Process Engineer Team Leader

McCormick & Company, Incorporated; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the food processing industry is seeking a Process Engineer Team Leader. In this role, you will manage process development projects, lead a team, and ensure project expectations are met while collaborating effectively with stakeholders. Your expertise will contribute significantly to new product introductions and quality improvements.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in food processing or related industry.
• Experience providing sponsorship and coaching.
• Flexibility in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead process development projects.
• Directly oversee three reports and ensure project expectations.
• Coordinate across functions and maintain communication with stakeholders.

Skills

Process Engineering

Project Management

Team Leadership

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

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Company: McCormick & Company

Process Engineer Team Leader

Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

This individual is responsible for managing process development projects as they relate to the group’s mission of supporting new product introduction, quality improvement of existing products, cost optimization of existing processes, as well as expanding the process technology knowledge base. The individual will also be expected to analyse, and document its results, build capability through new technical and technology, along with project execution and communication to the Business Team, Management and McCormick technical community. The individual in this position maintains a working relationship with Product Development, Marketing, Marketing Research, Sales, Packaging, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Corporate Laboratories, and the TIC Process Development Group.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Overall direct People Management responsibilities of three direct reports.
• Lead and manage process development and support new product introduction projects.
• Lead projects on a day-to-day basis.
• Be key contact person to teams and external stakeholders with efficient communication.
• Gather and share related information/specification and standard to project team.
• Establish role and responsibility for team and get involved with external expertise at the right time.
• Participate FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis), FAT (Factory Acceptance Test)/SAT (Site Acceptance Test) and keep updating project status to stakeholder.
• Ensure project meets expectation criteria (products specification, line efficiency) with project post report.
• Process & Program Standardisation: Responsible for ensuring that all process specification and product specification are documented through SOP (Standard Operating Procedure).
• Capability building for technical and technology from process change with effectiveness skill qualification system.
• CAAP management with a technology roadmap, budget planning and capital justification documentation build and approval.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant Engineering degree (Mechanical, Industrial or Electrical Engineering) preferred.
• Solid experience in Process Engineering and Project Management in food processing, petrochemical, pharmaceutical or related industry.
• Relevant Team Leadership experience, including providing mid-level sponsorship (coaching, training, etc.) and behavioral modeling to the team.
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience in product and process change management.
• Communicates and collaborates effectively and efficiently with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation from various functions - Production, Quality Assurance, Product Development, Engineering and Sale. Some interaction with external stakeholders including equipment's vendors and government authorities.
• Ethical behaviour, professional maturity.
• Coordinate to cross functional for related function and workstream.
• Flexibility in complex, ambiguous and fast-paced environment with changing priorities. #LI-DNI

Agencies: McCormick as needed will work with external recruitment vendors through our Agency Portal. Unless previously contacted, McCormick does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies.

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.