Packaging Engineer

Job description

Job Description

Auto req ID: 174558BR

Job Description

We are recruiting for a Packaging Specialist to join our Quality team in Little Island, on a permanent basis.
We are the concentrate team in PepsiCo (PGCS) working across the Beverage, Nutrition and Snacks categories to deliver concentrate for many of PepsiCo’s mega brands including Gatorade, 7Up and Pepsi. We are at the heart of PepsiCo products, sourcing ingredients to manufacture more than 1,200 recipes for our brands. We are a global organisation, situated in 17 locations across 11 countries offering careers in various functions from Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, Finance, R&D, HR and IT. We want team members who can collaborate in our fast paced global organisation and are passionate about creating and delivering much-loved household brands to markets across the world.

Position Purpose and Primary Accountabilities

·  Identify and lead packaging productivity projects across all packaging types.
·  Support new filler initiatives by identifying packaging Best Practice requirements from incoming packaging through to finished product shipment.
·  Manage change control process to ensure new package and packaging equipment is successfully validated.
·  Develop and manage technical specifications for new in bound packaging materials, assuring specifications deliver appropriate functionality while conforming to the appropriate regulatory standards.
·  Liaising with procurement and operations in rolling out Packaging Quality related Best Practice tools.
·  Proactively assist in resolving packaging design and line issues.
·  Develop site performance Packaging related metrics and targets.
·  A requirement of this role is to adhere to all PepsiCo Health & Safety requirements

Qualifications/Requirements

Essential Skills:

·  Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physical sciences or equivalent.
·  Proven track record/experience in food and beverage industry manufacturing and supply chain environment highly desirable.
·  Excellent working knowledge of quality systems and audit program; and the employment of quality tools for the processing and manufacture of packaging materials.
·  Strong analytical skills; ability to analyze technical data and translate information into actionable activities.
·  Drive for results and proven track record on delivering against business objectives on complex projects across multiple functions.
·  Self-starter and self-motivating with the inherent ability to deal with uncertainty and complexity.
·  Qualification and experience working in packaging highly desirable. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $64 billion in net revenue in 2018, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Convenient Foods and Beverages by Winning with Purpose. “Winning with Purpose” reflects our ambition to win sustainably in the marketplace and embed purpose into all aspects of the business. For more information, visitwww.pepsico.com
“For the purposes of external advertising we have called this role a SC QC Scientist. However please note that the internal job title the successful candidate will have will be Packaging Specialist”

Relocation Eligible: Not Eligible for Relocation
Job Type: Regular