Overview

We are the concentrate team in PepsiCo (PGCS) working across the Beverage, Nutrition and Snacks categories to deliver concentrate for many of PepsiCo’s mega brands including Gatorade, 7Up and Pepsi. We are at the heart of PepsiCo products, sourcing ingredients to manufacture more than 1,200 recipes for our brands. We are a global organisation, situated in 16 locations across 9 countries offering careers in various functions from Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, Finance, R&D, HR and IT. We want team members who can collaborate in our fast paced global organisation and are passionate about creating and delivering much-loved household brands to markets across the world.

The Technical Function is our team of enabling experts offering knowledge and partnership to functions on specialist subjects including engineering, quality and productivity. They ensure operations and food safety excellence for our team. Could you bring a new dimension to our technical expertise? If so we could take your talents to a whole new level.

Responsibilities

Role Summary:

Reporting to the Global Engineering Design Manager, these roles will be responsible for process/design engineering capability required to delivery of the strategic capital agenda and key global programs and initiatives for PGCS.

The role will be responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of significant programs critical to the future success of PGCS and PepsiCo.

Key challenges will be leveraging key learnings, best practices, new technology, problem solving and innovative design solutions to deliver a complex capital agenda while ensuring alignment and input from all key stakeholders.

Position Purpose And Primary Accountabilities

• Provide Process Engineering capability specializing in process design solutions for PGCS Beverage Concentrate Manufacturing Platforms
• Ensure new & existing products/formulas are manufactured to PepsiCo standards and consumer expectations
• Lead the design of key Strategic Capital Programs and Initiatives
• Develop designs incorporating innovative solutions and leverage new technology to deliver value to the business
• Develop and leverage best practices from PepsiCo divisions as well as from other industries to deliver world class performance in plant and equipment design.
• Provide technical guidance during project design and implementation, including Commissioning & Process Qualification, to assure viability of technology in proposed configuration
• Utilize Engineering first principles, scientific methods, and processing systems knowledge to develop technical process equipment solutions that both create new business opportunities and solve existing equipment needs.
• Develop sustainable engineering practices and programmes ensuring sustainability in plant design and operation
  
  

Qualifications

Essential Criteria

• 5-10 years process industry experience in liquids and powders processing & overall plant manufacturing engineering.
• Extensive design & project management experience
• Degree qualification in Chemical, Process, or equivalent engineering discipline. Experience required in the following areas:
• Application of technical standards
• Hygienic design
• Process safety
• Management of projects from concept level, front end design & detail design
• Business case and capital approval
• Design, Procurement and Installation
• Construction, Commissioning and Validation
• Environmental, health and safety management
• Contractor and Construction Management
• Team management
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
    

PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the center of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com.