Sr. Project Engineer Manager

Unbottle Your Potential At Pepsi Bottling Ventures!

At Pepsi, we spread home-grown joy, in our special Pepsi Bottling Ventures way! Pepsi Bottling Ventures is the nation's largest private bottler and distributor of Pepsi beverages. Pepsi Bottling Ventures is based in NC, SC, MD, & DE.

Pepsi Bottling Ventures is seeking a Sr. Project Engineer Manager to join our team.

We are jointly owned by Suntory and Pepsi Co. Suntory is a family-owned business founded in Japan more than 125 years ago that is known globally for their beverages and innovative spirit. Pepsi Co has a 125-year plus legacy as a global leader in convenient foods and beverages. We represent Suntory's non-alcoholic beverage industry in the United States and have an 80-year plus legacy of providing Pepsi Co products to the Carolinas and beyond.

We make, sell, and distribute Pepsi Co and other beverages. We do business in five states and sell Pepsi Co beverages to most of the market in our geographic regions. We also develop our own line of beverages, producing and distributing a growing product line nationally.

We bring you the beverages you love. We bring Pepsi Co's beloved beverages and more to you and our customers. As a part of Suntory, we believe in dreaming big and boldly pursuing our dreams, growing for good, and giving back to society. We innovate to create new beverages, like our Nature's Twist refreshing lemonade line, and we continuously expand our beverage portfolio to bring you and our customers joy.

We value integrity, teamwork, accountability, adaptability, and communication in all we do and expect from all team members. We'd love to receive your application and talk with you about your interest in the position if the overview below describes you.

As part of our Engineering team, the primary function of this position will be to drive the development and execution of strategic capital projects for Pepsi Bottling Ventures (PBV). This position will build and manage internal and external relationships to effectively implement project initiatives that drive productivity results, optimize value, and promote growth. This role interacts with individuals from Operations, Engineering, Commercial, Demand Planning, and other key business units within PBV.

This role will also work directly with manufacturing and warehouse sites to develop, modify, and implement plans for capacity and program initiatives.

• Lead the delivery of large, complex and/or multi-site capital projects from concept to closure.
• Manage multiple projects at one time.
• Accountable for scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, safety, FAT/SAT, and success criteria results across assigned projects.
• Monitor and report project progress to business sponsors and project stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain robust project governance, change management, reporting, and assurance processes.
• Drive optimization of vertical startup methodology on all projects.
• Responsible for ownership and storage of all project/knowledge-based information (documents, drawings, media, etc.).
• Work collaboratively with internal teams on vendor selections, contract development, equipment procurement, and overall project execution.
• Supervise and coordinate capital project activities and contractors at the job site including demolition, equipment delivery, installation, and commissioning (CQV).
• Identify, develop, and execute cost savings programs to support business productivity metrics.
• Maintain safe and clean working environments by enforcing procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Drive lean and standard work principles to ensure team/department efficiencies.
• Build strategic relationships and communications with internal customers, stakeholders, and external partners.
• Lead feasibility studies, option analysis, front end loading and business case development.
• Prepare project documents including project charters, budgets, drawings, specifications, cost estimates, and schedules for assigned capital projects.
• Perform design reviews including researching data, conducting feasibility and economic studies, and determining design criteria in accordance with required standards and codes.

• Own project financial performance, activities, and reporting including capital expenditure, cashflow, forecasting, and contingency management.
• Drive procurement strategies and activities (RFQs, bid selections, PR/PO creation, Good receipts, asset capitalization, etc).
• Partner with PBV procurement team for contract negotiations.

• Partner with senior stakeholders across engineering, supply chain, innovation, finance and leadership teams.
• Balance competing priorities across the capital portfolio and support investment decision making.
• Act as a key interface between business sponsors and project stakeholders.

• Provide technical guidance, informal coaching, and subject-matter expertise to…