Senior Engineering Project Manager, Global CAPEX

PepsiCo; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 111,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) retirement plan

Performance bonus 12% of annual salary

Paid time off including parental leave

Job summary

PepsiCo is seeking an experienced Senior Project Engineer to provide capital project management and engineering support for the 1NA Beverage Supply Chain in Plano, TX. You will lead multi-plant initiatives, manage scope, budget, and schedule, and collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, EHS, Quality, and Global Procurement.

You have 7–9 years of project engineering experience, a BS in engineering, and a proven track record in high-speed packaging, capital projects, and cross-functional

Qualifications

• BS Degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Chemical, Food Processing, Civil or Electrical Engineering.
• 7-9 years of project engineering experience, with a focus on new equipment and line installation and start-up, high speed packaging experience, engineering project management experience, process and utilities engineering experience
• Solid understanding of manufacturing plant operations
• Able to travel; up to 30-50% travel to facilitate and manage multiple plant projects
• Individual CAPEX project expenditure experience preferred to be at least $1-3MM
• Strong people leadership skills

Responsibilities

• Direct experience with leading, developing and mentoring people and fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability.
• Experience with plant operations, packaging, processing, utilities, project management, and understanding of TPM and LSS processes.
• Project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously.
• Familiarity with basics of finance, product cost accounting and statistical process control. Able to effectively manage and track project spending and report financials on a regular basis.
• Understanding of competitive industry technology available for food/beverage packaging, utilities and processing.
• Excellent communication, presentation and influential leadership skills with an ability to negotiate with vendors, contractors and consultants as well as aligning with internal stakeholders.
• Work well with cross functional leadership teams to properly communicate projects scope and deliverables.
• Strong team-building skills as well as cross-functional team collaboration at a sector and/or plant level.
• Self-motivated, results and action oriented. Able to make independent and sound decisions.
• Experience with SAP myBuy, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, CAD skills and ability to utilize MS Project and other project tracking software systems.
• Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to assist teams to solve operational issues.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Project Management/ PMP certification preferred.
• Implement accountability and expectations with external engineering integrators.
• Understand plant downtime systems and able to track project start up curves.
• Experience in leading multi-plant initiatives.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SAP myBuy

Excel

PowerPoint

CAD

MS Project

Job description

PepsiCo is seeking an experienced Senior Project Engineer to provide capital project management and engineering support for the 1NA Beverage Supply Chain in Plano, TX. You will lead multi-plant initiatives, manage scope, budget, and schedule, and collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, EHS, Quality, and Global Procurement.

You have 7–9 years of project engineering experience, a BS in engineering, and a proven track record in high-speed packaging, capital projects, and cross-functional