PepsiCo

Makes salty snacks, sodas and sports drinks

Utilities Senior Engineer

Mechanical Maintenance and Reliability EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeNew Cairo City, Cairo Governorate, EgyptNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from a reputable university.
Knowledge of utilities, including a solid electrical and mechanical background and utilities infrastructure design.
Knowledge of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
Project management and root cause analysis knowledge.
Eight to ten years of experience in engineering maintenance and services for fast-moving consumer goods, preferably in the food or pharmaceutical industries.
Fluency in English and Arabic.
Strong planning, follow-up, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
Contingency capacity planning and budget forecasting skills.

Responsibilities

Own utilities infrastructure for snacks and beverage plants and lead planning and execution of the annual utilities infrastructure plan.
Prepare the annual operating plan for the utilities budget, including capital investment needs for growth, additions, and replacement.
Govern utilities maintenance and repair budgets and ensure assets are maintained and operational according to design criteria and specifications while meeting equipment-efficiency targets.
Guide, govern, and develop plant maintenance teams as the utilities engineering subject matter expert.
Develop capacity plans supporting company growth and identifying utilities capacity replacement and upgrade needs.
Plan the annual operating plan and strategic business plan for the area, including replacements, overhauls, and upgrades.
Monitor budget spending for compliance with the approved annual operating plan.
Plan annual overhauls for relevant lines and ensure they are included in spare-parts planning and the annual operating and strategic business plans.
Work with suppliers to develop quotations for utilities overhauls based on assessed needs, which may include up to 250 items per equipment.
Coordinate with the spare-parts team to include required parts in the overhaul plan.
Work with procurement on purchase-order executions to ensure timely implementation of overhauls.
Lead advanced troubleshooting with plant maintenance teams.
Lead preventive-maintenance planning in alignment with maintenance managers and operate-and-maintain teams where applicable.
Create utilities budget and key performance indicator reports and action plans to achieve target technical efficiency and net efficiency.
Coach and train maintenance teams to improve their capabilities as a subject matter expert.
Arrange supplier interventions as needed, determine action plans, lead root cause analysis, and participate in developing solutions with maintenance teams and original equipment manufacturers.
Communicate with original equipment manufacturers about maintenance requirements, new stock keeping units, upgrades, and retrofits.
Investigate new utilities technologies and upgrades to improve productivity and support sustainability goals.
Review and validate original equipment manufacturer quotations for compliance and completeness against requests.
Research new market innovations and assess their applicability for implementation in the area.
Lead small and medium-sized projects in related categories as engineering-team support, with direct field impact.
Serve as technical-track lead for utilities in brownfield projects with project teams.
Lead utilities support and commissioning in new projects.
Provide regular remote support to relevant categories across plants to assess equipment or resolve breakdowns with maintenance or operate-and-maintain teams where applicable.
Work with Manufacturing Operations Support and the regional engineering team to support local needs.
Manage original equipment manufacturer warranty periods to ensure warranty benefits are used when needed.
Manage new service contracts, monitor execution, ensure key performance indicator delivery, and oversee implementation.
Assist with coaching, mentoring, and implementation of field health and safety programs.
Ensure equipment meets operational and safety standards, sustain targets, and determine actions when performance deviates from targets.

Desired Qualifications

Project Management Professional certification is a plus.
Lean Six Sigma certification is a plus.

Overview

We Are PepsiCo

PepsiCo is a leading name in North Africa’s food and beverage industry, where our products are enjoyed by consumers daily across the region. We offer a robust portfolio of beloved brands like PEPSI, SEVEN-UP, DORITOS, CHEETOS and CHIPSY, designed to cater to the tastes and preferences of consumers. With a focus on local sourcing, production, and distribution, PepsiCo provides essential support to local economies and partners closely with communities throughout the region.

Guiding Vision and Regional Impact

PepsiCo’s vision aligns with our global goal to be the Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). This strategic transformation is committed to sustainable growth by putting people and the planet at the heart of our operations. In North Africa, this includes initiatives in responsible sourcing, waste reduction, and water conservation. Our regional programs empower local talent, boost employment, and provide support for local agriculture, particularly through partnerships with farmers and suppliers.

Empowering Our People and Communities

Our dynamic teams drive the PepsiCo culture in North Africa, embracing diversity and collaboration to solve local challenges and create innovative products. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace, one where every individual feels valued and empowered to be themselves. This commitment extends beyond our employees to positively impact the communities we serve, striving for shared growth and a healthier, more sustainable future for all.

Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

PepsiCo stands firmly behind our global commitment to diversity, equality, and human rights. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, ensuring a fair and welcoming workplace for all, regardless of age, gender, religion, disability, or any other characteristic. Our dedication to inclusion strengthens our workforce and helps drive our business forward, enriching both PepsiCo and the communities in North Africa.

Own utilities infra structure for all snacks and Bev plants. Lead the planning and execution of the annual infrastructure plan for the beverage and snacks manufacturing utilities. Prepare annual operating plan for utilities budget including all capital investment needs for growth, additions, and replacement. Plans and governs utilities M&R budget and ensures that assets are properly maintained and operational according to design criteria / specifications while delivering world class Equipment efficiencies.

Responsibilities

Engineering utilities SME (Subject matter expert). Responsible for guiding, governing, and developing maintenance teams across plants.
Develop capacity plan to support compony growth plans identifying needed utilities capacity replacement and upgrades
Plan AOP/SBP for concerned area of expertise, ensuring that it includes all the replacements, overhauls, upgrades
Monitor budget spending, to ensure compliance with set AOP
Plan the overhauls covering all the concerned lines on annual basis, to ensure it is reflected in the spare parts plan as well as AOP/SBP
Working with suppliers to develop quotations for utilities overhauls based on assessment needs which might include up to 250 items per equipment
Coordinate with the spare parts team to ensure the inclusion of the required spare parts in the overhauls plan
Work with the procurement on POS executions; to ensure a timely implementation for the overhauls
Lead the Maintenance teams in the plants in the advanced troubleshooting
Leads preventive Maintenance plan in alignment with the Maintenance managers / Operate and maintain teams where applicable
Create reports for utilities budget, KPIs and action plans to achieve target TE and NE
Coach/train the maintain teams, to improve team capabilities as an expert
Arrange interventions from suppliers upon needs, decide on action plans, lead root cause analysis and participates in the initiation of the solution with the Maintenance team and OEM
Communicate with related OEMs (Original Equipment manufacturer) with Maintenance requirements, new SKUs, upgrades, and retrofits
Investigate new technologies related to utilities, new upgrades to deliver utilities productivity and support sustainability glide path (pep + )
Review & validate the quotations from the OEMs, to ensure compliance & completion with the preset requests
Search for new innovations in the market, and applicability for implementation in area of concern
Lead small/medium projects in the related categories, as an arm for the engineering team with a direct impact on the field
Act as technical track lead for utilities in all brown field projects with the projects teams.
Lead supporting utilities commissioning in new projects.
Work as a regular remote resource for the concerned categories to cover all the plants, to assess equipment or resolve breakdowns with Maintenance teams/Operate and maintain teams where applicable
Works with the MOS (Manufacturing operation support) and the region engineering team to support and help the local needs
Manage warranty period with the OEM, to ensure the benefit of the warranty in needed cases
Manage new service contracts, monitor execution, and ensures KPIs delivery, and implementation
Assist in the coaching, mentoring and implementation of the Health & Safety programs in the field.
ensure equipment are meeting operations and safety standards, and sustain targets and decide on actions in case of deviation from targets

Qualifications

Knowledge:

Very solid electrical & mechanical background in utilities
Utilities infra structure design
Excellent Trouble shooting skills and Analytical Skills
TPM
Project management
Root cause Analysis

Education:

Degree in Electrical / Mechanical Engineering from Reputable University, TPM Knowledge, PMP is a plus, Lean six sigma certification is a plus

Prior Work Experience:

8-10 years’ experience in Engineering maintenance & services for FMCG preferably in food / pharmaceutical industries.

Language Proficiency:

fluency in both English and Arabic languages

Planning Ahead:

Excellent planning and follow up skills

Excellent analytical & trouble shooting skills

Contingency capacity planning

Solid Budget forecasting Skills

About the Company

PepsiCo

Makes salty snacks, sodas and sports drinks

PepsiCo makes snack foods and soft drinks that supermarkets, convenience stores and restaurants sell around the world. It owns some of the most familiar grocery brands, including Lay's and Doritos chips from its Frito-Lay division and Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Gatorade on the drinks side, along with Quaker oats and cereals. The company runs its own plants and distribution network and earns most of its money selling finished products to retailers and foodservice customers, while partner bottlers produce some of its drinks under license. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Harrison, NY
Founded: 1965

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