Michal Pegielski
Nuneaton,United Kingdom
Summary
Experienced and dedicated manufacturing professional with over 7 years in high-speed production environments at PepsiCo and leading automotive manufacturers. Proven ability to lead frontline teams, drive a safety-first culture, and deliver strong results across quality, cost, service, and safety KPIs. Recognized as a certificated Site Expert and Trainer, with hands-on leadership experience covering Operational Team Leader responsibilities. Strong in coaching, performance management, and continuous improvement.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Site Expert and Trainer
PepsiCo
Coventry
2025.11 - Current
- Onboarding & Training: Managing the onboarding process for new hires, delivering technical training, and running refresher courses.
- Skill Validation: Aligning with shift crews to assign mentors, ensuring timely training validation, and managing records to reduce skills gaps.
- Coaching & Performance: Providing hands-on coaching, including machine operation, process optimization, and troubleshooting, to maximize productivity.
- Standardization: Supporting "Maintain the Standard" initiatives (like TPM/SPARK) and conducting validation sign-offs for front-line employees.
- Collaboration: Working with Frontline Managers, Crewing Coordinators, and Specialists to execute training plans.
Manufacturing Technician
PepsiCo
Coventry
2022.07 - 2025.10
- Being responsible for a designated area, driving performance to meet, maintain and exceed quality, food safety, cost, service and safety measures.
- Co-ordinating and motivating the General Operator team to achieve daily production targets.
- Providing operational control for all elements of running production equipment to include set-up, maintenance and cleaning.
- Monitoring, controlling and carrying out basic fault diagnosis and repairs on equipment and machinery.
- Taking responsibility for good manufacturing practice with excellent hygiene and safety standards within the designated area.
- Diagnosed problems with mechanical systems and equipment using advanced troubleshooting abilities.
- Carried out proactive and reactive maintenance for continued smooth running of production line.
General Operator
PepsiCo
Coventry
2020.01 - 2022.06
- 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
- 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
Production Line Operator
Caterpillar
Desford
2019.04 - 2020.01
- Observed manuals and manufacturer instructions to effectively install and troubleshoot devices.
- Utilised control mechanisms and manual procedures to safely operate machines.
- Understood assembly instructions for range of products.
- Ensured full compliance with health and safety regulations, including appropriate use and disposal of hazardous substances.
- Used production line equipment such as air power tools, torque drivers and automated punch machines.
Production Line Operator
Jaguar Land Rover
Castle Bromwich/Solihull
2017.01 - 2019.02
- Maintained a clean, safe working environment by adhering to 5S protocol to mitigate health and safety risks.
- Quality checked components to ensure smooth, compliant manufacturing and assembly processes.
- Maintained exceptional set-up times, line speeds and scrap efficiency, consistently exceeding production targets.
- Monitored production equipment, notifying maintenance team of faults or inefficiencies.
- Assembled items accurately and promptly, maintaining efficiency of fast-paced production lines.
- Used production line equipment such as air power tools, torque drivers and automated punch machines.
- Understood assembly instructions for range of products.
Education
Diploma of Higher Education - Economics/Tourism and Hospitality
Higher School of Economics, Tourism and Science
Kielce, Poland 2006.10 - 2009.07
Skills
- Leadership and operational oversight
- Team development and coaching
- Safety compliance and best practices
- Performance and operational excellence
- Team motivation and support
- Adaptability in dynamic environments
Interests
- DIY enthusiast
- Cooking
- Traveling and hiking
- New technologies
Languages
Polish
Native
English
Advanced (C1)
Italian
Advanced
Certification
• Business Improvement Techniques Level 2
• FDQ Level 2 Diploma in Food and Drink Operations
• FDQ Level 2 Award in Food Safety for Manufacturing
• FDQ Level 2 Award in HACCP-Based Food Safety Systems
• Pearson Edexcel Functional Skills Level 2 in Mathematics and English
Timeline
Site Expert and Trainer
PepsiCo
2025.11 - Current
Manufacturing Technician
PepsiCo
2022.07 - 2025.10
General Operator
PepsiCo
2020.01 - 2022.06
Production Line Operator
Caterpillar
2019.04 - 2020.01
Production Line Operator
Jaguar Land Rover
2017.01 - 2019.02
Diploma of Higher Education - Economics/Tourism and Hospitality
Higher School of Economics, Tourism and Science
2006.10 - 2009.07