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Principal Project Engineer

This Principal Project Engineer will be a technical lead for the larger and more complex projects executed by the Processing team and will be responsible for all aspects of planning and executing projects from ideation to project closure.  The person in this role will potentially lead projects in process areas, building and infrastructure, general manufacturing processes, and packaging systems depending on business needs.  The role owns overall leadership of major capital projects through the MW Engineering Execution Standard for executional excellence in project delivery.  These roles will either be based out of, or require significant travel to, all of our major sites across North America.

What would your key responsibilities be?

• Building and leading high-performance teams
• Fostering and sustaining a winning environment which promotes safety, trust and confidence
• Developing team member skills that support excellence in execution and leadership
• Provide segment leadership for engineering projects with close collaboration with Industrial engineers, activity management lead and supply director.
• Developing skills that support excellence in execution and leadership, including effective communications and establishing clear accountability with the project team, contractors and vendors.
• Using the adopted project management techniques, MW Engineering Work Process, to manage projects.  Aspects of the standard include, but are not limited to, team leadership, chartering, scoping, resource planning, budget development & management, schedule development & management, commercial buy planning, stakeholder engagement & communication, risk management, safe design & construction safety, and project closeout.
• Providing leadership and engineering knowledge required to plan and execute projects
• Providing guidance for engineering and design decisions required to execute projects
• Ensuring team members comply with and reinforce safety, security and environmental policies and consistency in the use of designated engineering tools and practices
• Driving the project development process

• Options that provide a sustained technical competitive advantage
• Foster innovative ideas
• Collaboration with other functions
• Technical feasibility
• Site consensus on Project scope
• Low asset driven project estimates
• Project schedules delivering first to market

• Facilitates the transfer of knowledge of technology for all projects to site stakeholders through the CVS process.

What are we looking for?

• 10-15 years of experience in a comparable technical position - food, beverage, pharmaceutical or related industry preferable
• In-Depth understanding of project management principals and general knowledge of engineering disciplines: Building, Infrastructure, Civil, Utilities, Process, Packaging, Electrical, Construction or Computer Services
• In-depth understanding of functional engineering area of expertise.  Strong leadership experience around construction safety, specifically in the area of civil, building construction, and utility system construction.
• Team skills - high performance team experience

• Action Oriented, Interpersonal Savvy, Communication Skills, Planning, Self-Development, Dealing with Ambiguity, Creativity, Innovation Management

What can you expect from Mars?

• The opportunity to learn, develop and take charge of your own career.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package. 
• To be respected and valued.
• The Five Principles at the center of every decision.

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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.