Senior Automation Engineer

PepsiCo Inc.; Municipal District of Cobh; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo Inc. in Little Island, Ireland, is hiring a Senior Automation Engineer for a permanent role. You will provide day-to-day automation support for manufacturing sites, drive standardisation and efficiency in plant controls, and collaborate with cross-functional teams across our beverage and snacks operations.

The ideal candidate holds an engineering degree with 5+ years in process control and PLC/SCADA, and has hands-on experience with validation (GAMP/cGMP) and vendor coordination.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree with 5+ years in process control, PLC/SCADA, IT architecture and operations.
• Experience in Automation Validation per GAMP and cGMP.
• Experience with Allen-Bradley PLCs, Wonderware InTouch, InSQL, Profibus, ControlNet, DeviceNet, EtherNet.
• Ability to manage and prioritise multiple high impact projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day automation and manufacturing support to business users; drive standardisation and efficiency.
• Review, approve and execute validation protocols.
• Support capital projects when assigned.
• Develop or review URS for process and automation systems.
• Support IT operations and maintenance as escalation point for issues.
• Create and maintain operational as-built documentation for plant control system infrastructure.
• Ensure changes to Automation Systems comply with safety, environmental and quality rules.
• Re-evaluate the automation environment to adopt improved technologies.
• Develop data structures and methods to support integration of plant floor systems.
• Propose modifications to improve safety, efficiency and achieve company goals.
• Liaise with major equipment vendors to ensure compliance to specifications.

Skills

Process control

PLC/SCADA

IT architecture & operations

Automation validation (GAMP/cGMP)

Vendor liaison

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Wonderware InTouch

InSQL

Profibus

ControlNet

DeviceNet

EtherNet

Job description

Overview

PepsiCo Little Island are hiring a Senior Automation Engineer for a permanent position in Little Island.

We are the concentrate business in PepsiCo (PGCS) working across the Beverage, Nutritionand 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day automation and manufacturing support to business users throughout the sites. Focus on streamlining, standardisation and improvement of the functions of these systems in the automation of manufacturing processes.
• Play a key role in the review, approval and execution process of validation protocols
• Support capital projects, when assigned
• Development and/or review of URS for process and automation systems.
• Support IT operations and maintenance groups throughout the organization as an escalation point for technical issues and advice
• Create and maintain operational as-built documentation for plant control system infrastructure.
• Through the change control process ensure that changes carried out on the Automation Systems do not compromise the safety, environmental or quality stance of the plant.
• Constantly re-evaluate the automation environment in the context of available technologies to ensure optimal efficiency and functionality through the potential adoption of improved technology solutions
• Assists in developing standard data structures and methods to support the ongoing integration of plant floor manufacturing control systems.
• Proposes modifications to systems, equipment, processes and operations to improve safety, increase efficiency and achieve company goals.
• Liaise with major equipment vendors to ensure compliance to specifications (e.g. attend kick-off meetings, pre-FAT inspections, etc.).

Qualifications

• Engineering degree qualified with minimum 5 years process control, PLC / scada, IT architecture and operations experience, with proven track record of design and delivery of high impact technology solutions
• Experience in Automation Validation in accordance with GAMP and cGMP.
• Experience in the development of the following would be advantageous: Allen-Bradley PLC’s, Wonderware InTouch, InSQL, Profibus, ControlNet, DeviceNet, EtherNet
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple high impact projects simultaneously

PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generatedmore than $79 billionin 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 billioneach in estimated annual retail sales.

For the purposes of external advertising, we have called this role an Automation Engineer. However please note that the internal job title the successful candidate will have will be Maint/Eng Sr Engineer