Packaging Machine Operator-Nights

Location: Mars – Topeka

Mars is looking to hire a Team Member for our state‑of‑the‑art manufacturing plant in Topeka, Kansas! Being a Mars Associate is all about opportunity – challenge, excitement, and the chance to shape the world’s best‑loved brands. You will work with a talented, friendly team from diverse backgrounds and gain training and experience that positively impact our business, our planet, and your career.

Job Title: Machine Operator
Shift: Nights
Location: Mars – Topeka

Mars offers a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance; short‑ and long‑term disability; 401(k) match; up to three weeks of vacation; twelve paid holidays; sick pay; maternity and parental leave; annual bonus potential; and many other ancillary benefits.

• Performs all assigned activities and job tasks within a line or area.
• Operates equipment safely and efficiently.
• Takes corrective actions to solve problems at the root‑cause level.
• Assesses equipment reliability and performs routine repairs, adjustments, and troubleshooting.
• Works with maintenance to complete preventative maintenance of equipment.
• Maintains accurate records of quality‑control checks, production numbers, and waste performance.
• Keeps detailed logbooks and performs all shift support documentation in a quality‑matter manner.
• Performs quality‑control tasks such as metal checks, date‑code inspection, item‑number verification, and dump‑log recording.
• Demonstrates ownership for product quality by performing all standard quality checks and related duties.
• Opens and operates a forklift.
• Operates a computer and uses standard desktop systems such as LSS, PSL, MIS, and SQCIS.
• Understands principles of inventory control.
• Knows the plant’s products and goals.
• Understands production schedules, production computer systems, and work instructions.
• Has general knowledge of Mars and the systems used by the business.

• Standing on a concrete floor.
• Wearing proper personal protective equipment (hair net, bump cap, ear plugs, safety shoes, and uniform).
• Bending, stooping, twisting, turning, reaching, climbing stairs, and lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Forklift assignments require OSHA certification and frequent boarding and disembarking.

• High‑school diploma, GED, or equivalent education.
• Ability to stand on a concrete floor.
• Ability to wear proper personal protective equipment (hair net, bump cap, ear plugs, safety shoes, and uniform).
• Ability to bend, stoop, twist, turn, reach, climb stairs, and lift up to 50 lbs.
• Forklift assignments require OSHA certification and frequent boarding and disembarking.

• At least one year of manufacturing experience operating a variety of machines.
• Knowledge of inventory control principles.
• OSHA certification for forklift operation.
• Experience with SAP.

Mars is a family‑owned business with more than a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business producing some of the world’s best‑loved brands: M&M’s, Snickers, Twix, Milky Way, Dove, Pedigree, Royal Canin, Whiskas, Extra, Orbit, 5™, Skittles, Uncle Ben’s, Mars Drinks, and Cocos.

Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD pet hospitals, Blue Pearl, 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 its more than 100,000 associates to create value for all partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.