Drive manufacturing excellence as an IL6S Process Engineer at Mondelēz International in Namur, Belgium. In this full-time, shopfloor-based role, you will collaborate with line leaders to eliminate losses, optimize changeovers, and coach teams to meet safety, quality, and performance targets.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Chemical or related) or equivalent practical experience.
Minimum 2–3 years of experience in process engineering or continuous improvement within a manufacturing environment.
Mandatory fluency in both French and English.
Working knowledge of Six Sigma, SPC, and IL6S/TPM tools is strongly preferred.
Skills & Responsibilities
Continuous Improvement: Apply Six Sigma, TPM, and IL6S methodologies to eliminate manufacturing losses and improve line performance.
Centerline Management: Own and maintain Centerline systems and the Equipment Bible to stabilize assets and train operators.
Changeover Optimization: Analyze changeover losses and facilitate RCO/SMED workshops with operating teams.
Troubleshooting: Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) activities for chronic losses and coach shift technicians and operators.
Potential transition routes: People from continuous improvement, production, or quality engineering roles may bring strong problem-solving and data analysis skills, alongside meeting the mandatory engineering degree and bilingual French-English requirements.
Job description
Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.
You help manufacturing line leaders deliver on Mondelēz International’s safety, quality, cost, delivery, sustainability and morale targets to ensure processes run smoothly by coaching line teams and using tools to eliminate losses, troubleshoot line problems and improve systems.
How you will contribute
You are a key ingredient in helping us change how the world snacks. You will work closely with line leaders to ensure that Mondelēz International meets our safety, quality, cost, delivery, sustainability and morale targets on our manufacturing lines to ensure processes run smoothly. Most of your time will be spent working independently on the manufacturing floor, identifying and fixing problems, improving systems, and being responsible for your equipment, but you will also be responsible for statistical processing control and will lead small-group activities to build line team capabilities to eliminate losses.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:
Continuous improvement as it relates modern manufacturing concepts, total productive maintenance and Six Sigma
Leading and coaching line teams
Handling challenging interpersonal situations and influencing people in a union environment
Communicating verbally and in writing with attention to detail
Handling multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
Good computer skills (Windows, Excel, Word) and experience with SAP is preferable
More about this role
Centerline (CL) Management
Own and maintain the Centerline system content, including the Equipment Bible, to stabilise assets and improve line performance
Define machine settings and train operators on cause-and-effect relationships between settings and downtime
Manage daily completion and compliance checks, ensuring standards are in place before the R2S daily meeting
Loss Analysis & Priority Setting
Set daily, weekly and monthly priorities by analysing machine losses and identifying the top 3 losses against targets
Lead the Baseline Assessment (BLA) process, allocating loss targets per machine and driving GAP-to-target reviews
Direct team focus across unplanned, planned and auxiliary losses to close performance gaps
Changeover Optimisation (RCO/SMED)
Analyse changeover losses and set proper targets based on line nature and portfolio complexity
Organise and facilitate RCO workshops with the operating team and Line Trio
Train all operators in the new Way of Working and track changeover compliance versus target
Troubleshooting & Focused Improvement
Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) activities for chronic losses, engaging shift technicians and operators across all shifts
Coach the Line Trio and operating team in troubleshooting tools, including advanced methods (e.g. slow-motion camera analysis)
Manage the FI Skill Matrix for operators and contribute to FI Pillar standards and solutions across the site
What extra ingredients you will bring
Proven experience in an IL6S / TPM manufacturing environment, ideally within FMCG
Strong data-analysis skills: comfortable working with loss data, run charts and GAP-to-target reporting
Hands-on knowledge of Centerline management, SMED/RCO methodology and Root Cause Analysis tools
Ability to coach and develop shopfloor teams, building problem-solving capability at operator level
Familiarity with working within a Line Trio structure (Line Leader, Process Engineer, Quality)
Effective cross-functional collaboration with Pillar teams (PM, AM, FI, E&T and others)
Education / Experience
Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Chemical or related field) or equivalent practical experience
Minimum 2–3 years' experience in a process engineering or continuous improvement role within a manufacturing environment
Working knowledge of Six Sigma, SPC and IL6S/TPM tools is a strong advantage
Fluency in both French and English is mandatory
Working conditions
Based at the Mondelēz International Namur plant (Belgium)
Primarily shopfloor-based, working independently across manufacturing lines
May require flexibility to observe and support across different shifts
The responsibilities of this position are performed within the framework of a regional business model that is defined and managed by Mondelēz Europe GmbH, Switzerland.
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
What makes working at Mondelēz International so special? Many things. The iconic brands and global nature of our business. The continuous innovation and endless opportunities to grow. The chance each day, to put a smile on people’s faces. We are the world’s leading maker of chocolate, biscuits, candy and gum with outstanding brands like Alpen Gold, Oreo, Milka, Yubileynoye and Halls.
Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
