Overview Note: Being a car owner/ driver is essential for this role, as public transport options are likely unavailable for commuting to the site. Why PepsiCo? PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world's most loved food and drink products. Making every day favourites like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers and Monster Munch, to name a few! We have a fantastic reputation for developing and launching products that our consumers love. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers around the world more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories. The company generated $91 billion in net revenue in 2023. In the UK we pride ourselves on being a great place to work and in 2023 have been awarded the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality (formerly Times Top 50 Employers for Women) for the 18th year in a row and Top Employer for the 12th year in a row. We offer a competitive salary, quarterly bonus incentive, critical Illness cover, discounted gym membership, market-leading health and wellbeing support, generous company pension plus so much more. In 2024 we have enhanced our extended parental leave offering, now paying in full for 26 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks for paternity leave for those who have the respective length of service. We’re also pushing our benefits to be more pep+ by offering electric cars through salary sacrifice with a partnership with Octopus Energy. Main Purpose of the job: The role of the multi skilled flexi op is to carry out responsibilities to ensure all areas from frying, flavouring, packing machines, palletising and case packing are to specification as laid out in company standards. Responsibilities Main Responsibilities: Working as part of the team to keep the relevant zone (process/flavour/packaging/palletising) in control and at a green standard against all metrics (Safety, Quality, Costs and Production Plan Delivery) Operating equipment to the required operating standards safely and cost effectively Completing the required food safety and quality testing throughout the shift to ensure total compliance against standards Taking ownership of the relevant area by keeping it clean, safe to operate and audit ready at all times Taking ownership and action of tests and checks that fall outside of standards Escalating issues around safety, quality, costs or production plan delivery issues to team leader or shift engineer Completion of relevant paperwork to the right standards on time in full Completion of changeovers and clean downs to expected standards on time in full Pro – active approach to safety, quality, costs and production plan delivery by escalation of issues and ideas Qualifications Essential skills and knowledge: Previous experience in the manufacturing environment is preferable An acceptable level of English understanding to be able to comply with and understand all verbal and written communication Numerically literate, being able to use calculator and understand percentages. Being able to identify non-conformances in the working area. Being able to articulate and communicate all performance issues and opportunities. Good understanding of KPIs, and understanding how a factory works. We pride ourselves on our superb work force. The people in this business genuinely care about doing a great job! We have a common goal - strive to continuously improve our business performance and our own personal development. With the majority of executive team having been promoted organically, we are continually developing and encouraging our employees to push themselves further and offer them support with their continual learning. Career progression is incredibly important to us and we provide great opportunities to grow a long term career. We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010, we value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, disability or race including; colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin. To enable you to be at your best we will ensure you are provided with any physical or non-physical adjustments to support your participation in the job application and interview process. Please speak to the Recruiter directly about any support you need.