Manufacturing Engineering Graduate Programme 2025 Cadburys

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 Matter.

As an organization we are committed to developing the next generation of Makers and Bakers. Joining us at an early career stage in our fast paced and ever changing environment will enable you to do more, learn more and grow more. You will be encouraged to step outside your comfort zone– you may even surprise yourself! We will ensure you are given the support you need to be at your best and enable you to be yourself and bring passion and personality. Here you can lean in and speak up and bring your own flavor.

Big enough to reach the top. Small enough to help you get off the ground.

Join Mondelēz and get a real taste of the global opportunities we offer while focusing on your professional development. Formed from a recipe that aims to make you into a leader of tomorrow, our graduate programme offers you a delicious blend of formal and on the job training that will expand your horizons while encouraging your personal and professional development.

Creating our future leaders

Over three years, your development with be formed by on-the-job industry experience where you’ll take on real responsibilities. To support your growth, you will have a number of guides including a line manager, a second year graduate buddy and a senior leader mentor. You will grow your career and learn skills to help you navigate off the scheme, how to build connections and develop your strengths.

The Role:

You’ll get to work across our categories in a series of 4 rotations across 3 years. These are designed to give you breadth and depth of knowledge, exposure to industry experts and develop a whole host of skills including core experiences of food manufacturing, project engineering and people leadership.

You will experience a variety of sites including:

· The iconic Bournville plant in Birmingham, home of Cadbury,

· Chirk, home of cocoa bean processing and drinking chocolate,

· Marlbrook, our milk processing plant, fundamental in producing our unique chocolate crumb

· The home of Bertie Bassett in Sheffield.

Rotations type:

Together we build your graduate scheme around key skills required for leaders of the future. With guidance from mentors and your input, placements are chosen to suit your development and we give you the opportunity to work with a variety of teams in Engineering, Manufacturing and Research Development & Quality, rotations will usually last between 9-12 months and could include:

· Project Engineer – managing your own projects on a variety of large and smaller scale schemes. Covering end to end project management from planning, sourcing, installing, commissioning, and reviewing performance.

· Process Engineer – continuous improvement of current and new processes to maximise the productivity in our manufacturing sites. Researching production methods and tools to ensure that we stay ahead, producing proposals and recommendations.

· Research & Development Engineer - working in our global centre of excellence for chocolate research and development, you will support the development of new, exciting and innovative products for our manufacturing sites around Europe and across the world. Working with leading scientists and engineers to provide engineering expertise to ensure effective, best in class production of our products.

· Production Line Management – you will manage a team responsible for one (or more) of our manufacturing lines, to deliver against safety, quality, cost, sustainability and morale metrics to deliver the product safely, at the correct quality and cost to the marketplace.

· Cross functional role – experience the wider business during your graduate scheme you will have the opportunity to dive into roles which make our company tick.

· Sites: You will have the opportunity to work at our multiple UK based sites working with chocolate, biscuits, and candy!

What we look for:

There are a few things you’ll need to join our tantalisingly innovative company. Along with the confidence to try new and challenging experiences, you must be enthusiastic about learning and eager to reach new heights in creating and sharing joy. We look for all sorts of qualities in graduates: Proactivity, Agility, Problem Solving and Communications skills.

We like people who aren’t afraid to stand alone, who deal with ambiguity instead of ignoring it and who know how to approach any problem, no matter how difficult. If you have these qualities and are committed to making the most of your talents, you’ll fit right in here.

In order for you to get the most out of our graduate scheme we require flexibility of location between placements within the UK (Bourneville, Chirk, Marlbrook and Sheffield).

Candidate Requirements:

2.1 degree or equivalent (predicted or achieved) in one of the following disciplines

· Mechanical Engineering

· Electrical and Automation Engineering

· Chemical Engineering

· Or a related Manufacturing/Engineering degree

Must have a strong interest in FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods)

Starting salary: £33,000 plus £2,000 sign-on bonus

In return for your commitment, drive and enthusiasm, we offer our Graduates an attractive benefits package within a highly successful international business which includes bi-annual pay reviews, performance related bonus, 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), contributory pension, life assurance, and a flexible benefits programme.

Closing date for applications is midday Wednesday 6th November 2024.

We will be holding our final stage assessment center for this role in-person at our Bournville offices on Tuesday 10th December 2024. Reasonable travel expenses will be covered.

For more details on our Early Careers schemes and advice on our application process, visit our careers site today - Early Careers - UK | Mondelēz International, Inc. (mondelezinternational.com)

Mondelēz is a diverse and inclusive employer with an objective to ensure a fair and equal hiring process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to apply or throughout our assessment process please contact earlycareersenquiries@mdlz.com stating “NE Early Careers” as the subject.

Our candidate requirements are based on criteria to enable you to succeed in the role. If you have narrowly missed the above requirements and there are extenuating circumstances that you would like us to consider, you can let us know by contacting earlycareersenquiries@mdlz.com stating “NE Early Careers” as the subject and attaching a letter from your school/university to confirm your extenuating circumstances.

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 .

Business Unit Summary

At Mondelez Europe, we are proud, not only of the iconic brands we make, but also of the people who make them. Our delicious products are created in 52 plants across Europe by more than 28,000 passionate people. We are the top maker of chocolate and biscuits and a leading maker of gum and candy. We make sure our powerful global brands and local jewels like Cadbury, Milka and Alpen Gold chocolates, Oreo, belVita, LU and Tuc biscuits get safely into our customers hands—and mouths. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are. Join us on our journey to continue leading the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.

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.

Job Type

Graduate Program

Graduates

Early Careers