IL6S Engineer

Mondelez International; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness and family support programs

Life and disability insurance

Retirement savings plans

Paid leave programs

Education related programs

Enhanced vacation and holiday entitles

Job summary

Mondelez International in Ontario, Canada is seeking a Continuous Improvement professional to support IL6S rollout, coach teams, and drive loss elimination across SQDCM.

You will lead workshops, analyze data, and implement standard work and autonomous maintenance practices, partnering with manufacturing and maintenance to sustain improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Operations Management, or related field; 2–3 years manufacturing/CI experience.
• Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, or IL6S experience; formal certifications preferred.
• Proficiency with data tools (Excel required; Power BI; Minitab or similar).

Responsibilities

• Provide training on CI tools and techniques.
• Support daily management system (DMS) and CI activities.
• Lead root-cause analysis to reduce losses and KPI gaps.
• Establish new work standards to sustain improvement.
• Coach teams on problem solving and standard work.

Skills

CI experience

Facilitation skills

Data analytics

Excel proficiency

Problem solving

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/related field

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Minitab

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 Uniquely Yours. You play an important role in the department, maintaining systems and performing tasks and activities that support our continuous improvement (CI) processes and culture. You help with data collection, ensure its accuracy, promote CI progress and keep track of the department KPI scorecards.

How you will contribute

• Provide training on CI tools and techniques.
• You will also help departments follow our established daily management system (DMS).
• Help teams collect data or extract it from the system to support CI activities and the DMS.
• Facilitate root-cause analysis to address identified losses and departmental KPI scorecard gaps.
• Establish new work standards to sustain improvement.
• Train and qualify colleagues on CI tools and new work standards resulting from CI activities.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

• CI and high-performance work systems experience.
• Strong facilitation and communication skills to support team discussions on CI activities.
• Application of lean and/or TPM tools in a factory or operations environment.
• Ability to manipulate and validate data in manual and automated systems.
• Mastery of Excel and other data analytics tools.
• Organized and disciplined to support and educate on the DMS process.
• Logical and structured thinking to extract insights from data.

More about this role

What you need to know about this position: Support the implementation of IL6S roll out at site, partnering with stake holders to fulfill capability needs and doing maturity assessments on all standard work processes. Lead and execute continuous improvement initiatives to eliminate top losses, improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and morale (SQDCM) across the site. Serve as a site Autonomous Maintenance Subject Matter Expert (SME), owning AM standards, deployment, and capability development in partnership with Manufacturing and Maintenance Apply Focused Improvement (FI) tools to identify, quantify, and prioritize losses, enabling teams and Process Engineers to execute effective loss elimination and deliver measurable results. Coach core team, technicians, and leaders on problem solving, AM practices, and standard work to build self-sufficiency at the line level. Partner with cross-functional teams to enable equipment reliability improvements and AM ownership, ensuring loss elimination efforts are aligned to standards and sustained over time. Ownership of the Waste and/or Cost Work Process including floor level loss intelligence, glidepath development, and system governance to enable prioritized loss elimination and sustained improvement.

What extra ingredients you will bring

• Strong working knowledge of Continuous Improvement, Lean, TPM, and IL6S principles, with the ability to apply them in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience driving improvement initiatives using data, structured problem solving, and loss analysis.
• Hands-on understanding of equipment reliability, autonomous maintenance practices, and operator-based asset care.
• Ability to coach and influence at all levels of the organization, from frontline operators to site leadership.
• Proven capability to translate complex concepts into practical, easy-to-understand tools and standard work.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams.

Education / Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Operations Management, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. (Preferred) Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in manufacturing, continuous improvement, maintenance, or operational excellence role. Demonstrated experience with Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, or IL6S methodologies (formal certifications preferred) Experience working in regulated manufacturing environment (food, CPG, or similar) Proficiency with data and analytics tools (Excel required; Power BI; Minitab, or similar tools preferred)

Job specific requirements

• Regular presence on the production floor to observe processes, identify losses, and coach team in real time.
• Ability to support operations across shifts as needed, including early mornings, nights, or weekends during initiatives, startups, or breakdowns.
• Ability to analyze equipment and process performance using data, trends, and loss intelligence.
• Ability to facilitate workshops, training sessions, and structure problem-solving events.
• Willingness to lead from the floor and work side-by-side with operators and technicians when needed.

Work schedule

Primarily M-F regular business hours; however, flexibility is required to support business needs. Occasional off-shift support may be required during improvement initiatives, Small Group Activity (SGA) Event. Schedule will be adjusted as needed to ensure effective partnership with Operations and Maintenance across shifts.

Salary and Benefits

The expected base salary range for this position is $69,800 to $87,250 CAD depending on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible to participate in a highly competitive bonus program with a target of 8% with the possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.

• health insurance
• wellness and family support programs
• life and disability insurance
• retirement savings plans
• paid leave programs
• education related programs
• enhanced vacation and holiday entitlements

AI and posting details

AI may be used as part of the recruitment process and in accordance with local laws.

This posting is for a current vacancy. No Relocation support available.

Business Unit Summary

With several brands that are among consumer favourites, including Cadbury, OREO, Christie and Maynards, we are one of the largest snack companies in Canada. Many of our iconic brands are ranked first, second or third in their categories, and our manufacturers and pastry chefs have an enviable mission to create and manufacture chocolate, cookies, crackers and candy in our iconic factories and locations across Ontario. A company with many ambitious growth targets, we have invested close to $250 million in our Ontario plants in recent years alone; We run marketing campaigns promoting innovative products such as Cadbury Dark Milk tablets and OREO Birthday Cake and Peppermint Bark cookies. Our community of more than 2,683 employees is present across Canada and our head office is in Toronto. Passion and dedication characterize our Company. We encourage all our employees to be themselves at work, to speak out and to encourage diversity in all areas of activity. In addition, we foster a flexible work environment and place great importance on the notions of trust and empathy to promote a true sense of belonging. Mondelez welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates with disabilities taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please note that the term "accommodation" in this posting means changes that are made in order to meet the needs of a person with disabilities and not lodging.

Job Type and Business Capability

Job Type Regular Process excellence Business Capability

At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right through offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about. We have a rich portfolio of strong brands - both global and local. Including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the number 1 position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy as well as the No. 2 position in gum Our 80,000 Makers and Bakers are located in our operations in more than 80 countries and are working to sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. They are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen, and happen fast. Join us and Make It An Opportunity!