Overview Technical Lead for the Asset Care team, to provide an effective link between the Operations and Engineering support teams offering a high level of technical support and providing technical feedback in all engineering related activities. Liaison with Reliability Manager, ML and planners to coordinate daily priorities including identification and communication of resource during maintenance shutdowns. Provide on shift coaching and mentoring to up-skill maintenance personnel. Why Join Us? We offer a competitive salary, bonus, car allowance, 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 Day to day co-ordinator for all of the asset care team, ensuring holidays and absence is controlled in line with company policy. Collaborating with the Reliability manager, Maintenance Leads and Maintenance planners to ensure Asset Care team resource is aligned to maximise production outages and support all elements TE loses. Accountable for the prioritisation of Asset care engineering resource to ensure they are working proactively on the key requirements to eliminate safety, quality and performance issues, this will also include support relating to Utility equipment, outside areas and facilities. Provide coaching and feedback to improve maintenance interventions including speed of intervention, quality of completion and effectiveness of the interventions. Supporting (where required) In depth analysis (IDA) to reduce repeat breakdowns and slow running. Proactive & logical fault prevention along with continuous improvement activity to deliver the sites key KPI’s and support the PEP sustainability requirements. Act as the 1st point of escalation, from asset care team, for technical breakdowns and guidance. Challenging asset care teams around maintenance KPIs i.e. completion rate, quality of execution, SAP accuracy and MTBF. Provide Engineering maintenance expertise in their area and ownership of site maintenance shutdowns. Highlight skills and capability gaps within the Asset Care population and work with RM & Compliance Mgr to address. Provide strong engineering expertise on site to drive improvements in maintenance KPIs and sustain shift performance. Lead and support improvements through effective use of the root case analysis techniques and the change management process. Target is to eliminate repeat and catastrophic failures at site. Assist in the control of contractors including PTW issuing & compliance checks. Ensure that contractors working on site equipment are working in line with the correct business standards. Ensure cross shift communication including handovers, issues, work order completion and follow up requirements. Provide technical support and input concerning equipment specifications into projects. Responsible for engineering team safety on shift, including providing leadership and coaching on nonroutine activities. Documenting and executing detailed handovers between shifts to ensure key information is correctly shared. Collaborating with the ML & RM take a lead role in the execution of major equipment overhauls. As and when required, must have the technical ability to operate in a hands-on nature to assist in major breakdowns/complex overhauls. Qualifications Advanced Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeship. Recognised Electrical / Mechanical academic qualification. Advanced Electro-Mechanical aptitude. Challenge people, hold them accountable for job completion and quality of completion. Industrial experience in a food manufacturing environment would also be an advantage. Competent and capable in a relevant Mechanical/Electrical discipline. Computer literate. Familiarity with computer software (word, excel, etc). Demonstrate problem solving capabilities with the ability to lead a complex problem-solving activity. Good influencing, presentation, communication and decision-making skills. 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 www.pepsico.com, and follow on X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @PepsiCo.