Senior Automation & Controls Engineer
Posted on: 27 Jan 2021
Arlington, TX
Job Description
Job Description
We are currently recruiting a Senior Automation Engineer to join our Engineering team in Arlington, TX.
We are the concentrate team in PepsiCo (PGCS) working across the Beverage, Nutrition and Snacks categories to deliver concentrate for many of PepsiCos 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 17 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 purpose of the role is to bring an Automation subject matter expertise and lead the execution of Automation related Capital Projects (including scope, cost, schedule, resource requirements, stakeholder management, risk management, safety and quality management)
Primary Accountabilities
* Deliver PGCSs automation standards on capital projects. Support and manage the deployment of PGCSs automation strategy in Arlington
* Support and manage the sites project portfolio in conjunction with IT and Engineering teams
* Act as liaison on plant automation for IT, Engineering and Manufacturing
* Develop and review automation design documentation
* Manage system integrators, and contractors during the project phases
* Develop supplier relationships and performance management for automation capital projects
* Lead the safe execution, the budget and the schedule of automation-related projects
* Support strategic automation supplier relationships to ensure effective management of the PGCS global and local capital requirements
* Interface and communicate with the plant to ensure seamless handover of projects to plant operations
* Demonstrate best practices from PepsiCo divisions as well as from other industries to deliver world-class performance in plant and automation design and delivery
Qualifications/Requirements
Experience and competencies required:
* Bachelor's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering
* 5 to 7 years of experience in a similar role in the manufacturing industry
* Experience in Project Management i.e. delivering projects, managing vendors and stakeholders
* Experience in Good Automated Manufacturing Practice (GAMP)
* Experience in Network Infrastructure
* Experience in Rockwell PLCs, RS Logix, and Factory Talk
* Experience in Wonderware InTouch HMI
* Experience in object-oriented coding
* Knowledge in Wonderware System Platform, and/or InBatch is highly advantageous
* MS Office, MS Project, AutoCAD Electrical
* MS SQL or equivalent database management tools
* Strong documentation, presentation and analytical skills
* This position is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States
Relocation Eligible: Not Eligible for Relocation
Job Type: Regular
PEPSICO
Purchase, NY
PepsiCo, Inc. operates as a food and beverage company worldwide. The company’s Frito-Lay North America segment offers branded dips; Cheetos cheese-flavored snacks; and Doritos tortilla, Fritos corn, Lay’s potato, Ruffles potato, and Tostitos tortilla chips. Its Quaker Foods North America segment provides cereals, rice, pasta, mixes and syrups, granola bars, grits, oat squares, oatmeal, rice cakes, simply granola, and side dishes under the Aunt Jemima, Cap’n crunch, Life, Quaker Chewy, Quaker, and Rice-A-Roni brands.
The company’s North America Beverages segment offers beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods under the Aquafina, Diet Mountain Dew, Diet Pepsi, Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Propel, Sierra Mist, and Tropicana brands; and ready-to-drink tea, coffee, and juices. Its Latin America segment provides snack foods under the Cheetos, Doritos, Emperador, Lay’s, Marias Gamesa, Rosquinhas Mabel, Ruffles, Sabritas, Saladitas, and Tostitos brands; Quaker-branded cereals and snacks; and beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods under the 7UP, Diet Pepsi, Gatorade, H2oh!, Manzanita Sol, Mirinda, Pepsi, Pepsi Black, and Toddy.
The company’s Europe Sub-Saharan Africa segment offers snack food under the Cheetos, Chipita, Doritos, Lay’s, Ruffles, and Walkers; Quaker-branded cereals and snacks; beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods under the 7UP, Diet Pepsi, Mirinda, Pepsi, Pepsi Max, and Tropicana; ready-to-drink tea products; and dairy products under the Agusha, Chudo, and Domik v Derevne brands. Its Asia, Middle East and North Africa segment provides snack foods under the Cheetos, Chipsy, Doritos, Kurkure, and Lay’s brands; cereals and snacks under the Quaker brand; beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods under the 7UP, Aquafina, Mirinda, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Sting, and Tropicana brands; and ready-to-drink tea products. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.
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IndustryBeverages
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No. of Employees267,000
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