Job Description

Project Engineering Manager Biscuits

Role Purpose

The role is responsible for conceptualizing designing and developing world-class biscuit manufacturing lines from scratch with a strong focus on cost competitiveness scalability energy efficiency and future flexibility.

This position owns the front-end engineering and capital approval journeyfrom concept definition through layouting mass balancing vendor evaluation and CAPEX estimationensuring that projects are technically robust and commercially competitive before moving into execution.

This is a strategic engineering role not a plant operations or execution-heavy role.

Key Responsibilities

1. Front-End Engineering & Conceptualization

Conceptualize biscuit manufacturing lines from first principles based on business needs (capacity product mix cost targets).

Define:

• Line type and configuration

• Line size and throughput

• Technology choices for biscuit categories (glucose sandwich biscuits cakes / adjacent bakery).

Develop line architecture that enables:

• Product variants

• Future upgrades and modifications

• Scalability without significant rework.

2. Layouting Mass Balancing & Technical Design

• Own detailed plant and line layouts material flow and space optimization.

• Perform mass balance and capacity calculations across processes.

• Define utility requirements (power steam compressed air water energy usage).

• Ensure designs are fit-for-purpose cost-efficient and not over-engineered

3. CAPEX Planning & Capital Governance

• Prepare CAPEX estimates cost models and technical justifications.

• Drive projects up to AR Capital approval stage.

Ensure capital proposals are:

• Cost competitive

• Energy efficient

• Aligned to long-term manufacturing strategy.

• Support leadership with data-driven inputs for capital decision-making.

4. Vendor & Technology Ecosystem Management

• Identify evaluate and engage with biscuit equipment OEMs and engineering partners.

• Compare global vs local technology options to drive best value.

• Develop strong understanding of:

• Vendor capabilities

• Proven vs emerging technologies

• Cost and performance trade-offs.

• Ensure selected solutions deliver competitive advantage in manufacturing.

5. Governance During Installation & Commissioning : While execution installation and commissioning are led by external vendors and execution teams this role will:

• Govern technical adherence to approved designs

• Support issue resolution during commissioning

• Ensure line performance meets approved specifications.

• Travel to plants during critical commissioning phases as required.

6. Cross-Functional Collaboration

Work closely with:

• R&D (product/process requirements)

• Operations (operability maintainability)

• Quality & Food Safety

• Finance (capital governance and approvals).

• Ensure smooth transition from design to execution to operations.

Experience & Background Required

Mandatory

• 815 years of experience in biscuit manufacturing engineering / project engineering.

Hands-on experience in:

• Conceptualizing and setting up biscuit manufacturing lines

• Front-end engineering layouting and mass balancing

• CAPEX estimation and capital approval processes.

• Prior exposure to installation and commissioning of biscuit lines (even if current role is design-focused).

Deep technical knowledge of:

• Biscuit processes (mixing forming baking cooling packaging)

• Line flexibility efficiency and energy optimization.

• Strong familiarity with biscuit equipment vendors and technology landscape.

Preferred

• Experience across multiple biscuit categories (glucose sandwich cakes).

• Exposure to large-scale FMCG or bakery manufacturing environments.

• Experience working with OEMs specializing in biscuit lines.

Educational Qualification

• Bachelors/Masters degree in Mechanical Electrical or Chemical Engineering (mandatory).

Business Unit Summary

Mondelez India Foods Private Limited (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) has been in India for over 70 years making sure our mouth-watering and well-loved local and global brands such as Cadbury chocolates Bournvita and Tang powdered beverages Oreo and Cadbury Bournvita biscuits and Halls and Cadbury Choclairs Gold candies get safely into our customers handsand mouths. Headquartered in Mumbai the company has more than 3300 employees proudly working across sales offices in New Delhi Mumbai Kolkata and Chennai and in manufacturing facilities at Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh at our global Research & Development Technical Centre and Global Business Hub in Maharashtra and in a vast distribution network across the country. We are also proud to be recognised by Avatar as the Best Companies for Women in India in 2019 the fourth time weve received this award.

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation or preference gender identity national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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