunities to grow a long term career.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010, we value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, disability or race including; colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin.

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