Technical Capability Leader: Training and Reliability

PepsiCo; Wright Township (PA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Employee Assistance Program

Defined Contribution Retirement Plan

Job summary

PepsiCo is seeking a Technical Capability Leader for the beverage manufacturing network in the United States. You will elevate technical excellence, build asset reliability, and standardize training across maintenance and SME communities, driving 'One Best Way' solutions in blow molding, filling, labeling, capping, and seaming.

Responsibilities include owning the training agenda, developing programs, and fostering cross-site collaboration to reduce losses, improve uptime, and ensure safety.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 2+ years of experience in manufacturing or operations.
• Lean Six Sigma experience preferred, including involvement in a completed improvement project.
• Ability to work off-shifts and weekends as needed.
• Willingness to travel up to 5%.

Responsibilities

• Owns the technical training agenda.
• Develop and deploy structured technical training programs for equipment SMEs.
• Build deep expertise across core beverage manufacturing assets, including blow molders, labelers, fillers, cappers, seamers, and packaging systems.
• Establish standardized competency frameworks and technical certification pathways.
• Strengthen troubleshooting capability, root cause analysis (RCA), and precision maintenance practices.
• Lead horizontal deployment of “One Best Way” solutions across the network.
• Create and maintain a centralized technical knowledge repository.
• Facilitate cross-site technical forums and SME collaboration sessions.
• Capture and scale proven equipment improvements, reliability upgrades, and performance enhancements.
• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain teams to align capability priorities.
• Coordinate training schedules, logistics and facilitation of technical training to ensure successful execution.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

2+ years experience

Shift work

Travel up to 5%

Education

Bachelor's degree

High School Diploma

Job description

PepsiCo is seeking a Technical Capability Leader for the beverage manufacturing network in the United States. You will elevate technical excellence, build asset reliability, and standardize training across maintenance and SME communities, driving 'One Best Way' solutions in blow molding, filling, labeling, capping, and seaming.

Responsibilities include owning the training agenda, developing programs, and fostering cross-site collaboration to reduce losses, improve uptime, and ensure safety.