Associate Principal Engineer - Warehouse Automation Engineering Management

PepsiCo Inc.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 94,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

PepsiCo Inc. is seeking an Automation Ops Support Leader to steer the reliability and performance of warehouse automation equipment. You will coordinate with engineering, site maintenance, IT, and vendors to diagnose issues, drive improvement programs, and sustain operational stability.

This role requires deep fleet knowledge and hands-on leadership. Ideal candidates will have 5–10+ years in beverage/food operations with automation experience, strong analysis, and a willingness to travel

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in warehousing, engineering, or supply chain
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication and leadership abilities

Responsibilities

• Provide weekly and YTD updates to operations and stakeholders on performance and downtime trends
• Lead root-cause analysis and problem-solving for outages and losses
• Ensure governance and health of automation systems through audits and standard procedures
• Develop mastery of processes related to warehousing automation to improve efficiency and throughput
• Apply TPM, LSS, and project management practices to optimize reliability and uptime

Skills

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Warehousing, Engineering, or Supply Chain

Job description

Overview

The Automation Ops Support Leader is responsible for leading, maintaining, and improving warehouse automation system reliability, capability, and operational stability. Programs and governance developed/applied to address losses and improve reliability. Partnerships with engineering, project teams, site resources/maintenance, IT, Finance, and automation vendors will be critical in problem identification to improve operational efficiencies and throughput.

Responsibilities

• Provide weekly, Period, YTD updates to the operation/key stakeholders including performance, downtime trend analysis, improvement planning, fault/error code analysis, and open help desk tickets
• Correct trends with early intervention; coordinate support, resources, and escalation
• Provide governance supporting “health” of automation technology with annual technical audits and control for systems and equipment
• Develop, own, and manage mastery understanding for all processes, uses, and strategies delivering improved efficiencies, utilization, reliability, throughput of automation
• Apply reliability expertise to stabilize and improved efficiencies through procedural, operational, or capital improvements in both planned and unplanned downtime/outages
• Lead problem solving evaluations that require deeper expertise and root cause analysis identifying problem statements, potential solutions, prioritized actions, timely resolutions
• Ensure training provided during project and post install remain relevant to applications and align to operational program support strategies
• Working/skilled knowledge of
• TPM pillars – AM, PM, FI, EM
• LSS methodologies
• Project Management Processes
• CQV process – Commissioning, Qualification, Verification

Compensation and Benefits

• The expected compensation range for this position is between $93,500 - $156,450.
• Location confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
• Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 12% of annual salary paid out annually.
• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
• In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Warehousing, Engineering, Supply Chain Optimization
• 5-10+ years' experience in Beverage/Food field operations, Process Improvement Engineer background strongly preferred
• Understanding of warehouse automation, AGV/ATLS/ASRS preferred
• Electromechanical experience in Automation preferred
• Understanding of hydraulic and electrical schematics preferred
• Experience with product/vendor manuals
• Proven track record with LSS, TPM, and/or continuous improvement methodologies
• Analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills required
• Process oriented with drive for sustainable results
• Strong organizational skills
• Leadership and management skills required
• Influence/inspire key decision makers
• Motivated, self-starter able to navigate ambiguity to resolve issues
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to travel >75% of the time
• Required to be based out of Headquarters location or Automated Facility

EEO Statement

Our Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all other applicable laws, including but not limited to, San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901-4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance; and Chapter XVII, Article 9 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, commonly referred to as the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity / Age

If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO is the Law & EEO is the Law Supplement documents. View PepsiCo EEO Policy.

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