Overview

Position Title: Associate Engineer

Company: Mars

Location: Waltham on the Wolds, UK

Job Description:

There is an exciting opportunity to join the site R&D team in Slough as the Packaging Development Specialist. The purpose of this role is to develop and deploy packaging initiatives that support core brand growth, efficiency and innovation for Mars Wrigley Chocolate.

Responsibilities: 

  • Initiates, coordinates and executes line trials at appropriate supply locations to confirm that quality attributes and performance metrics are achieved.
  • Adapt pack process conditions as required to ensure that all packs run efficiently and meet required semi-finished and finished product specifications, Quality standards and efficiency targets
  • Coordinates the creation of high quality prototypes to gauge consumer desirability, influence teams and support customer collaboration.
  • Utilize best practice packaging experience to deploy validated packaging formats across the network with minimal disruption to operations and minimal expense costs to the business

Reqirements:

  • 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.
  • Work with over 130,000 like-minded and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.

About Mars

To operate the Course mix/Compound packing lines is a front line role that is the key in delivering safe and efficient (lean) production in our largest volume area of the site and associated equipment in order to Draw back system, Flaking and Coarse Mix /Compound Packing in a timely manner at optimum throughput.