EHS Technician

We offer a competitive salary, and a wide range of benefits—from critical illness cover and discounted gym memberships to enhanced parental leave and electric car schemes. Our commitment to wellbeing and career growth makes us a Top Employer for 14 years running.

At PepsiCo UK, we’re proud to make some of the nation’s favourite snacks and drinks—like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers, and Monster Munch. With sites across the UK, including our Quaker mill in Cupar and Doritos factory in Coventry, we’re also home to one of the world’s largest crisp factories in Leicester.

This is an entry level role into longer term EHS specialist and leadership roles. The role will have specific areas of responsibility for supporting day-to-day management, compliance and auditing of site EHS Standards. Working with the EHS Team and GEHSMS Standard Owners to promote the adoption of safe working practices through training, guidance, advice and inspection.

• Support site compliance with Environmental Health and Safety Legislation and operate within the internal GEHSMS (Global Environmental, Health and Safety Management System) Standards.
• Work with Operations, Projects and other functions to promote good EHS practices and raise issues early for resolution. Support resolution of significant Near Misses and contribute to accident investigations.
• Conduct site wide targeted inspections as part of standard work to audit site processes and systems (SPARK health checks/ISO/Environmental - SEPA).
• Coordinate the distribution of PPE on site ensuring correct specifications in place, issue of PPE is recorded and suitable supply available. Role of GEHSMS PPE – standard owner.
• Specific responsibility for GEHSMS ownership – according to site requirements, for example: Waste Management, Spill Prevention, Walking Working Surfaces.
• Collaborate with ESATs and SMEs to create Risk Assessments through MyEHS and detailed Technical RA to include but not limited to: COSHH, Task Based, MESS and Environmental Aspects & Impacts.
• Collaborate with Training Team to deliver required EHS training to include but not limited to: EHS element of site inductions, manual handling, DSEAR Awareness, Face Fit Testing, SWPs.
• Promoting a strong EHS culture through effective communications, campaigns and safety coaching.
• Completing routine and non-routine standard work tasks, and additional tasks arising from business needs.
• Provide input to the ESATs to ensure access to relevant EHS data: incidents, topical issues and activity plan.