R&D Eng Technician
Posted on: 27 Mar 2021
Plano, TX
Job Description
Job Description
PepsiCo offers the world's largest portfolio of billion-dollar food and beverage brands, including 22 different product lines that generate more than $1 billion in annual retail sales each. Our main businesses -- Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay, and Pepsi Cola -- also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world. With net revenues of approximately $60 billion, PepsiCo's people are united by our unique commitment to sustainable growth by investing in a healthier future for people and our planet, which we believe also means a more successful future for PepsiCo. We call this commitment Performance with Purpose: PepsiCo's promise to provide a wide range of foods and beverages for local tastes; to find innovative ways to minimize our impact on the environment, including by conserving energy and water usage, and reducing packaging volume; to provide a great workplace for our associates; and to respect, support, and invest in the local communities where we operate.
Key Responsibilities:
* Operate food processing equipment efficiently with a minimum of downtime to meet daily development objectives.
* Ability to lift up 50 lbs.
* Partner with R&D engineers and food scientists to deliver exceptional development operational support.
* Troubleshoot and resolve operational issues.
* Initiate ideas and solutions to enhance equipment reliability and performance.
* Sanitize process lines, perform fundamental equipment troubleshooting and preventive maintenance.
* Actively participate in all team continuous improvement training and skill development activities.
* Work with limited supervision to complete both assigned and self-identified tasks.
* Provide operational support for Research and Development product development teams.
* Working in the Process Lab or at the Technology Process Center, operate a variety of food processing equipment.
* Contribute knowledge and expertise to the development process by working closely with the product development team.
* Work effectively in a team environment.
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Qualifications/Requirements
Qualifications / Requirements:
* 3-5 years experience in a manufacturing/production environment or in an R&D testing center, preferably in the food industry.
* Ability to solve daily operational issues.
* Flexible willingness to work off-shifts and weekends. Willingness to flex between work sites (Plano process lab and Dallas Technology Process Center).
* Excellent teamwork and communication skills.
* Ability to work safely in an industrial environment.
Preferred Requirements:
* Associate Technical Degree
* Experience with food processing equipment, production, and/or test systems.
* Experience working in a team environment.
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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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Website
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Jobs Posted4228
