• The Principal Project Engineer will be a project manager for the large and complex projects executed by the Processing team and will be responsible for all aspects of planning and executing projects from ideation to project closure
• This role will potentially lead projects in process areas, buildings and infrastructure, general manufacturing processes, and packaging systems depending on business needs
• The role owns overall leadership of major capital projects through the Mars Snacking Engineering Execution Standard for executional excellence in project delivery
• This role will drive Process Technology capability within the entire process team, as well as line management responsibility for a small team and major project management for the process team
• Develop and execute projects of $50M+ that meet business objectives, while ensuring compliance with safety, quality, security and environmental standards
• Member of the Process Engineering Leadership team, focused on upskilling the process engineering team in various process technologies and project management execution
• Direct line management for a small team of project engineers
• Develop standards for equipment, systems and engineering processes and collaborate with other senior engineers and global technical teams
• Partner with R&D and global technical teams to support the development of technology platforms for providing a sustained technical advantage

Participate in staffing and management strategy for engineering associates ​

• Minimum 10 years of experience in a comparable technical position - food, beverage, pharmaceutical or related industry preferable
• Strong understanding of functional engineering - expertise in – process manufacturing in food or related industry
• High performance team and people leadership experience

Proven success developing and executing projects​

Demonstrated understanding of project management principles and general knowledge of engineering disciplines: Building, Infrastructure, Civil, Utilities, Process, Packaging, Electrical and Construction

• Future travel up to 50%
• 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