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About this Relief Operator role at Mars

Mars · Onsite · USA-Tennessee-Chattanooga

Job Description:

What Are We Looking For?


Minimum Qualifications:


  • Technical Background & Machinery Experience required.
  • High school diploma or equivalent education required.
  • Demonstrated hands-on operational experience with high-speed manufacturing or packaging machinery.
  • Diagnostic & Mechanical Aptitude: Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills to quickly identify mechanical faults, sensor errors, and process deviations.
  • Operational Agility & Team Leadership: Proven ability to lead by example, prioritize under dynamic floor conditions, and seamlessly transition across diverse workstations.
  • Compliance & Standards Foundation: Strong working knowledge and personal commitment to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), OSHA/workplace safety standards, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
  • Digital & Systems Competency: Functional literacy with production tracking tools, digital verification platforms (e.g., Weever Forms), and learning management systems (e.g., Nexus).

Physical Requirements:


  • Frequent lifting/carrying (10-50 lbs.) and frequent pushing/pulling (50-200 lbs.).
  • Frequent handling/gripping/bending/stooping.
  • Ability to work at elevated heights off a ladder or platform, climb stairs, leaning over equipment.
  • Ability to stand and / or work on your feet for extended periods
  • Ability to work a flexible schedule as needed to support production needs and to conduct multi-task work in a very fast-paced work environment.



 

What Will Be your key Responsibilities?


Line Relief & Shift Continuity


  • Structured Operator Rotations: Step in seamlessly to cover scheduled break rotations across core stations to prevent bottlenecking and protect production targets.
  • Outage & Absence Coverage: Provide flexible frontline support during planned downtime, peak relief windows, or unexpected staffing gaps to sustain continuous manufacturing flow.

Packaging Area Leadership & Technical Support


  • Tactical Floor Leadership: Champion overall area performance by offering hands-on assistance and directing floor priorities to achieve daily output targets.
  • First-Line Issue Escalation: Serve as the primary point of contact to rapidly diagnose and resolve minor equipment stoppages, system faults, or process deviations.
  • Safety & Quality Standards: Uphold and reinforce standard operating procedures (SOPs), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and workplace safety across all assigned packaging cells.

Changeovers & Clean-Inspect-Lubricate (CIL)


  • Pre-Planning & Alignment: Partner with Team Leads to stage materials, communicate schedules, and align the crew prior to line shutdowns.
  • Hands-On Execution: Actively assist in mechanical changeover tasks and sanitization routines to minimize transition downtime between product runs.
  • Compliance & Sign-Offs: Perform required post-task inspections and complete digital audit sign-offs via Weever Forms.

Production Records & Digital Systems


  • Batch & Yield Reconciliation: Assist with tracking raw batch records and tallying completed finished goods against shift targets.
  • Work Order Auditing: Pull Work Orders (WOs) and audit run metrics directly through the Production Summary system.

Subject Expertise & Team Capability


  • Production Coordinator Back-Up: Provide secondary leadership coverage to support administrative and operational shift management when required.
  • Subject Area Expert (SAE): Act as the technical SME for equipment operation, process optimization, and troubleshooting best practices.
  • On-the-Job Trainer (OJT): Drive team competency by pulling onboarding and standard training modules from Nexus and managing trainee qualification signoffs.
  • Autonomous Maintenance (AM): Drive ownership of Autonomous Maintenance initiatives, defect handling, and future pillar rollouts.

 

What can you expect from Mars?


  • A Global Community: Work alongside over 130,000 like-minded and talented Associates, all guided by our core values, The Five Principles (Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, and Freedom).
  • Purpose-Driven Work: Join a company that is striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
  • Continuous Learning: Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including exclusive access to our in-house Mars University.
  • Competitive Compensation: An industry-competitive salary and robust benefits package, including a company bonus scheme.

 

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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®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, BEN’S ORIGINAL®, 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 140,000 Associates into taking action e

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