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.

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.

Extrusion Operator
We are looking for hard-working and motivated individuals to join our production operations teams in the following areas:

• Pellet Plant extrusion lines

Our General Operators work in a range of areas including: Process, where you are involved in monitoring and operating the pellet fryer and seasoning equipment while ensuring product Quality is maintained; Packaging and Multipack, where you will be monitoring and operating packaging machines while completing important Quality checks; Raw Materials, which includes driving a Shunter to move trailers around the yard and booking in the raw materials on the SAP system; the Pellet Plant Control Room, which involves monitoring and operating the pellet production line.

Summary:
Location: Newark Rd, Lincoln. LN5 8XN
Salary: £32 760,69 per annum (inclusive of shift allowance)
Benefits: Competitive pension scheme, PPE provided by the business, staff discount shop, Cycle to work scheme, subsidized canteen, long service rewards
Holidays: 23 days holiday (with the option to buy/sell holiday)
Working Hours: 12 hour continental shifts, based on a 4on4off pattern across nights and days. This will include workings weekends and bank holidays. This role is on a 4 on 4 off shift pattern (2 days 6am-6pm, 2 nights 6pm-6am then 4 off) with 3 x 30-minute paid breaks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Completion of duties in a safe and responsible manner and in accordance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974.
• Responsibility in the running & manufacturing of pellets, from two pellet extruding lines, to the required specification.
• Monitoring the performance of the lines to ensure optimal running during production, utilising the SQCDM short interval control process, to always achieve maximum output.
• Maximise reliability through executing operator critical X rounds & IPS audits.
• Carry out and accurately record periodic quality control checks on output, taking remedial action where required.
• 1st response to breakdowns, diagnosing faults, troubleshooting, and support with maintenance & repairs during machine operation.
• Working to work orders and job specification guidelines, and accurately completing all production-related controlled documents.
• Conduct detailed shift handovers and maintain activity logs where & when required.
• Record the volume of waste produced during the extrusion process for each area using the designated waste procedures.
• Maintenance of housekeeping and hygiene standards, including the maintaining of cleaning standards throughout the shifts whilst working to a 'Clean as you Go' policy.
• Completion of ad-hoc duties to meet the needs of the business, subject to appropriate training.

Key Behaviours/Values:

• Commitment to high standards in safety & quality of work.
• Driven, motivated & committed to ownership & completion of tasks.
• Enthusiastic and reliable with a hands-on approach.
  Demonstrates:
  - Decision making,
  - Ability to understand Standard Operating Systems,
  - Active listening,
  - Effective communication skills both verbally & via IT-based systems,
  - Problem-solving,
  - Efficiency in summarising and presenting verbal and written information,
  - Flexible attitude to the job & the ability to demonstrate leadership capabilities along with working well within a team,
  - Keen to learn.
• Committed to achieving excellence in both quality and line efficiency.
• Communicates in an open and honest manner always demonstrating ethical and professional behaviours.
• Please note our manufacturing areas can get hot and you may be asked to work at height.

What are we looking for?
Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience required:

• As a minimum, a good general education: Grades A-C at GCSE level including Maths, English & another Science/Technical subject
• Experience working in an operational role on an extrusion line/process plant, would be preferred
• A strong work ethic and loyal ethos
• High attention to detail and the capacity to work at a fast pace
• Strong communication skills on all levels
• A problem solving and analytical approach
• Experience within a manufacturing environment
• A technical understanding and familiarity of machinery
• Process control Room experience
• HGV / Shunter driving experience

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.