About Mars:
Mars is a family-owned business with more than $35 billion in global sales. We produce some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, GALAXY®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES® and COCOAVIA®. Alongside our consumer brands, we proudly take care of half of the world’s pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses such as Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, AniCura, VCA™ and Pet Partners™.Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our 125,000 Associates into taking action every day towards creating the world we want tomorrow.
Title : Utility Engineer
Location : Baddi, Himachal Pradesh
Utilities Engineer will take the ownership of operational management and delivery of all utility’s services delivered within his location. This includes the management of customer interface within the designated area; ensuring efficient service delivery for day to-day running of the sites, and provision of a consistent strong link with internal customers, guaranteeing appropriate and responsive reaction to address any and all internal stake-holders concerns.
The Utilities Engineer is responsible for maintenance and engineering activities in the Utilities area which include Chillers, HVAC, Boilers, DG sets, Electrical Infra, Air compressors, Fuel farm, WTP, ETP, RO Plant, fire detection and suppression systems, etc,. He/she is an active member of the local engineering team and support to achieve the site SiG targets.
- This role is critical to support site utility infrastructure upkeep and to drive SiG programme. Some small minor projects will be directly managed through this role.
- The unit will look to this role for advice to support its growth activities, as well as to support existing infrastructure when required.
- The corporation will expect this role to be a key point of contact to ensure technical standards are adhered to when creating new infrastructure.
What are we looking for?
- BE (Electrical/Mechanical) with 5 to 7 years of relevant experience in Utility maintenance and engineering
- Experience on utility equipment operation and maintenance from FMCG manufacturing is preferred
- Thorough understanding of factory utilities and statutory requirements
- Experience of dealing with facility management company, engineering companies and equipment suppliers
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Support a team of Utility technician to provide maximum availability and running at optimum efficiency within Utility system.
- Ensure team is strictly following all Safety, Q&FS, Sustainability, HACCP, Local regulations and ISO requirements.
- SPOC for asset conservation compliance.
- Oversees the deployment of facilities O&M in order to ensure compliance and contribute to an optimum environment.
- Facilitation and co-ordination of all reactive (breakdown) works at factory and set priorities of works in shifts.
- Providing first line technical leadership, guidance and support for his team.
- Plan and schedule all maintenance activities to ensure compliance to master maintenance plan.
- Accountable to organize and implement all planned and unplanned maintenance activities on time with required quality.
- All works should be organized to fully satisfy all requirements from Value stream.
- Prioritize Simultaneous problems.
- Periodically measure and analyze Utility KPIs, collaborate with the team to comeback with action plans and improvements.
- Responsible for Utility Maintenance and Energy Budget where he / she needs to plan, prepare forecast for the total year budget, track and control the spend on periodic basis.
- Leading daily morning meetings and ensure proper actions are taken to address the issues in accordance with site standards.
- Support and cooperate with Engineering Manager with implementing new maintenance systems.
- Ensure projects are executed in line with Mars Global Standards and delivered according to the needs of the unit’s business plans.
- Understand and apply the Mars Global Best Practices and Standards relevant to utility maintenance and projects; connect with the regional engineering team to check compliance to the standards.
- Negotiate with annual maintenance contracts and engineering companies (in close cooperation with Commercial) to agree on service, delivery timelines, price and performance requirements.
- Updating of all relevant documentation and drawings resulting from the project work.
- Planning and organization of equipment related training for Mars technical and operational associates.
- Responsible for ensuring all required legal documentation for existing and new equipment is completed on timely basis.
- Drive continuous improvement and value leadership in existing systems.
- Maintain an appropriate supplier network and keep up-to-date with industry developments.
- Responsible for procurement and assessment of engineering spares from reliable and approved source
- Support and drive value leadership programme for site technical team
- Observe and promote all regulatory requirements as defined per applicable regulations, rules and procedures established by the Company, and notifies any violation or deviation to the immediate supervisor or appropriate authority.
- Complies with all training requirements to perform duties of the job.
- Ensure adherence/compliance to Records Management policies and procedures, as applicable.
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with over 130,000 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 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.
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.
