Overview PepsiCo is looking for R&D Engineer to join in one of our locations: Leicester, UK or Istanbul, Turkey. Job Purpose In this role you will lead process deployment projects in all Europe Region for Foods Category initiatives covering; risk assessment processes (the scoping of new processes and equipments to understand their capability to achieve target product design), make/buy design process mapping (building a map of knowledge to capture the equipments we have for each process, understand our assets, what models we are typically using, their locations etc.), capacity boost projects and supporting Global initiatives under PEP process agenda. Responsibilities • Involve in new equipment & process risk assessment processess to scope their capability of producing target design and support buy/no buy decisions. • Lead development, testing and qualification of process systems and equipments within internal and external resources, in support of category initiatives. • Lead scale-up tests at manufacturing locations, data collection/analysis and timely communication of trip reports highlighting results and key next steps. • Work with and support Food Safety and Quality to ensure all components and process systems are capable of producing and sustaining safe and stable products. • Design and execute DOE to screen, model, verify and ensure statistical capability and robustness of pilot and commercial processes • Creating and updating a map of knowledge to capture equipments, processes, assets, models at Pepsico sites covering all Foods Category. • Proactively identify skill/capability and system gaps when encountered. Propose corrective actions including coaching, training courses and new/modified processes. • Contribute to workstreams to improve ways of working across the team e.g. improvement of business processes to drive greater efficiencies, sharing of knowledge to create better team cohesion & developing others through coaching & embedding best practise. Qualifications Functional experience: • BSc., MSc. or PhD. in Chemical, Mechanical or Food Engineering / Food Technologies with at least 5 years process engineering/development/commercialization experience in Food & Beverage or Pharmaceutical. Other relevant backgrounds or experience will be considered. • In-depth analytical skills to interpret complex data and distil into meaningful information e.g. interpreting process data, experimental design and statistical inference • Demonstrated performance in developing and commercializing new processes/products /equipments in collaboration with Customer Technical Services (CTS), Quality, Food Safety, Supply Chain, Marketing, suppliers, 3PM etc. • Demonstrated ability to function effectively in stressful, fast-paced situations, with the personal leadership to influence and positively motivate self and peers. • Experience working within Technical Stage Gate process framework preferred. • Ability to travel within Europe and internationally estimated 25-30%.