Packaging Design Manager (12-months parental cover)

Job Description:

Packaging Design Manager
Location: Slough
Contract: 12-months parental cover
As Packaging Design Manager at Mars, you will support conceptual design and development activities, determines the sequence of development operations, and determines equipment and proof of principle requirements. Significant collaboration is expected with all engineers, designers, technicians and managers within the breakthrough technology team and key stakeholders.

• Ideally, Systems Engineering or Engineering/Technology or related Engineering degree
• Consistently meets or exceeds the standards and expectations of internal and external customers and consumers
• Manage scale-up risk and introduction of technology into supply chain
• 5+ years in engineering technology development
• Demonstrated process and packaging science, packaging engineering, machine design development and design through virtual prototyping methods
• We want someone who can work independently and be a team player

• Direct leadership of key engineering development projects, leading a team of 8
• Support the translation of technology from ideas into virtual and working proof of principle models
• Support scale-up and transition of knowledge from the Global Packaging Machine Design team to third party machine builders for scale-up to full scale working machines
• Innovation engineering development of new science and technology
• Forming effective knowledge/technology teams (internal and external) to overcome hurdles to advance ideas and concepts

• 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.
• A strong focus on 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.