Reliability Engineer

PepsiCo Deutschland GmbH; Leicester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000

Job description

Overview

PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world's most loved food and drink products. Making everyday 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 $70 billion in net revenue in 2020. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and have recently been voted a Top Employer for the 11th year in a row.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability at the centre of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com.

This role plays a vital part in orchestrating the predictive maintenance strategy through our Engineering vision and asset Reliability framework. This position will provide specialist technical support and guidance relating to vibratory monitoring and other machinery condition monitoring to our manufacturing, service and utilities areas.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement an effective condition monitoring system to monitor the performance of mechanical rotating machineries in order to improve reliability and availability assets:

• Vibration analysis (fixed and remote)
• Thermography
• Acoustic monitoring
• Process statistics/analysis
• Lubrication programme
• Assist the Engineering shift and support teams in carrying out Equipment Failure, Root Cause Analysis and Reliability Analysis.
• Supervise periodical condition monitoring and verification checks on various equipment using our fixed monitoring, remote monitoring system and other equipment condition monitoring systems and report any abnormalities.
• Generate periodic survey reports/progress reports on all CBM activities.
• Provide advanced support and direction to the site on CBM issues.
• Responsible for reviewing and interpreting machine vibration data during root cause analysis (RCA) of failures. This includes real-time and historical data in various formats from all existing systems and surveys.
• Ensure the adequate frequency of the scheduled condition monitoring and reliability improvement programs relating to reliability and performance of equipment failures.
• Prepare detailed condition monitoring and performance monitoring checklists, and estimated man-hour and job requirements.
• Coordinate closely with other sections for Engineering shutdowns and carry out reliability and performance analysis including baseline data collection and analysis following new installations, modifications, major maintenance or overhaul of mechanical machinery and equipment.
• Identify needs for maintenance and overhaul of equipment based on condition monitoring, reliability, and performance data analysis and inform the maintenance section to raise maintenance work orders.
• Review and discuss equipment condition monitoring work progress, performance and related issues through the Reliability framework, ensuring systematic and consistent implementation of work methods and procedures used in reliability management and engineering while recommending improvements.
• Receive, investigate, and resolve complaints related to performance or condition of mechanical equipment and machineries, evaluate innovative technologies, and identify opportunities for improvement, recommending changes/upgrades to maximise asset availability.

Qualifications

• Time served Engineer with a Mechanical/Electrical discipline
• Sound knowledge of rotating equipment such as pumps, bearings, gearbox, motors etc.
• Industrial experience in a food manufacturing environment would also be an advantage.
• Computer literate. Familiarity with computer software (Word, Excel, etc.)
• Strong problem-solving skillset (Root Cause Analysis tools, Kaizen, Ishikawa, Cause and Effect)
• Good influencing, presentation, communication and decision-making skills
• Proven background in coaching of technician resource on the front line

Why PepsiCo?

We offer a competitive salary, bonus, critical illness cover, flexible working, 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.

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 the 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.

A space to be y( )u

We want each and every PepsiCo employee to feel comfortable just simply being who they are and bring their full self to work. We celebrate what makes us all unique and know that to truly represent the communities around us we must reflect them in our workforce. That’s why we’ve empowered our employees to champion diversity and set up grassroots groups to drive our diversity and inclusion agenda from the ground up, embedding it in our culture. To find out more about our Employee Resource Groups (ERG’s) ask our team.

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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