Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Pay Rates 2026: Production, Trades & Shift Pay
What Coca-Cola Europacific Partners workers should be paid in 2026 — the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing Award floor by classification, casual loading, penalties, and where the Coca-Cola Europacific Partners enterprise agreements sit.
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Who covers Coca-Cola Europacific Partners workers — award or agreement?
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners bottles, manufactures and distributes Coca-Cola's soft-drink range in Australia, running production lines, warehousing and a large route-based delivery and merchandising operation. Its workforce is entirely made up of permanent employees rather than casuals, spanning production and packaging operators, maintenance trades, drivers and sales and merchandising staff.
The Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing Award 2020 (Levels 1–6) is the floor for production roles, with the Road Transport and Distribution Award 2020 covering drivers and delivery staff. CCEP has registered enterprise agreements covering individual plants, warehouses and workshops around the country — listed below where our corpus holds them — and each must leave employees better off overall than the relevant award.
The federal awards relevant to Coca-Cola Europacific Partners roles:
- Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing Award 2020 (MA000073)
Workforce snapshot. In its 2024-25 report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners API Pty Ltd declared 3,435 employees — 0% casual and 32.6% women. Source: WGEA 2025 Public Data File, data.gov.au (CC-BY 3.0 AU).
Food and beverage manufacturing award floor (1 July 2026)
Production, packing and plant staff sit on the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing Award 2020 (MA000073). The adult minimums are:
| Classification | Permanent | Casual (incl. 25%) |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | $25.74/hr | $32.17/hr |
| Level 2 | $26.44/hr | $33.05/hr |
| Level 3 | $27.08/hr | $33.85/hr |
| Level 4 | $27.97/hr | $34.96/hr |
| Level 5 | $29.45/hr | $36.81/hr |
| Level 6 | $30.38/hr | $37.98/hr |
Levels rise with the skills and qualifications the job requires, from Level 1 (entry, first three months) through production and trade-qualified roles. Shift, overtime and weekend loadings apply on top; plant agreements restructure these and sit above the ladder.
Source: Fair Work Commission modern awards pay database, current-operative rates (1 July 2026 annual wage review). Casual figures add the 25% casual loading.
The Coca-Cola Europacific Partners enterprise agreements
Enterprise agreements set rates above the award, with their own classification structures and allowances. Current Coca-Cola Europacific Partners agreements in our corpus (24 in total):
- Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Preform and Closures Plant Eastern Creek Enterprise Agreement 2026 — approved May 2026, nominal expiry 1 August 2029.
- Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Australia Pty Ltd Eastern Creek (NSW) Logistics Enterprise Agreement 2026 – 2029 — approved May 2026, nominal expiry 30 July 2029.
- Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Equipment and Service (Metro SA) Enterprise Agreement 2026 — approved August 2026, nominal expiry 17 July 2029.
- Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Pty Ltd Richlands (Qld) Manufacturing Enterprise Agreement 2026-2029 — approved August 2026, nominal expiry 30 June 2029.
- Coca-Cola Europacific Partners NSW Supply Chain Operations Enterprise Agreement 2024 — approved May 2025, nominal expiry 15 November 2028.
- Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Australia Pty Ltd, Equipment Service Enterprise Agreement (VIC) 2025 — approved September 2025, nominal expiry 30 August 2028.
- Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (Aust) Pty Ltd Equipment Service (NSW Workshop) Enterprise Agreement 2025 — approved October 2025, nominal expiry 15 August 2028.
- Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Equipment Services, Metropolitan (Queensland) Enterprise Agreement 2025 — approved October 2025, nominal expiry 1 August 2028.
Plus 16 more — search "Coca-Cola Europacific Partners" in our agreements database.
We don't reproduce agreement dollar figures here — the agreement covering your site, state and stream is the document to read. Find your agreement, then your classification, then your pay point, and compare it with your payslip. The award tables on this page are the floor every one of these agreements must beat.
Common food manufacturing pay issues at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
The patterns worth checking on a Coca-Cola Europacific Partners payslip:
- Wrong C-level for the skills and qualifications actually used.
- Shift and overtime loadings absorbed into flat rates.
- Unpaid pre-start, PPE and handover time.
- Labour-hire pay gaps against directly employed staff doing the same job.
What to do if your pay looks wrong
Match your payslip to your classification in the agreement (or the award tables above), and price any gap with our back-pay calculator. Raise it in writing with payroll or your manager first — most underpayments are fixed at that step. Unresolved, the Fair Work Ombudsman (13 13 94) recovers underpayments at no cost, up to six years back, and your union can run the claim for you. Not sure which instrument covers you? Ask our AI advisor with your role and location.
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General information and estimates only — not legal, financial or tax advice. Always check your specific award, agreement or contract, or a qualified professional, before you rely on the result.
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