Mars 2024 Graduate Program - Engineering

The Role

Are you excited about kicking off the first step of your career and want to play an important role in our Engineering team at Mars? Are you humble, driven for success, and someone who can turn feedback into a personal learning opportunity?  Do you operate by a set of values and care about the impact your work has on our global communities? If this sounds like you and you’re ready to learn and grow with a company that values your development and career, we want to hear from you! 

Our Mars Engineering Leadership Experience is a two year, accelerated development program designed to set you up for success on your path to becoming a future leader at Mars. You will develop across two assignments within the Engineering function, which are real roles, delivering real results for Mars.  

Working at our Mars Food site in Wyong, NSW where our teams develop the likes of Masterfoods, Dolmio, and Kan Tong you will join our Engineering team and have the opportunity to gain exposure to a variety of roles across Engineering Project Manager, Project Engineer, and Electrical & Automation Engineer. 

Key Responsibilities 

SAFETY CHAMPION:  Safety first – by following the Mars Responsibility Principle, you will take responsibility for ensuring individual safety compliance as well as ensuring safety processes are followed for others engaged to undertake work with Mars and that the end result is safe for everyone involved. 

QUALITY CHAMPION:  You will be someone who takes pride in ensuring that the result is a quality product. You will ensure that Mars Quality Principles and framework are understood ensuring individual compliance, work compliance for those undertaking the work and that the finished product is safe to operate, maintain and complies with HACCP plans. 

COLLABORATION: You understand that teamwork is the key to successful delivery and want to ensure that stakeholders are consulted and involved in developing the To Be (future state). Regular communication will be part of your approach to ensure a clear and effective change management process. 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Your ideas matter! You will have the opportunity to assist or lead the execution of Capital and Continuous Improvement tasks as part of a larger program or stand-alone project across Process, Packaging, Automation, or Building & Utility projects, which allow us to make some of the world’s leading brands at scale! 

What does a successful Mars graduate look like? 

• Energetic and Passionate: a love for the food industry is a must!
• Humble: you understand that success comes from teamwork and you enjoy celebrating wins with your teammates
• Results Driven: Delivering tangible outcomes is important to you and you are passionate about ensuring the role you play is contributing to the bigger picture
• Analytical: You are logical and methodical when identifying the best solution for a difficult problem. You won’t stop at the first answer and apply critical thinking to look beyond the obvious and understand the issue at hand
• Curious: You are curious about the world you work in and want to explore new ideas and new ways of working. You understand that there can be many failed attempts before finding the best way
• Adaptable: You thrive in a changing environment and can adapt when things are up in the air. You enjoy the challenge of unfamiliar tasks

Why Mars Australia? 

• Be part of a graduate cohort – Aside from your functional team, your graduate team is your family and you will go on the journey together. There will be regular social and development opportunities with your peers from other functional programs (Research & Development and Sales/Marketing), giving insight into Mars operations from a different lens
• Focus on development – you will have a Personalised Development Plan, as well as accelerated learning opportunities to set you up to tackle your target role post program
• Career progression – we have five business segments across 7 sites in Australia and New Zealand, with opportunities available for you to learn and grow
• Real role, real projects – from day one, you will start your Mars journey in a real role that delivers real outcomes for the business  
  Who are we looking for:
• University students from either Mechatronics, Mechanical and/or Chemical Engineering will be highly regarded, but open to all Engineering & Science disciplines
• Passion for FMCG industry
• Drive to become the leader of tomorrow in your field of interest
• Humble and driven graduates who are ready to learn
• AU/NZ citizenship or permanent residency

About Us:

Mars is behind some of the best loved brands in the world across multiple segments including Mars Pet Nutrition, Mars Wrigley, Mars Food and Mars Edge. We’re a family business that’s been making products for people (and the pets that people love) for more than 100 years. We’re 130,000+ self-proclaimed Martians—we’re pet obsessed, confectionery lovers, foodies, dream chasers and community builders— working across more than 75 different countries.

For more information visit careers.mars.com  

Mars Australia & New Zealand is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion.