SC Engineering Intern

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Auto req ID: 217058BR

Job Description

We are currently hiring 2x Engineering Student Interns to join our team for a 2021 internship on a 6 – 9-month contract, in our Carrigaline and Little Island sites.

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 13 locations across 9 countries offering careers in various functions from Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, 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.
The Technical Function is our team of enabling experts offering knowledge and partnership to functions on specialist subjects including engineering, quality and productivity. They ensure operations and food safety excellence for our team. Could you bring a new dimension to our technical expertise? If so we could take your talents to a whole new level.

Position Purpose and Primary Accountabilities
Engineering student intern will support the PGCS Capital Projects team in the implementation of engineering projects relating to productivity, quality, EHS, sustainability, capability and capacity initiatives.
We are recruiting for a driven, technical minded individual to become part of the PGCS Engineering team to support the manufacture of PGCS products. As part of the Engineering team, this role will contribute to activities in a fast-paced production environment, delivering productivity and capital projects that have real impact to our manufacturing processes.
Responsibilities include but not limited to;

·  Support the development and deployment of both productivity and capital investment programs/projects
·  You’ll be given real-life objectives to work on and will be expected to make a noticeable contribution to your team
·  Participate/lead (as requested) in continuous improvement projects (e.g. CIP, True Efficiency, etc.)
·  Exposure to full project life cycle from concept development to installation to commissioning and handover
·  Contribute to projects across Process, Utilities, Filling Equipment etc.
·  Exposure to PepsiCo global engineering standards
·  Opportunity to work on cross functional project teams partnering with Operations, EH&S, Quality, etc.

Qualifications/Requirements

Essential Criteria i.e. qualifications and/or experience (this will be assessed during short-listing)

·  Undergraduate student, following a path to a degree level qualification in Mechanical/ Electrical/ Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent
·  High degree of initiative and drive to deliver results with the ability to be pro-active and multi-task.
·  Creative and can think of new and innovative ways to develop systems and make existing things work more efficiently
·  Sharp problem - solving skills and knowledge of standard tools
·  Excellent interpersonal skills (both written and verbal)
·  Ability to communicate across a diverse audience Additional Desired qualifications and/or experience

·  Passion for engineering and innate interest in current technologies
·  High degree of self-motivation combined with good organisational skills
·  Supportive team player with an accurate, methodical and reliable approach
·  Computer literate, Microsoft Office suite plus AutoCAD 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, visit  www.pepsico.com

Relocation Eligible: Not Applicable