Lead Mechanical Operator

Job Description: Lead Mechanical Operator Mars Snacking | Slough 📍 Shape the Future with Mars! 🌍 This is an exciting opportunity to join the Mars Wrigley factory in Slough. We are seeking Mechanical minded individuals who hold a passion for maintenance. Whether your experience is maintenance of ships, cars, tanks, lifts, generators, or similar mechanical industries, your practical mechanical experience is key to success. What You’ll Do 🔧 Lead & Inspire: Oversee maintenance and repair of production machinery Diagnose & Solve: Tackle mechanical issues with precision and expertise Collaborate: Guide a small team to achieve production targets Innovate: Drive continuous improvement in our processes What We’re Looking For ✅ At least 1 years’ experience in manufacturing and team coordination Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills Detail-oriented approach to machinery maintenance Commitment to teamwork and ongoing improvement Your Mars Benefits ⭐ Competitive Salary: £40,000–£48,000 (including shift allowance) Welcome Bonus: £2,000 paid in your first week Performance Bonus & Exceptional Benefits Career Growth: Structured development & Mars University Private Healthcare & Equal Parental Leave Onsite Nurse, Osteopath, Podiatrist Hot Food Restaurant & Free Parking Generous Pension (up to 9%) Life Assurance (4x salary) EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme Gym Membership & Wellbeing Support Annual Leave: 24 days, rising to 32 with service Shift Pattern ⏱️ 12-hour shifts, 4 days on / 4 days off (2 days, 2 nights, 4 off) What can you expect from Mars? 🚀 Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles. Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today. Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University. An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus Ready to make an impact? Join Mars and build your future with us. Mars. Tomorrow starts today. 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 every day towards creating the world we want tomorrow.