Job Description:
Mars Snacking, Technical Department
Location: Poznań
***on-site role***
Are you an engineer who enjoys turning ideas into reality? Do you thrive when working close to the technical side of projects, from design and installation to implementation and commissioning?
We're looking for a Project Engineer to join our Engineering team and play a key role in delivering capital investment projects within our manufacturing environment. This is an opportunity to work on impactful projects from day one, collaborating with cross-functional teams to bring engineering solutions to life and support the continued growth of our business.
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Support the delivery of engineering and capital investment projects from concept through implementation and handover.
- Contribute to equipment installation, process improvements, commissioning, and start-up activities.
- Partner with production, maintenance, quality, safety, and external suppliers to ensure successful project execution.
- Develop and review technical specifications, layouts, documentation, and engineering solutions.
- Ensure projects are delivered safely and in compliance with Mars engineering, quality, and environmental standards.
- Identify technical risks and proactively support problem-solving during project execution.
- Monitor project progress, timelines, costs, and deliverables within assigned workstreams.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance operational efficiency, reliability, and performance.
What are we looking for?
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- Previous experience delivering engineering, automation, manufacturing, process, utilities, or industrial projects within a production environment.
- Hands-on involvement in project execution, installation, commissioning, or implementation activities, rather than solely coordinating or overseeing projects.
- Experience working in cross-functional project teams and contributing to the successful delivery of investment projects.
- Strong technical curiosity and a practical, solution-oriented mindset.
- Ability to identify risks, troubleshoot technical issues, and drive actions to completion.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across multiple stakeholders.
- A proactive approach, passion for continuous improvement, and willingness to challenge the status quo.
What can you expect from Mars?
- Contract of employment.
- Attractive financial conditions with Business Bonus and Christmas Bonus.
- We will also look after your safety and well-being by offering you rich benefits package including life insurance, private medical care, Employee Assistance Program fully covered by Mars, MultiBenefit Program.
- Subsidized meals.
- Extra savings scheme to support You in long perspective.
- Support in career building through personalized development plan.
- On-line shop with attractive discounts on our products that Your family and friend are going to love.
- Possibility to participate in volunteering initiatives during working hours.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline
- Experience delivering engineering, automation, manufacturing, process, utilities, or industrial projects in a production environment
- Hands-on experience with project execution, installation, commissioning, or implementation
- Experience working in cross-functional project teams and delivering investment projects
- Ability to identify risks, troubleshoot technical issues, and drive actions to completion
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Proactive approach and commitment to continuous improvement
Mars Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mars and has not been reviewed or approved by Mars.
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Healthcare Strength — The benefits package is positioned as comprehensive, with broad medical coverage and additional protections like life insurance and short- and long-term disability. Mental health support is emphasized, including free mental health services and wellbeing programming under initiatives such as Mars Be Well.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is highlighted as market-leading in the U.S., with an example of 18 weeks fully paid for both parents. Additional family-related leave types such as sick time for caregiving and bereavement leave are also described as part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are described as strong, including 401(k) matching (with a 6% match cited) and pension plans in some cases. The broader package also references retirement savings options and contributions aligned to local market practice, supporting long-term financial security.
Mars Insights
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.
