At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead engineering teams to enhance performance and reliability in a dynamic FMCG environment.
- Company: Join PepsiCo UK, home to iconic snacks and drinks like Walkers and Doritos.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, wellness perks, gym discounts, and career growth opportunities.
- Other info: Be part of a culture focused on accountability, continuous improvement, and innovation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by driving operational excellence and team success.
- Qualifications: Experience in FMCG or manufacturing with strong leadership and problem-solving skills.
The predicted salary is between 56700 - 69300 £ per year.
Overview At Pepsi Co UK, we're proud to make some of the nation's favourite snacks and drinks—like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers, and Monster Munch.
With sites across the UK, including our Quaker mill in Cupar and Doritos factory in Coventry, we're also home to one of the world's largest crisp factories in Leicester.
About the Role We are currently recruiting for a Line Engineering Lead to drive operational excellence, equipment reliability, and team performance at our Coventry site.
This is a days-based role (Monday–Friday), with responsibility for leading and influencing shift-based engineering teams, ensuring delivery against the site's key KPIs including OEE, downtime reduction, cost, and capability development.
This role is critical to embedding a culture of ownership, accountability, and results-driven performance, aligned to the Coventry Engineering Roadmap 2026 and Pepsi Co's engineering standards.
Role Purpose The Line Engineering Lead is accountable for the technical performance and reliability of assigned production lines and areas.
Drive area ownership within engineering Lead execution of maintenance strategy and loss elimination Develop team capability Ensure delivery of measurable results against site KPIs This is a performance leadership role requiring strong direction, timely decision-making, problem resolution, and accountability across the line team.
Line Ownership & Results Delivery Take full ownership of line engineering performance, including: OEEDowntime Waste Maintenance cost Drive delivery of site KPIs through the engineering team Hold the line team accountable for standards and performance2.
Leadership & Team Performance Provide strong, visible leadership to shift technicians Set clear expectations and drive accountability for results Coach and develop technicians to improve fault finding, problem solving and equipment ownership Build a culture of proactive rather than reactive engineering.
Maintenance Strategy & Execution Own and deliver maintenance planning and scheduling, as well as breakdown elimination activities.
Ensure all work is planned and prioritised, executed efficiently and effectively Drive increase in planned vs reactive maintenance Ensure SAP work orders are reviewed and progressed in line with agreed maintenance processes.
Loss Elimination & Continuous Improvement Lead identification and elimination of: Chronic losses Repeat failures Use data and line performance to build focused improvement plans Champion and lead Continuous Improvement (CI) activities aligned to site priorities Drive root cause problem solving (RCA) with the team5.
Capability & Systems Development Coach teams in Progressive and Autonomous Maintenance Ensure effective implementation of Integrated Work Systems (IWS) standards Identify skill gaps and actively develop team capability Ensure knowledge transfer and technical standards are embedded6.
Work Management & Standards Ensure all maintenance tasks are: clearly defined, standardised, cost-effective Lead equipment modifications and ensure compliance with change management processes Maintain high standards in: work execution, documentation, equipment care Accountabilities (Measured Through KPIs)Reduction in breakdowns and repeat failures Improved OEE and equipment reliability Increased planned maintenance vs reactive maintenance Maintenance cost control Improved technician capability and engagement Sustainable elimination of key line losses Qualifications What We're Looking For Proven experience in an FMCG or manufacturing environment Engineering experience, ideally with a time-served engineering background and NVQ Level 3 / HNC / HND qualification.
Strong leadership capability with 3+ years' experience leading engineering teams.
Demonstrated ability to deliver results against KPIs Confident in holding teams accountable and setting clear standards Strong coaching and people development skills Ability to influence across engineering teams, operations / line leads, support functions Experience with Integrated Work Systems (IWS), Progressive Maintenance, and Autonomous Maintenance systems.
Strong problem-solving and loss elimination mindset Flexible, hands-on approach with the ability to support delivery of line performance improvements.
We offer a competitive salary, 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.
Engineering Lead - FMCG in Coventry employer: Pepsico
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