Shift Technician/Multi Skilled Engineer

at  PepsiCo

POSITION SUMMARY

Working Hours: Continental shift pattern (3/2) working 12 hour shifts. This will rotate between days (06:00-18:00) and nights (18:00-6:00) averaging 42 hours per week.

AS A MULTI SKILLED ENGINEER (INTERNALLY KNOWN AS SHIFT TECHNICIAN) YOU WILL PROVIDE ENGINEERING TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO THE SITE MANUFACTURING OPERATION, DELIVERING OPTIMUM PLANT RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE THROUGH AN EFFECTIVE ASSET MAINTENANCE AND CI PROGRAMME WHILST WORKING ON A ROTATING CONTINENTAL SHIFT PATTERN.

Responsibilities:

• Carrying out planned and preventative maintenance using Electrical, Control System and Mechanical Engineering skill set.
• Support site Reliability agenda: Identification of failure modes and trends, complete root cause analysis (RCA) processes and drive / deliver the agreed actions.
• Proactive fault prevention and continuous improvement activity to deliver key maintenance KPI’s.
• Support and coaching of the Manufacturing Technician (MT) groups to develop their technical skills.
• Provide support to and involvement in site Project and Change Initiatives (CI’s) as appropriate.
• Contractor Control: Support site contractor activity through issuing Permit to Works and review of risk assessments and method statements (RAMS).

Qualifications:

• Indentured time served apprentice with an Electrical bias holding (as a minimum) 18th edition
• City & Guilds 2391 holder
• Understanding of SCADA control systems, computer systems, networking
• PLC experience required. Allen Bradley and/or Siemens an advantage
• Ideally a multi-disciplined engineer with FMCG experience
• Lean experience and control skills are ideal but not essential
• Experience of leading and coaching a team
• Excellent influencing, presentation, communication and decision making skills
• Strong team player who adopts a continuous improvement approach
• Computer literate

Overview:
We pride ourselves on our superb work force. 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

• Carrying out planned and preventative maintenance using Electrical, Control System and Mechanical Engineering skill set.
• Support site Reliability agenda: Identification of failure modes and trends, complete root cause analysis (RCA) processes and drive / deliver the agreed actions.
• Proactive fault prevention and continuous improvement activity to deliver key maintenance KPI’s.
• Support and coaching of the Manufacturing Technician (MT) groups to develop their technical skills.
• Provide support to and involvement in site Project and Change Initiatives (CI’s) as appropriate.
• Contractor Control: Support site contractor activity through issuing Permit to Works and review of risk assessments and method statements (RAMS)