# External Manufacturing Technologist

Job Description: As the primary interface between Mars and our External Manufacturing (EM) partners. you safeguard that great products and brands that are manufactured at EM’s are guaranteed to always delight consumers and customers, and always meet Mars and legal requirements. What are we looking for? Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Food Science, or equivalent 3 + years of working experience in a Food Development/Manufacturing environment, preferably within Quality & Food Safety and with (lead) auditor experience and qualification. Visible passion, leadership and behaviors in line with MARS’ first principle - QUALITY Minimum Strong analytical and problem solving capability Proven and effective project management & organising experience Strong communicator & relationship builder with good commercial awareness and supplier management skills Knowledge of Quality & Food Safety (HACCP, GMP/GHP, FSSC22.000) Sound risk assessment & management skills Non-conformance and incidents management skills Basic food microbiology, analytical chemistry and sensory methods Can travel region wide for team, supplier and internal meetings- est. 20-40% travel What will be your key responsibilities? As

- **Id**: 4279402
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/mars-external-manufacturing-technologist>
- **Role**: Finance
- **Role family**: Finance
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chicago, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T20:05:13Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T20:56:47Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2934
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Pet Food, Supplies & Care, Confectionery

## Company

- **Id**: 94439
- **Name**: Mars
- **Domain**: mars.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/mars>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 83
- **Open postings**: 75
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.893
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 16
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 86720
- **Max**: 119240
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 119240

## Technologies

- **GMP** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T20:05:13Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 11; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 6 · green card filings: 5; Filings 12m: 6

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 16
- **Reasons**: conf:4, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 119240
- **Is top pay**: yes

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