A mutually rewarding experience.
Work. Realize your ambitions. And realize there’s more to being in business than just making a profit. That’s the Mars philosophy. And the opportunity we offer every one of our Associates. An opportunity to take what you do and make it mean more for you, for those around you and for the planet. What you get here is challenging, interesting work. You get the tools you need to do a great job and you get to have the best possible people on your side to help you do it. And at the same time as getting to find ways to do business better today than we did it yesterday and driving a great career, you also get to build a more enlightened business and drive sustainability.
Because it’s never just about a single person, a single project or a single brand. It’s about how you can grab everything that’s within your reach here and use it to pursue mutual, long-term gain. It’s about having ideas. And ideals. Being prepared to risk failure because the promise of success means we’ll all be a little better off. It’s that mix of integrity and ambition that makes Mars such a special place to work. And why working here is always about more than just a job.
About Mars, Incorporated
Mars is a family-owned business with more than a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, UNCLE BEN’S®, MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.
Purpose of Role:
The Associate Engineering Project Manager is responsible for fundamental executional activities of projects. The Associate Engineering Project Manager is an active member of the Central Engineering community, the local engineering team, and project team(s) currently assigned. He/she is responsible for deploying his/her engineering know-how to successfully support the execution of projects to the business that deliver a sustained technical competitive advantage.
This is accomplished by:
- Being engaged daily with project team members proactively performing assigned tasks
- Providing engineering know-how to support the execution of projects
- Managing individual construction contractors during the installation phase of the project
- Contributing to a winning environment which promotes safety, trust and confidence
- Understanding, complying with and reinforcing safety, security, and environmental policies
- Understanding and developing skills that support excellence in execution
- Supporting commitments of project scope, time, and budget
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Providing input into the project development process:
- Technical feasibility
- Innovative ideas
- Ideas that provide a sustained technical competitive advantage
- Technical information required for project design
- Maintaining a positive attitude
- Supporting standards and following established ways of working
- Working with functional groups on the project team
The significant obstacles and challenges are:
- Learning the Mars culture
- Managing multiple construction activities while delivering safe, secure and environmentally responsible results
- Consistently working on self development and a larger role on projects
Principal Accountabilities:
ASSOCIATE
- Actively participate in the development of engineering skills
- Develop personal effectiveness and functional competencies
- Motivate fellow associates through a winning attitude and be part of the Winning Environment
- Participate in the recruiting process when requested
- Drive for Excellence in Execution
BUSINESS
- Ensure delivery of assigned objectives for scope, time, budget, and cash flow
- Ensure fundamental executional activities are aligned with overall project priorities
- Communicate with the Project Manager and Engineering Manager to ensure project objectives are achieved
- Apply appropriate technology to gain and sustain technical competitive advantage
- Support initiatives that shorten new product and project cycle times
- Support lean ways of working and apply lean principles to engineering design
- Understand business measurements such as ROTA, FATR and segment objectives
FUNCTIONAL
- Continuously improve technical knowledge
- Continuously improve functional skills to provide value added engineering
- Key member and contributor of the CVS Team
- Comply with established standards for equipment, systems and engineering processes
- Support safety, security and environmental policies
- Contribute innovative ideas to provide sustained technical competitive advantage
- Identify, expand, and protect intellectual property of the corporation
- Maximize asset utilization through value added engineering and lean design
LEADERSHIP
- Support project objectives and challenge activities not aligned with those objectives
- Manage the installation of assigned project work
- Understand and support the Five Principles, Vision to Win and the Winning Environment
- Effectively monitor and improve a safe work environment
- Ensure delivery of quality work
- Actively participate in project activities
- Engage engineering customers and ensure satisfaction of agreed objectives
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
- 1-3 years’ of experience in a comparable technical position in within a comparable industry; food, beverage, and/or pharmaceutical industry.
- Basic understanding of Engineering principles – knowledge of engineering disciplines: Process, Packaging, Electrical/controls, Construction or Utilities
- Understanding of Project Management; mobilizing fast and aggressive timelines and producing quality work while influencing and working with various indirect cross functional teams or team members
- Ability to deliver results despite potential change and ambiguity
- Previous demonstrated creative solutions to complex problems and situations
- Strong communication, listening, and influencing skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with various cross functional partners, including leadership
- Strong business acumen skills – compiling reports, presentations, financial oversight, and leadership on projects
- Ability to travel 20-60% of the time as business dictates
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in Engineering or MBA
- Three (3)+ years’ experience in a comparable technical position in within a comparable industry; food, beverage, and/or pharmaceutical industry.
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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
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