Manufacturing Automations & Controls Specialist _ 3rd Shift (11pm-7am)
Mondelez · Chicago, IL
- Level
- Specialist
- Team
- Controls
- Base pay
- $87k–$120k
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 17 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A specialist controls role at Mondelez (food & beverage) in Chicago, IL. No Relocation support available.
- Tools it names
- Automation
- Base pay
- $87k–$120k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage · relocation help
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Controls Engineer roles in Illinois: typical posted base $89k–$134k. This one lists $87k–$120k.
Median of the low and high ends of 18 live postings that list pay, out of 28 controls engineer openings in Illinois, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Illinois plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 27 other live controls postings in Illinois.
- Base pay
- About 7% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $89k–$134k, from 17 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Automation 75%
- PLC 68%
- Root cause 43%
- Robotics 39%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 36%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Mondelez in Chicago
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Full description from MondelezAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
responsibilities
in an environment like Mondelēz International
- ◆Working with IT outsourcing providers using frameworks such as the IT Infrastructure Library
- ◆Working with internal and external teams and leading when necessary
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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 provide software and application knowledge to support implementation of the given solutions.
How you will contribute
You will ensure that delivered services are optimized to meet business demands and the service operations strategy, plan, measure, report and communicate service improvement initiatives, and serve as a consultant on issues and resolutions. You will also recommend actions that can be taken to optimize investments and benefits and to mitigate risks. This role will require you to identify suppliers, evaluate them, on-board new vendors, establish and run vendor governance; collaborate with management and follow-up on requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, and payments; work with project resources to provide design collateral and to configure software components so they are aligned with security policy and governance; and ensure adherence to development and configuration standards and processes.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:
- •Working collaboratively with multiple vendors
- •Leading complex projects - project management
- •Stakeholder management and influencing skills
- •Managing infrastructure services delivery, support and excellence
- •Working in global IT function with regional or global
Salary and Benefits
In addition, Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, we produce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands—including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products —are close at hand for our consumers across the country.
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