Global Design Associate Engineer - Cork, Ireland

PepsiCo is on the look-out for a Global Design Associate Engineer to join our global engineering function based in Cork.

We are the concentrate business 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 consumed everywhere in the world, spanning globally sourcing ingredients to manufacturing and distributing across the globe PGCS is a multi-functional business unit offering careers in various functions from Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, Finance, Tax, Customs & Trade, 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.  

Role Responsibilities

• 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
• Support the design of key Strategic Capital Programs and Initiatives
• Support designs incorporating innovative solutions and leverage new technology to deliver value to the business
• Support the development 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 and requirements

• Min 2 years process industry experience in engineering with additional operations or maintenance exposure and extensive capital project management experience
• Degree qualification in Chemical or Process engineering or equivalent
• Experience required in the following areas:
  • Process plant technical standards
  • Project concept development
  • Business case and capital approval
  • Design, Procurement and Installation
• Construction, Commissioning and Validation
• Environmental, health and safety management
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, proven ability to work at all levels in an international organization

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

• Proven experience delivering the design aspects of small to medium capital projects on an on-going operation in a diverse environment
• Food & Beverage experience

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.

For the purposes of external advertising we have called this role a Global Design Associate Engineer. However please note that the internal job title the successful candidate will have will be Maint/Eng Asst Engineer.