Associate Engineer Ii

**Job Description**:
**Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?**

**Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.**

Working as part of a cross functional team, you deliver the RDQ activities required to complete new product development, portfolio maintenance and/or productivity projects with an emphasis on meeting the desired consumer experience.

**How you will contribute**

With the support and guidance of a manager, you will organize and execute projects in line with RDQ, marketing and manufacturing requirements, effectively communicating status and risks. You will plan and conduct pilot plant and factory trials in accordance with good manufacturing practice and HACCP requirements and development activities (e.g. product shelf-life testing, designing for quality, consumer test preparation etc.). You will also write technical reports that will require the analysis and interpretation of results and that lead to conclusions and recommendations and create and maintain accurate consumer-led specifications.

**What you will bring**

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

- Food science, science, or engineering ideally in a fast-moving consumer goods market
- Working on teams and independently with the guidance of a manager
- Prioritizing and managing activities
- Identifying problems proactively and creating and implementing solutions independently
- Communicating effectively verbally and in writing, including technical writing
- Putting the consumer at the heart of development activities

**More about this role**

**What you need to know about this position**:
In Research, Development & Quality (RD&Q), your skills can be the special ingredient that brings our brands to life. As part of a fantastic team of scientists, engineers and nutritionists, you’ll work tirelessly on product design or development, process development, quality, nutrition, sensory and food safety aspects to ensure we deliver a consistent, delightful consumer experience. RD&Q is where you’ll turn great ideas into brilliant brands.

2-4 years of process development experience is required, preferably in the food industry.

**Primary Responsibilities**
- Support development and execution of process innovation, optimization, brand value, quality improvement launches from bench prototyping to commercialization of assigned project(s)
- Assist in pipeline scoping and technical assessment of future innovation projects & ideas
- Develop, update and maintain process/ product specification of assigned projects
- Support assessment of IP strategy, FTO as it relates to projects

**Internal and external contacts**
- Research technical experts, suppliers, RDQ partners, and Business cross functional partners including Marketing, Sales, PCM, Procurement, Manufacturing, Consumer Science, CIS, Graphics partners;

**Key stakeholders include**
- Product development
- Process Development
- Marketing Brand and Platform leads
- Biscuit Operations, Business Unit Lead
- Packaging counterparts
- Sensory & Consumer science group
- Corporate and Field Quality
- Biscuit Research

**Qualifications**
- BS or MS in chemical engineering, food engineering, or similar discipline
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work with all levels of an organization
- Excellent written and oral communication skills; able to effectively communicate to all levels within an organization
- Ability to influence others and get results through working with a diverse team
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage complexity
- Executional excellence, personal leadership, time management and problem solving competencies
- Travel up to 40% -travel

**Relocation Support Available?**:
No Relocation support available

**Business Unit Summary**:
**We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply**:
**_Our people make all the difference in our succes _**:
Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

**Excited to grow your career?**:
We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply

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**Job Type**:
Regular

Product development

Science & Engineering