Controls Engineer at Mondelez International in Richmond, Virginia

Job Description:

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.

In this leadership role, you are an internal technical master at the line level who ensures the line team is performing at a level that sustains and improves business results on one or more of 6 stars model. You model priority setting, manage the plan-do-check-adjust cycle and provide coaching and training for your team.

How you will contribute

Without you, we could not deliver high-quality snacks to our customers. You will operate and maintain equipment to build technical mastery and to deliver on safety, quality, cost, delivery, sustainability and morale targets, understanding losses in your area and taking the appropriate action to eliminate them. You will use autonomous and progressive maintenance standards to maintain equipment and support new product development. In this role, you will ensure that safety processes are observed, that quality assurance activities are performed and that resources are properly allocated and available during the shift. You will take the lead for shutdown maintenance, root-cause analysis, stops reductions loss analysis and breakdown elimination.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• Autonomous maintenance (AM) Step 4 systems and progressive maintenance (PM) Step 3 systems


• Maintaining equipment at basic conditions independently, including the execution of AM & PM (break-down maintenance, planned maintenance) standards on dedicated equipment


• Total productive maintenance and Six Sigma including qualification of AM steps 5-6, and PM step 3


• Leading line teams


• Handling challenging interpersonal situations tactfully


• Influencing people in a union environment


• Communicating effectively verbally and in writing and good attention to detail

Education / Certifications:

• Bachelors Degree Required

Job specific requirements:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Engineering experience preferred in food industry 


• Minimum 3 years of experience in Project Management, Power distribution and Electrical safety, VFD’s, Servo’s and motion control system, PLC/HMI, control system network, instrumentation and automation


• Minimum 2 years of experience in Knowledge of Integrated Lean 6 Sigma, ISC relevant experience, proficiency in SAP, Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point, AutoCAD


• Possesses excellent organizational agility; quickly identifies and able to prioritize to reduce or eliminate plant downtime, constantly works to achieve results

Business Unit Summary

The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, we produce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands—including Oreo and  Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products —are close at hand for our consumers across the country.  

Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.

Job Type

Manufacturing