Key Responsibilities
- Safe & Sustainable Delivery: Lead and execute capital projects from concept to commissioning, ensuring every design and installation delivers safe, secure, and environmentally responsible results.
- Team Engagement & Leadership: Rally and engage cross-functional project team members, encouraging them to take proactive ownership of assigned tasks and collaborate effectively to hit milestones.
- Strategic Execution & Growth: Balance multiple priorities, including direct project execution, multi-disciplinary functional support, and continuous self-development to actively grow within the role and the engineering function.
- Promoting a Winning Culture: Contribute to a high-performing site environment that champions safety, open communication, mutual trust, and psychological safety.
- Champion: Comply with, reinforce, and champion all site and global safety, security, and environmental policies (HSE) on every project.
Qualifications
- Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering (or equivalent technical discipline).
- Experience of hands-on experience in a comparable technical engineering position within fast-paced industries such as food, beverage, pharmaceutical, or FMCG is highly preferred.
- A deep, foundational/functional understanding of core engineering principles across multiple disciplines (Process, Packaging, Electrical, Construction, or Computer/Digital Services) to guide complex site project decisions.
- Proven ability to work in team environments, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and drive projects to successful completion.
What can you expect from Mars?
Work with 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
Diversity & Inclusion
This job is with Mars, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community.
Job Details
Job Description: Site Project Engineer
Location: Melton Mowbray
Salary: £53,000-£65,000 + Bonus + Benefits
Our Melton Mowbray factory is proudly part of Mars Petcare. Since 1951, our Melton site has been at the heart of UK pet food manufacturing, producing some of the world’s most-loved pet food brands like PEDIGREE® and WHISKAS®. Together, we are united by a single, inspiring purpose: to create A Better World for Pets®
Role Overview
As our new Site Project Engineer, you will be a vital technical driver behind the design, installation, and execution of high-impact capital projects that keep our high-speed manufacturing sites at the cutting edge. You will join us as a key active member of our vibrant engineering community, local site technical team, and multi-functional project teams. In this role, you will deploy your
Learning and Development
Learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University
Benefits
- Bonus + Benefits
- An industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including a company bonus
Equal Opportunity Statement
Mars is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable adjustments for individuals with disabilities, long-term health conditions, or who are neurodiverse during the application and recruitment process.
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