Overview This is a key leadership role on the Site Leadership Team (SLT), responsible for supervising and directing all Maintenance and Automation engineering activities at the Carrigaline plant—one of the most automated and regulated sites in the PepsiCo Global Concentrate Solutions (PGCS) network.
The role covers improvement, corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance for production equipment, utilities, and facilities.
In this role, you will develop and implement world-class maintenance and reliability strategies to meet PGCS targets for quality, service, cost, and inventory, while ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements.
The position also owns budgetary management, people development, and organisational objectives for the Maintenance and Automation Engineering function—leading, coaching, and mentoring the team to deliver performance objectives and build leadership capability.
Responsibilities Maintenance define Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and conduct Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs).
Provide technical input to capital projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
Act as technical expert for site utilities: Treated Water, Steam Generation, Compressed Air, and Chilled Water.
Owner of Energy metrics and lead energy-saving projects/initiatives to meet corporate Resource Conservation (ReCon) targets.
Ensure calibration compliance and drive productivity improvements.
Automation Lead automation activities, process improvements, RCA's etc. as well as management of the automation team and contractor support.
Oversee and optimise PLC systems, SCADA, InBatch applications, and Recipe management.
Proactively identify and introduce applicable new technologies to PepsiCo.
Compliance