PROCESS ENGINEER

McCormick & Company; Geneva (IL); On-site; USD 62,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in herbs and spices is seeking a full-time Process Engineer at their Flavor Manufacturing Center. The role focuses on driving process reliability and waste reduction, ensuring standardization across departments, and mentoring technicians. With competitive compensation and extensive benefits, this is a great opportunity for engineering professionals looking to make a difference.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Career growth opportunities

Tuition assistance

Comprehensive health plans

Family-friendly benefits

401(k) and profit-sharing plans

Qualifications

• Minimum one year of relevant production/engineering experience.
• Proficient in applying statistical methods.
• Experience working collaboratively in a team-based environment.

Responsibilities

• Providing engineering support and guidance for filling and processing departments.
• Leading teams to maintain and create standard operating procedures.
• Focus on cost reduction and process improvements.

Skills

Leadership Capability

Effective Communication

Problem Solving

Proficiency in Statistical Methods

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial)

Tools

MS Office

SAP

CAD System

Job description

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments – and we’re only getting started. At McCormick, we’re always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.

McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place to work.

We are looking to hire a Process Engineerimmediately at our McFONA Manufacturing Plant in Geneva, Illinois.

What We Bring To The Table:

The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the benefits you’d expect from a global leader (401k, health insurance, paid time off, etc.) we also offer:

• Competitive compensation

• Career growth opportunities

• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices

• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness

• Tuition assistance

McCormick & Company, Inc., a world leader in the spice, flavor and seasonings industry, is seeking a full time Process Engineer in the Flavor Solutions group supporting a major industrial customer. This new hire will work at the Flavor Manufacturing Center located in Hunt Valley, MD. The Process Engineer will report to the Flavors Department Manager.

With more than $5 billion in annual sales, the Company manufactures markets and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavorful products to the entire food industry – retail outlets, food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. We create differentiating flavors consumers prefer with unmatched quality, science, innovation and service. Every day, no matter where or what you eat, you can enjoy food flavored by McCormick. McCormick makes every moment and meal better

As a company recognized for exceptional commitment to employees, McCormick offers a wide variety of benefits, programs and services. Benefits include, but are not limited to, tuition assistance, medical, dental, vision, disability, group life insurance, 401(k), profit sharing, paid holidays and vacations.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Under the direction of the Flavors Department Manager, the Process Engineer is responsible for driving process reliability (PR) improvement and waste reduction through the development and maintenance of documentation that captures best operating practices in the plant. The key objective of this role is to reduce variation in operating methods thereby improving the reliability and repeatability of processes. The Process Engineer will work to lead technician teams to standardize processes and procedures for the plant, including, but not limited to, processing, packaging, and maintenance and engineering departments. This role will also ensure that the formal change process is used thereby ensuring that change proposals are appropriately evaluated prior to change.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Providing process engineering support and project engineering guidance to filling, processing, and/or support departments under the direction of the Flavors Department Manager.

• Leading a team of Technicians to maintain and create standard documentation for the various operations in the plant ensuring uniformity across departments. Is expected to be current on industry standards and latest developments. Applies best practices and ensures that they are approved and documented. Critically analyzes processes/systems/practices to identify current gaps and opportunities for improvement.
• Developing the following documents for the assigned area: Department Operating Procedures and line machinery training manuals, Standard Operating Procedures, Standard Control Procedures, All run documents including Baseline Audit Sheets, Changeover documents, Shutdown procedures, Startup procedures, and Operational Cleaning procedures, Line Capability
• Documenting for new projects and maintained annually for ongoing systems
• Work with Project Engineering to set appropriate documentation standards for vendors and contractors that will facilitate ease of use in developing training documentation for plant staff
• Responsible for coaching and developing a team of Technicians to improve their skills allowing them to be more effective team members. Teams may be formed to attack a specific defect/loss or to support a specific project/initiative
• Focus on cost reduction programs, process improvements, and engineering service requests as well as evaluation and recommendation of process capital improvements and automation
• Flexibility to work off-shifts/weekends to train technician and troubleshoot process issues.
• Capability to lead start-up activities associated with commissioning & verification of capital projects.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical and Industrial)
• A minimum of one year of relevant production/engineering experience. Relevant co-op/internship experience will be considered.
• Proficiency in the application of statistical methods.
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Access, Project, PowerPoint, Word)
• Demonstrated leadership capability, ability to influence others and professional maturity.
• Effective communication (both oral and written) skills with demonstrated ability to present ideas without formal authority
• Ability to exercise good judgment in high pressure, sensitive situations.
• Ability and willingness to work flexible hours and days as needed to meet business demands
• Experience working collaboratively in a team-based environment
• Excellent problem solving skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• SAP, Adobe Acrobat Writer experience & working knowledge of PLC, CAD system and Shop Floor integration
• Knowledge and experience with plant operations, packaging and processing equipment.
• Experience developing and writing procedures with cross functional teams.
• Ability to proactively lead and coach teams to solve problems, multi-task, deliver continuous improvement initiatives, establish sound operating procedures, automatic downtime monitoring and other improvement systems.
• Knowledge and experience with TPM

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, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.

Base Salary: $62,090 - $108,600
Base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, experience for
this role, and/or internal equity of our current employees as part of any final offer. This position is also eligible toparticipate in McCormick’s Incentive Bonus (MIB) Plan/ McCormick’s Sales Incentive Bonus (SIB) Plan/ McCormick’s
Dividend Program. In addition to a competitive compensation package, permanent employees of McCormick are eligible
for our extensive Total Rewards programs that include:
- Comprehensive health plans covering medical, vision, dental, life and disability benefits
- Family-friendly benefits such as paid parental leave, fertility benefits, Employee Assistance Program, and caregiver support
- Retirement and investment programs including 401(k) and profit-sharing plans