Project Manager/ Reliability Engineer - Mars Wrigley Plymouth

Job Description:

Project Manager/ Reliability Engineer

Location: Plymouth (Onsite)

Salary: £58,000-£68,000 + Bonus + Benefits

Wrigley is proudly part of Mars, Incorporated, the company behind some of the world's best-loved brands. In 2016, Mars combined its Chocolate and Wrigley businesses to create Mars Wrigley. Mars Wrigley's confectionary portfolio includes Chocolate brands such as SNICKERS®, M&M’S®, GALAXY®, MALTESERS, and TWIX®, as well as Gum and Mints like DOUBLEMINT®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™ and Fruity Confections including SKITTLES® and STARBURST®. Mars Wrigley is just one of Mars’ diverse global businesses, including Petcare, Food, Drinks, and Symbioscience.

As a Project Manager/Reliability Engineer working in our Wrigley factory you will apply your technical expertise, creativity, and problem-solving skills to improve processes/equipment as well as advocate and deliver continuous improvement initiatives.

What are we looking for?

• Degree in Engineering or relevant experience.
• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment.
• Project Management experience delivering capital projects.

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Improve safety, food safety, and efficiency metrics, reduce maintenance costs, and technician time through reliability data analysis and improvement projects.
• Develop and implement a maintenance strategy aligned with Mars Supply Excellence (MSE), including planned and predictive maintenance.
• Manage reliability improvement initiatives with maintenance technicians and 3rd party vendors to reduce breakdowns.
• Analyse reliability data and report on the impact of maintenance strategies and improvements on factory performance.
• Support Site Asset Health Check process, ensuring compliance with regional requirements, eliminating obsolete equipment, and managing minor reliability improvement projects (up to 1M GBP).
• In the first 12 months in the role, you will support the changing in the engineering outlook and drive preventative management.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 140,000 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.
• Free on-site parking - benefit from hassle-free and convenient commuting with complimentary parking.
• Discounted Staff Shop & Access to on-site Staff Gym.
• On-site Staff Canteen.

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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.