R&D Processing Assistant Engineer

PepsiCo Inc.; Leicester; Presencial; GBP 40 000 - 56 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

PepsiCo Inc. in the United Kingdom seeks a Process Development Engineer to drive flavor and seasoning technology from bench through pilot to manufacturing scale. You will manage trials, design experiments, and transform data into insights to support productivity and innovation.

The role involves cross-functional collaboration, some supervision of junior teammates, and ensuring safe, compliant operations across lab and pilot plant facilities.

Qualificações

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Chemical/Process Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or closely related field.
• 2 years’ experience in engineering or R&D / technology development.
• Experience in project management, ideally covering product or process development.
• Ability to interpret complex data and design experiments with statistical inference.
• Understanding of scale-up science, both theory and practice, and related hypothesis testing.
• Plant operations experience is highly desirable (factory or pilot scale).

Responsabilidades

• Lead process development workstreams from bench to pilot and manufacturing scales.
• Plan trials and coordinate resources to maximize learning between product- and process-led trials.
• Generate hypotheses, design and report experiments, and transform data into actionable insights.
• Develop solutions for pilot-plant scale processes with path to full-scale manufacturing.
• Collaborate with external partners such as vendors, universities, and open innovation partners.
• Possibly supervise PepsiCo associates on pilots or trials.
• Manage engineering projects and some R&D budgets; uphold safe systems of work and food safety standards.

Conhecimentos

Project management

Data analysis

Experimental design

Statistical inference

Scale-up knowledge

R&D experience

Formação académica

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Chemical/Process Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, or closely related subject (e.g., Biochemical/ Food engineering)

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Overview

The Flavor & Seasoning Process Team is responsible for delivering innovation for flavor & seasoning application technology globally within PepsiCo, to enable future business growth, PEP+ goals, and to produce technical developments to support productivity programs.

This main purpose of this role is to execute projects and workstreams delivering technical unlocks to support the above agenda through experimentation at bench and pilot through to validation at factory scale

This includes managing and coordinating trial activity, and delivering new process capability into both PepsiCo research facilities and manufacturing supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute specific process development workstreams from bench to pilot and manufacturing scales
• Lead and execute trial planning, coordinating resources to maximize learning between product and process-led trials
• Support generation of hypotheses and conduct experiments. Plan, design, execute and report statistically-sound experiments in a precise and timely manner to generate and test new hypotheses. Transform data and information into meaningful insights to drive innovation
• Identify and develop solutions to technical obstacles that secure a robust, workable pilot plant-scale process with line of sight to full scale manufacturing
• Work with external partners e.g., strategic vendors, Universities, Consultants, Co-manufactures, Open Innovation Partners and External R&D companies to develop technical solutions
• Some supervision of other PepsiCo associates may be required (e.g. for pilot or commercial-scale trials)
• Engineering project management and some R&D project budget management are required
• Responsible for developing and following safe systems of work, and maintaining food safety standards, including when working in laboratory and pilot plant facilities

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Chemical/Process Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related subject (e.g., Biochemical engineering, Food engineering)
• 2 years’ experience in an engineering or R&D / technology development role
• Relevant project management experience, ideally covering product or process development
• Analytical skills to interpret complex data and distil into meaningful information and conclusions e.g., interpreting process data, experimental design and statistical inference.
• Understanding of scale-up science, both theoretical and practical, and related hypothesis testing and experimental design, to drive sound experimental proposals
• Experience of plant operations highly desirable (can be factory or pilot scale)