Supply Chain Industrial Placement – Engineering, Facilities & Sustainability

You’ve learned a lot as a student already. Want to put it into practice at Pepsi Co?

Our placement programmes are structured to give you the chance to make an impact on some of the world’s biggest brands. From day one, you’ll be working on projects that matter. You’ll shake things up, shape trends, and get guidance and development to help you discover your potential.

We are looking for enthusiastic undergraduates to join our Supply Chain team on a 12-month placement programme starting in July 2027 on a full time basis.

Everyday millions of people in the UK enjoy our oats, snacks, juices and beverages. As a placement student within Supply Chain, you will have the opportunity to join our 4,500 strong team who are behind these household names. As a function we are spread across 10 sites which include our Quaker Oats Mill in Cupar and our Walkers Crisp factory in Leicester – the largest crisp factory in the world.

Undergraduate placement students have an important part to play in our future and we provide a perfect environment for individuals to develop, whilst feeling valued and having lots of fun. You will have lots of autonomy where your decisions will really make a difference to our business and in return you will have the chance to develop your skills and experience in a fast paced, energetic environment.

• Support engineering reliability projects and analysis, helping to improve equipment performance and maintain SAP compliance in collaboration with the ST Group
• Develop an understanding of core engineering processes, including SAP, electronic permit-to-work systems, contractor management, and involvement in local projects and works
• Maintain weekly KPI metrics and tracking files, prepare monthly reports and graphs, update utility regression data, and communicate performance through site screens and noticeboards
• Support Resource Conservation initiatives, including Utility Profiler completion, Annual Operating Plan activities, ReCon projects, training, meetings, campaigns and visual communications
• Track ReCon performance, complete Maturity Matrix and Road to Great Performance gap analysis, collate assessment evidence, and maintain action lists and hotlists
• Develop communication and engagement plans, recognition initiatives, roadshows, and daily and weekly GEMBA routines and feedback processes.
• Support facilities and sustainability projects from initiation through to execution, contributing to resource efficiency, utility optimisation and continuous improvement across the site
• Collaborate with teams across the site, external stakeholders and contractors, while building practical engineering knowledge and experience of budgets and financial planning
• Be given real-life objectives to work on and will be expected to make a noticeable contribution to your department

• Students that have the full RTW for the duration of the full time placement (July 2027-July 2028).
• Students currently in their penultimate year of university studies
  , where the course includes the option of completing a sandwich placement before returning to study after the placement.
• Following path to a degree in Mechanical/Electrical, Chemical or Manufacturing Engineering or closely related disciplines
• An intellectual curiosity and a willingness to challenge accepted ways of doing things
• Passion, for our company, for your development, for sustainability and engineering delivery
• Ambition, eagerness to learn and grow your career and aspire to be our future leaders
• Creativity, bring your new thinking and fresh ideas to our brands
• You! At Pepsi Co we bring ourselves to work and embrace diversity and inclusion. We believe our differences is what makes us special.