General Operative

Job description

Overview

PepsiCo is looking for a General Operator to join our Walkers site in Skelmersdale!

 

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.

 

Position summary:

 

Salary: £30,700.60 per annum (inclusive of shift allowance), after successfully completing your probation period pay will increase
Benefits: 23 days holiday (with the option to buy/sell holiday), Competitive Pension Scheme, PPE provided by the business, Staff discount shop, Cycle to work scheme, Subsidized Canteen, Long Service Rewards
Working Hours:  12 hour continental shifts, based on a 3/2 pattern across nights and days. This will include workings weekends and bank holidays.
Location: Pennine Place, Skelmersdale, WN8 9QF

 

About the job: 

 

Our General Operators work in a range of areas including: Packaging, Process, Multipack and Services. In Process, you could be involved with inspection duties, manual handing, automation tasks carrying out housekeeping duties or carrying out laboratory tests. In Packaging & Multipack, you’ll be part of a team packing product, operating and checking machinery and carrying out important quality checks. In Services you will be supporting the line by providing raw materials, quality checks and dealing with waste segregation to support our environmental commitment. 

 

What we offer:

At PepsiCo we are committed to the development of our people. You will receive comprehensive training for the General Operator role and will be supported during your probationary period to achieve the required standard. Those with a passion to progress will have the opportunity for further development to enhance their career within the wider PepsiCo business. The HomeGrown Programme is a development programme solely targeted at our frontline employees. Successful applicants will be supported in their chosen career path with an advanced apprenticeship standard e.g. Technical route General Operator, Manufacturing Technician and Leadership route to Coordinator. 

 

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities:

 

• Operating and setting machinery whilst being accountable for a number of pieces of equipment, ensuring they are health and Safety compliant, at a set standard and identifying when they are not 
• Understanding the cause for any drops in standards with machinery, along with the impact of this and how to rectify issues 
• Understanding and interpreting numerical data and confidently communicating verbally and in written form machine performance 
• Cover for colleagues absence as and when necessary 
• Maintaining high safety, hygiene and housekeeping standards 
• Proactively escalating for assistance from wider shift team where necessary if issues occur outside of the General Operator remit 

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: 
• Confident communicator with a positive self-starter attitude who is conscientious and focused on results 
• Ability to work as part of a team and willingness to learn how to operate equipment in an autonomous role 
• Basic numerical, reading, analytical and computer skills
• Organised and methodical person, but not afraid of working under pressure
• Flexible and proactive person with the ability to solve basic problems

 

Preferred (but not essential) Qualifications: 
• Experience within a manufacturing environment
• A technical understanding and familiarity of machinery

 

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.