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Mars UK • USA-Tennessee-Chattanooga | United States of America

Associate Engineer Technical Services

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

The Associate Engineer Technical Services provides technical support/advanced troubleshooting and drives continuous product, process, and packaging improvement at MW factory locations. The position is a member of the MSE Focused Improvement (FI), FMOS Pillars and support Q Pillar initiatives; leads/executes improvement projects and mentors/trains others in problem solving methodologies. Additionally, this role manages R&D line trials by coordinating requests with the site value stream, R&D, Engineering and Commercial to ensure optimal execution and knowledge capture.

What are we looking for?

Minimum Requirements

  • Associate's degree (preferably in engineering or closely related scientific or technical disciplines)

  • 2+ years engineering, manufacturing or related food industry experience

  • Ability to work in teams, collaborate and influence others

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree (preferably in engineering or closely related scientific or technical disciplines)

What will be your key responsibilities?

  • Implements new and improved products, processes, systems, methodologies, and packaging

  • Designs, manages, communicates and documents line trials

  • Develops and implements financial and quality continuous improvements through the application of complex problem-solving techniques, contributing to overall site CI goals through the completion of at least 2 Six Sigma projects per year

  • Supports development of standard run conditions as part of new product/process/pack validation

  • Leverages standard run conditions to develop statistical process control settings and ranges. Adds new sample plans to system

  • Participates in Quality Management Programs (QMP) such as but not limited to Internal Audits, CAPA’s, S-CAPA’s

What can you expect from Mars?

  • Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.

  • Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

  • Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

  • An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Mars does not sponsor visas for this role.

This position is not eligible for relocation benefits.

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Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to compressed hours
Sabbaticals
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
24 days annual leave + bank holidays
“Pawternity” leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Bank holiday swaps
Shared parental leave
Adoption leave
Family health insurance
Pregnancy support
Neo-natal leave
Faith rooms
Meditation space
Dog friendly office
Dog friendly co-working space
Annual bonus
Employee discounts
Cinema discounts
Referral bonus
Joining bonus
Cycle to work scheme
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Theme park discounts
Lunch and learns
In house training
Learning license
Studying sabbaticals
Open to part time work for some roles

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Company employees:

4,000 In the UK

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57:43

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