PepsiCo · 1 month ago
Associate Principal Engineer - Project Management
US-TX-Plano
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$89K/yr - $149K/yr
7+ years expPepsiCo is a leading global food and beverage company, and they are seeking an Associate Principal Engineer to manage Capacity, Innovation, Productivity, and Sustainability projects within their Transformation & Engineering department. The role involves executing engineering solutions, leading cross-functional teams, and managing project risks and budgets.
Brand MarketingFast-Moving Consumer GoodsFood and BeverageManufacturing
Responsibilities
Execute engineering solutions to bring new capacity, innovation, productivity and sustainability projects that enable Frito-Lay’s portfolio of products. This can include the installation of new manufacturing lines and/or the modification of existing production equipment, including process, packaging, warehouse, facilities & utilities
Participate in and lead cross-functional teams of colleagues and outside resources, including plant personnel, equipment vendors, engineering and construction contractors
Define manufacturing and unit operation needs for project scope requirements and documentation
Ability to independently lead medium and large projects
Apply Engineering principles to problem solving and managing unexpected changes
Manage cost by developing project budgets, maintaining cost tracking tools and actively controlling project costs to deliver project cost requirements. Create project funding documents
Demonstrate time management skills by developing project timelines, maintaining time management tools in multiple formats and actively controlling project schedules, ensuring project schedule attainment
Manage procurement including analyzing quotes, writing procurement documents and tracking project procurement. information. This also includes developing and leveraging technical specifications and writing inspection acceptance test plans
Develop, manage and execute equipment installation and start-up plans while supervising outside contractors and vendors
Manage multiple project deliverables, accelerated timelines and competing priorities
Adequately manage, communicate and mitigate project risks
Expected travel: 25% to 35%
Qualification
Required
Previous Project Management in Manufacturing experience
BS in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or Civil Engineering
7+ years of professional experience
Technical curiosity with a desire to continuously learn
Self-motivated with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, aggressive, results-oriented culture
Ability to lead and drive an agenda to deliver results
Effective verbal and written communication skills with ability to communicate well to project stakeholders including senior leadership and cross-functional partners
Benefits
Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 10% of annual salary paid out annually.
Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.
Company
PepsiCo
PepsiCo is a food and beverage company.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4BKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.National Safety Council
2025-09-02Post Ipo Equity· $4B
2024-06-13Grant· $0.02M
2017-12-20IPO
Leadership Team
Alex Carreteiro
CEO PepsiCo Brazil & South Cone (Chile, Arg, Uru, Par) Foods
Mohamed Shelbaya
CEO PepsiCo Middle East & Africa
Recent News
2026-01-11
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