Overview At PepsiCo 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. The Maintenance Manager will be accountable for the engineering strategy across the department, to provide a high level of technical leadership and support to Engineering and Operations. Building and developing high performance teams by investing in our people. Ensuring the site preventative maintenance requirements are executed to the required standards and in line with our commitments to safe delivery, cost and quality. Also, direct and lead team to support reactive maintenance activities with the day team. Coaching and developing the team to ensure we have the right skills and constantly striving to improve delivery and execution. Responsibilities Direct reporting responsibility for Maintenance Leads, Asset Care team, Maintenance Planners, Reliability Engineers. Budget ownership for R&M. Through strong leadership, drive the maintenance execution plan & program for Coventry site to meet operational requirements. Influence the effective implementation of standards and safe working systems within maintenance programs throughout the site. Support the leadership in designing and implementing preventative maintenance and condition monitoring systems. Work with the wider support functions to ensure effective execution of all shutdown and start up activities. Ensure that all planned activities are executed to the required standard and as per the prescribed scheduled frequency. Provide support to Shift teams and Technician groups to develop functional engineering skills. Ensure effective service is provided through the computerized maintenance monitoring system. Liaison with stores team to ensure that there is an effective parts availability service and constantly review to ensure right stock levels and items. Drive behavior and support teams to ensure all major breakdowns/gaps have a clear root cause analysis and that it is completed and communicated effectively. Develops positive relationship and drives improvement with key contractors and suppliers. Excellent influencing, communication and decision-making skills. Display leadership coaching & mentoring skills for peers, and all levels of the business. Analyse and interpret data on top loss pareto and link to reliability improvement work streams. Be the BDE and MP&S pillar lead for SPARK – governing the BDE and MP&S pillar program for site, supporting and enabling work through autonomous maintenance pillar. Accountable for the technical capability roadmap across the site with a strategic vision to grow and develop in house talent. Owning the standard maintenance deployment across the site to align with the UK and Sector maintenance strategy deployment. Owning and leading PEMM agenda. Qualifications The person in role must be a fully qualified Mechanical or Electrical engineer with previous management experience. Able to demonstrate leadership and team management experience. Requires experience of setting/owning and execution of team strategies to achieve agreed Must Win Battles. Must take ownership of managing all maintenance strategy and execution. First degree or equivalent in an engineering related discipline. Proven technical experience within FMCG. Knowledge and experience of EAM/CMMS/SAP and understands the importance of the system. Excellent understanding and application of business knowledge across the broader business environment. Great communicator with excellent presentation skills and influencing skills. Proven analytical skills – ability to interpret complex data and distil into useful and actionable information. Ability to explain complex technical issues/solutions to a non-technical audience. Self-starter, self-motivating - able to deal with uncertainty and complexity. Knowledge of Lean systems design principles would be advantageous. Must be competent at developing and creating talent with junior team members and engineers. Being an ambassador for change. 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. 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 www.pepsico.com, and follow on X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @PepsiCo.