Line Engineering Lead

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. They will:

Drive area ownership within engineering

Lead execution of maintenance strategy and loss elimination

Develop team capability

Ensure delivery of measurable results against site KPIsThis is a performance leadership role requiring strong direction, timely decision-making, problem resolution, and accountability across the line team. Responsibilities
1. 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 performance
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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 team
5. 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 embedded
6. 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 KPIsConfident 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…