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Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Regional Project Engineer

Project ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeVeghel, NetherlandsHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's or master's degree in Chemical, Biochemical, Mechanical Engineering, or a similar field.
  • Three to five years of engineering or technical experience in packaging, process, or utilities.
  • A strong technical background in at least one discipline—packaging, process, or utilities—and the ability to work across adjacent disciplines.
  • Experience delivering capital projects with significant scope in live manufacturing environments.
  • Experience managing budgets and controlling costs.
  • Experience managing system integrators, contractors, and technology vendors.
  • Ability to apply established technologies independently while working effectively within multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver projects in accordance with the Mars Project Management curriculum, from technical scoping through design, execution, and project closure.
  • Lead engineering contractors and subcontractors during all project phases.
  • Maintain supplier relationships to support quality, reliability, and efficient project delivery.
  • Manage assigned project budgets and ensure delivery within approved financial objectives.
  • Define and execute technical solutions aligned with business needs, engineering standards, human safety, food safety, environmental requirements, and legal obligations.
  • Take primary responsibility for installation activities, ensuring safe execution and readiness for commissioning.
  • Develop and align equipment performance specifications to support procurement, equipment ordering, and Factory Acceptance Testing.
  • Provide functional expertise and technical guidance to other departments in specific technology areas.
  • Participate in the Regional Community of Practice, contribute to global standards, support standard reviews and improvements, and drive consistent implementation across the cluster.
  • Maintain awareness of industry trends in the relevant field.

Desired Qualifications

  • Project management experience and/or training.
  • Working knowledge of safety, food safety, and regulatory requirements in manufacturing environments.

About the Company

Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Mars makes confectionery, food, and petcare products and also operates pet health services through networks like Banfield, VCA, BluePearl, and Royal Canin. Its products are marketed under familiar brands such as M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Skittles, Dove, Orbit, Pedigree, Royal Canin, Whiskas, and Cocoavia, sold globally to consumers and pet owners. The company differs from competitors by combining a broad, diversified portfolio with a global, family-owned structure guided by the Mars Principles (Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, Freedom), which drives its operations and partnerships. Mars aims to help communities prosper and to grow its business while improving social and environmental outcomes, using its scale to support responsible practices across the world.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$27B
Headquarters
McLean, VA
Founded
1911

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