Job Description:
Join us as a Continuous Improvement (CI) Engineer for the M&M’s production line and play a vital role in driving operational excellence across multiple shifts in this key production area. You’ll be a crucial part of the FMOS/RT implementation team, managing manufacturing systems, improving line event data integrity, and reducing downtime. Partnering closely with Production Leaders, you’ll lead a team of Continuous Improvement Specialists (CIS) to establish work standards, coach associates, and lead initiatives that boost efficiency and reliability. If you’re passionate about manufacturing, technology, process optimization, and empowering teams to excel, this is the perfect opportunity to make a real impact every day on one of our most iconic product lines.
What are we looking for?
Minimum:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply, or a technical field of study
- Experience in a manufacturing environment
- Project management experience or leading continuous improvement initiatives
- Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects
- Data-driven mindset with proficiency in analyzing and leveraging operational data
- Strong problem-solving skills with a proven track record of driving results
- Demonstrated leadership capabilities and ability to manage up to stakeholders
- Clear ability to relate to Associates across all levels of the organization
- Fluent in English
Preferred:
- 2+ years of experience in food manufacturing
- 2+ years of people leadership experience
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Drives loss elimination for the assigned area to include Line Loss Analysis and development of 90-day action plans to address losses and build associate capability
- Leads triad (CI, Maintenance and Production Lead) for preventative follow-up on all value stream technical breakdowns and escalates for support/action through the Maintenance Team Leaders or Reliability Engineers as required
- Owns and maintains all MSE standards (FI, FMOS, AM) for value stream
- Owns ideation and execution of improvement projects to deliver annual value leadership target for value stream
- Supports Commission, Validation, and Startup (CVS) activities for capital projects
- Champions TPM (MSE) AM deployment and all Safety and Quality standards and objectives for their area
- LM1 for Continuous Improvement Specialists, including development and performance evaluation
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.
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The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position will include variable pay, medical and dental benefits, participation in 401k plan, and paid time off benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.
The pay range shown is applicable to all US locations listed within the job posting:USD 79,280.00 - USD 109,010.00Top Skills
What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us.
Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™.
We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
