PepsiCo-posted about 1 year ago
$102,800 - $172,100/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Valhalla, NY
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing

This position is part of the Food Safety Center of Excellence within R&D at PepsiCo, located in Valhalla, NY. The role focuses on ensuring that processing conditions meet commercial sterility standards for Low and High Acid Aseptic Foods and Beverages. The incumbent will lead efforts to ensure compliance with food safety and quality requirements while fostering innovation through a risk-based approach. Collaboration with various teams such as quality assurance, product development, and process engineering is essential to the role.

  • Develop and understand thermal processing and bacterial kinetics concepts for food and beverage products.
  • Identify process control associated with key manufacturing platforms.
  • Implement robust procedures for the design, development, and approval of thermal and non-thermal processes to ensure microbiological control.
  • Maintain the TPA reference library of process parameters for PepsiCo Food Safety and Quality standards.
  • Support thermal process validation of new equipment, processes, products, and packaging.
  • Drive subject matter expertise for innovation and product stability issue resolution.
  • Support the Commercialization, Qualification, and Verification (CQV) of new products, processes, and packages.
  • Validate existing processes for microbiological product integrity.
  • Review and issue scheduled processes for low acid aseptic products and file processes with the FDA.
  • Support Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action and Preventive Action items for Thermal Process gaps.
  • Build aseptic university training programs across the global organization.
  • BS/MS/PhD in Food or Chemical Engineering, Food Science & Technology, Microbiology, or related technical field.
  • Minimum 3-5 years of thermal processing experience in Aseptic Operations with a PhD, 5-7 years with an MS, or 8-9 years with a BS.
  • Subject Matter Expertise (SME) in Aseptic processing, canning, hot fill processes, Thermal Processing, Alternative Preservation, and Microbiology.
  • Ability to drive agendas to meet business timelines and handle adverse circumstances effectively.
  • Long-term strategic planning capability to support PepsiCo's future vision.
  • Team-oriented with skills to resolve issues decisively and develop positive working relationships.
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability insurance
  • Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life)
  • Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
  • Paid parental leave, vacation, sick leave, and bereavement leave
  • Bonus based on performance, target payout is 12% of annual salary.
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