About this opportunity
PepsiCo lists this Maintenance Technician - PLC Controls - Beverages opportunity in wytheville, Virginia. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Quick Look
Pay:
$39.15 per hour
Location: Wytheville, VA
Work Days: Rotating Days (Including Weekends)
Start Time: 5:45pm
End Time: 6:15am
Maintain and repair PLC systems and advanced equipment to ensure beloved brands like Pepsi, Gatorade, and Aquafina reach communities reliably, efficiently, and safely.
What You’ll Do
Perform preventive maintenance on PLC systems and related control devices to support reliable operation
Program, troubleshoot, and repair PLC systems, diagnose malfunctions and complete more complex adjustments as needed
Support preventive maintenance and repairs on other advanced production/manufacturing equipment as needed
Perform breakdown analysis, document findings, and implement solutions to improve equipment reliability and efficiency
Upgrade production lines with new/upgraded equipment and technology; partner with production, quality, and other teams to dynamically problem solve
Direct activities of outside contractors working on assigned equipment/line
Support line package changeovers as needed to keep production running
Enforce GMP, safety, and audit standards while working near heat, noise, gas, and chemicals
Oversee or perform general housekeeping in work areas and around equipment
Work independently under limited supervision (self-management) to prioritize and complete assigned work
Document work schedule and tasks completed using required maintenance systems and records
Minimum Qualifications
18 years or older
Pass technical assessment addressing job-critical maintenance knowledge areas
Position requires continuous work near heat, noise, gas, and chemicals
Position requires frequent lifting, climbing, standing, walking, crouching, squatting, bending and kneeling (with or without accommodation)
Experience with electrical systems, product manuals, schematics, PLC, and troubleshooting breakdowns
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with mechanical systems including but not limited to: compressors/ammonia systems, conveyers and airveyors, and hydraulics
Experience with electronics, gearing, pumps, kinematics, pneumatics, and PLC
Experience with packaging/high speed production
Experience with preventative maintenance and mechanical drawings
Experience with SERVO
What To Expect
On-the-Job Training: Learn the role through hands-on and classroom training
High Energy Workplace: On the go for most of the day in a fast-paced, hands-on environment that involves lifting, bending, and moving product throughout your shift
Health & Lifestyle Benefits: As a full-time team member, you’ll be supported with competitive pay, meaningful benefits, and opportunities to grow a long-term career at PepsiCo.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity
Our Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all other applicable laws, including but not limited to, San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901 - 4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance; and Chapter XVII, Article 9 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, commonly referred to as the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available (1) EEO is the Law & (2) View the PepsiCo EEO Policy.
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Worksite address
wytheville, VA, 24382, US
Who can apply
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