Electrical Engineer (12-Months FTC)

Overview

The Electrical Engineer will be a proactive, self-motivated electrical engineer, who is responsible for owning and leading the Leicester MESS Risk Remediation agenda, during the 12-Month FTC, the expectation is to achieve the 40% risk reduction target, implement the MESS strategy for the site to take ownership of and put in place best practices to set the site up for success moving forward.

Why Join Us?

We offer a competitive salary, bonus, car allowance, flexible working, and a wide range of benefits-from critical illness cover and discounted gym memberships to enhanced parental leave and electric car schemes. Our commitment to wellbeing and career growth makes us a Top Employer for 14 years running.

Responsibilities

• Implement the MESS strategy for Leicester Site to achieve the 40% reduction target and put best practices in place.
• Take the lead for site during the MESS Assessments across the Leicester site
• Ownership and execution of the remediation action plan, working with the ML's and planners to execute the work.
• Carry out maintenance activities in accordance with detailed safety precautions and procedures.
• Comply to all regulatory and mandatory standards and ensuring conformance to local PepsiCo standards.
• Ensuring compliance to the work order management and inventory standards and procedures.
• Accurate data quality including work order type, maintenance activity type, equipment selection and malfunction data.
• Adherence to maintenance instructions when performing maintenance activity during scheduled intervention.
• Ensuring that there is a feedback loop to change and amend maintenance instructions as part of PDCA, continuous improvement or outputs from root cause analysis.
• Ability to develop maintenance instructions with version control and differentiating maintenance activity types.

Qualifications

• Advanced Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeship.
• Recognised Electrical / Mechanical academic qualification.
• Advanced Electro-Mechanical aptitude.
• Electrical Testing & Inspecting - City & Guilds 2391 holder would be an advantage.
• IET 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS 7671) qualification is desirable.
• Understanding of SCADA control systems, computer systems, networking.
• Working knowledge of PLC systems - Allen Bradley and/or Siemens an advantage.
• Working knowledge of CMMS and SCADA systems and associated applications.
• Good manufacturing practices .
• Advanced Technical knowledge of Equipment and standards.
• Advanced maintenance techniques.
• Advanced Problem solving.
• Mechanical comprehension .
• Advanced coaching & facilitation.
• Communication & listening .
• Curiosity & Learning agility.
• Ability to influence.
• Prioritisation and Decision making.
• Numerical & verbal comprehension .
• Digital competence.

A Space to be You

We celebrate individuality and are committed to building an inclusive workplace. Our Employee Resource Groups help embed inclusion into our culture, ensuring everyone feels valued and heard.

Equal Opportunities

We're an equal opportunity employer, committed to the Equality Act 2010. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and will provide any necessary adjustments to support you through the recruitment process.

About PepsiCo

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 nearly $92 billion in net revenue in 2024, 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 pep+ (PepsiCo Positive). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital 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 and follow on X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @PepsiCo.