R&D Pilot Plant Operations Leader

PepsiCo Inc.; Dallas (TX); Sur place; USD 111 000 - 185 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Bonus eligibility

Paid time off

Comprehensive benefits package

Résumé du poste

PepsiCo in Dallas is seeking a Pilot Plant Manager for the Technology Process Center to lead operations, safety, quality, maintenance, and support teams, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant pilot-scale testing and scale-up for R&D programs.

This role defines long-term capability roadmaps, manages budgets, drives continuous improvement, and partners with global centers to standardize practices while building a high-performing, safety-first organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree preference for engineering disciplines.
• Minimum 7 years’ leadership experience in a Food/Consumer Goods manufacturing environment with demonstrated capability to lead multifunctional teams (operations, maintenance, safety, food safety) of a minimum of 20 people.
• Recognized Health and Safety qualification such as IOSH / NEBOSH / OSHA, with good understanding of Health and Safety (Equipment Safety (MESS), LOTO, Process Safety, Risk Assessments)
• Food Safety, qualified to HACCP level 3 or higher, experience with either AIB, BRC, FSSC22,000
• This position is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States

Responsabilités

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the R&D Pilot Plant, ensuring the site enables PepsiCo's innovation, productivity, capability, and commercialization agenda through safe, efficient, and effective delivery of R&D test runs and programs.
• Define and execute the long-term vision, operating strategy, and capability roadmap, including resource planning, organizational capability, infrastructure readiness, and operational excellence to meet future business needs.
• Accountable for overall site performance, including safety, quality, food safety, service, talent, productivity, financial stewardship, and continuous improvement.
• Champion a world-class safety culture by providing leadership over Environmental, Health, and Safety programs, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and PepsiCo standards.
• Own the site's Food Safety and Quality Management Systems, including FSSC22000 implementation and sustainment, ensuring robust governance, regulatory compliance, audit readiness, and continuous improvement.
• Accountable for site's operating budget, including labor, maintenance, contract services, utilities, ingredients, and operating expenses, ensuring effective resource allocation, financial discipline, and delivery of business objectives.
• Lead and develop a high-performing organization by driving talent management, succession planning, leadership development, employee engagement, and organizational effectiveness across all site functions.
• Collaborate across the Global Process Centers to drive standardization, leverage best practices, optimize resources, and accelerate capability deployment.
• Build strong partnerships with internal stakeholders to ensure the delivers against current and future R&D needs

Connaissances

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic vision

Safety culture

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Description du poste

PepsiCo in Dallas is seeking a Pilot Plant Manager for the Technology Process Center to lead operations, safety, quality, maintenance, and support teams, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant pilot-scale testing and scale-up for R&D programs.

This role defines long-term capability roadmaps, manages budgets, drives continuous improvement, and partners with global centers to standardize practices while building a high-performing, safety-first organization.