Maintenance jobs in South Africa

PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

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 and human capital at the center of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people.

In South Africa (SA), you will find our products across the region at breakfast, lunch, or dinner. At the gym or on the field. In the office or on the go. We refresh, restore, and rejuvenate our consumers all day, every day with our key brands including Simba, Lay's, Liqui Fruit and Bokomo range of cereals. PepsiCo SA employs more than 13, 000 people across our three business divisions: Bakeries, Grains, Foods, Fruit, Snacks, Juice & Beverages. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com.

What we're looking for: We're looking for an Engineer II: Bakeries Technical and Engineering based in Cape Town.

• Set up, implement and drive Asset Care Program including PeMM audits and best practice implementation,
• Enable plant & equipment reliability including the reduction of breakdowns
• Drive line TE / NE performance improvement in line with bakeries Make productivity targets & productivity pipeline
• Support and enable capex / opex projects including process optimisation through equipment upgrades, modifications, overall maintenance and implementation of latest technology to enable quality and throughput enhancement
• Support the Annual Opex budget and other Key Performance metrics (PeP+)

The incumbent will serve as a subject matter expert in plant maintenance guiding and supporting maintenance managers in the maintenance of plant and equipment, including shutdowns and projects execution. He/She will support proactive and reactive maintenance and repairs to the plant and services associated with bakery including Technical investigations and solutions. Responsibilities also involve ensuring quality and process improvement, equipment reliability & Performance, improving and maintaining a safe working environment, ensuring compliance with all Health & Safety standards, company and legal requirements in line with Pepsico EHS, MESS and L2O targets and projects.

• Assist with and/or set up of maintenance policy, strategy and systems and the implementation thereof.
• Professionally and systematically defines designs, develops, monitors and refines the Asset Maintenance Plan that includes: Value-added preventive maintenance tasks, ensuring the rollout and implementation thereof.
• Manage overall preventative maintenance system and optimise plant & equipment reliability and performance
• Support the Bakery Maintenance managers in optimising preventative maintenance system and plant & equipment reliability and performance
• Act as Engineering gatekeeper on bakeries maintenance schedules, their suitability, effectiveness and execution
• Provide technical stewardship to bakeries maintenance managers on maintaining equipment in the best condition for safety, quality and performance.
• Conduct regular audits (PeMM, Anchor, etc)

• Enabling in conjunction with the plan, the reduction of Unscheduled and Scheduled Downtime and speed losses of TE/NE
• Engage with Plant Engineering by providing technical leadership & Subject Matter Expertise to drive Reliability Improvement.
• Enable and drive Technical investigations and solutions, (RCA etc)
• Manage maintenance performance scorecard
• Support process optimisation, incl. damages reduction and implementation of latest technology
• Support Bakery maintenance managers with internal / technical / process projects (incl. major shutdowns, breakdowns, machine installations)
• Develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. These problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues as well as damages reduction.

• Enable process optimisation through equipment upgrades, modifications, overall maintenance and implementation of latest technology to enable quality and throughput enhancement
• Support / enable bakeries with short and long term capital planning and execution

• Assist and support the annual maintenance OPEX budget, including monthly forecast and monthly control (scorecard)

• Enable quality and throughput enhancement
• Enable reduction of damages, waste, water and energy utilisation

• Provide input to maintenance team structure and performance
• Enable Optimal spares stock holding and utilisation

• Relevant Degree or Diploma within Engineering field.
• Minimum 10 years experience in manufacturing and/or supply chain.
• FMCG experience is essential
• Previous bakery experience will be advantageous
• Strong maintenance background or experience – minimum of 5 years
• Management experience in internal / technical / process projects (incl. major shutdowns, breakdowns, machine installations)
• Sound understanding and application of preventative maintenance principles/practice

• Ability to travel nationally to our sites as required.

• Ability to work cross-functionally.
• Strong internal and external communicator, influencer, and negotiator.
• Good interpersonal skills to deal with a variety of people from different backgrounds
• Strong communication and presentation skills and ability to interact with senior management
• ‘Hands on’ approach on the factory floor if required.

• Strong local network with food OEMs and vendor management skills

• Maintenance Budgeting experience

• Computer Literacy (Microsoft etc) and experience in the use of Engineering software tools/ Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (e.g. SAP PM, Pragma, Auto CAD, etc)

• Excellent knowledge of Food Safety and GMP Standards
• Excellent knowledge of Health and Safety Requirements within a factory environment
• Go-To-Person on Productivity Process, and Best Practices around Driving Productivity.

PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act.