Graduate Production Engineer — Lean, Innovation & Impact

PepsiCo Inc.; Süleymanpaşa; On-site; TRY 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo Inc. is seeking a Production Engineer - New Graduate for our Tarsus Plant. The role reports to the Plant Production Manager and focuses on hands-on experience in end-to-end manufacturing.

You will learn our processes, collaborate with different teams, and contribute to continuous improvement and innovation initiatives in a dynamic plant environment. Fluent in English and Turkish is required.

Qualifications

• Fresh graduate or early-career engineer with up to 2 years of experience.
• Degree in engineering as listed in the requirements.
• Strong language and presentation abilities in English and Turkish.

Responsibilities

• Support daily production activities and learn end-to-end manufacturing processes.
• Monitor safety, quality, efficiency and waste metrics and assist reporting.
• Participate in root cause analysis with Production, Quality and Maintenance teams.
• Contribute to Lean, Kaizen and productivity initiatives.
• Explore new ideas and technologies to improve production processes.
• Collaborate with plant functions on cross‑functional improvement projects.
• Attend daily production meetings and follow up on actions.
• Ensure compliance with PepsiCo safety, quality, food safety and environmental standards.
• Work with operators to identify losses and improve line performance.

Skills

Fluent English

Fluent Turkish

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Collaboration

Communication

Agile mindset

Curious learner

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical & Electronics, Mechatronics, Chemical or Food Engineering)

Job description

PepsiCo Inc. is seeking a Production Engineer - New Graduate for our Tarsus Plant. The role reports to the Plant Production Manager and focuses on hands-on experience in end-to-end manufacturing.

You will learn our processes, collaborate with different teams, and contribute to continuous improvement and innovation initiatives in a dynamic plant environment. Fluent in English and Turkish is required.