McCormick & Company
McCormick & Company
McCormick & Company is a global food and beverage company specializing in spices, seasonings, condiments, and flavor ingredients. Founded in 1889, the company serves retail and food service customers and has built an international team of more than 14,000 employees. Its career opportunities span the work involved in developing, producing, marketing, distributing, and supporting flavor products worldwide.

Onsite Project Engineer – Facilities and Packaging | McCormick

Lead facility, utilities, packaging, and manufacturing capital projects at McCormick’s Zatarain’s plant. Drive implementation, compliance, reliability improvements, and cross-functional engineering execution.

Description

  • Oversee multiple high-value capital projects from initial evaluation through implementation
  • Lead facility-focused projects and support maintenance for air compressors, HVAC, buildings and grounds, electrical systems, and plumbing
  • Partner with manufacturing and maintenance teams to design, develop, purchase, install, commission, start up, operate, maintain, and improve facilities, support systems, and packaging equipment
  • Deliver technical support and track improvement outcomes until they remain sustained for at least 90 days
  • Lead and contribute to facility improvement work, SMED initiatives, packaging systems analysis, spare-parts processes, and systems optimization
  • Take part in daily management routines and plant-wide communication meetings
  • Prepare final CAAPs, develop project plans, obtain funding and approvals, oversee implementation, complete post-installation audits, reconcile financial metrics, and communicate lessons learned
  • Coordinate facility equipment selection, design, and layout to improve efficiency, reliability, space utilization, and production capacity
  • Initiate facility design modifications and changes to optimize operations
  • Support packaging redesigns, cost-reduction initiatives, and expansions of existing equipment capabilities
  • Ensure projects achieve vertical start-ups
  • Provide technical direction to cross-functional project teams
  • Develop team technical capability through coaching and mentoring
  • Advance focused improvement initiatives, technology upgrades, and innovative solutions
  • Oversee environmental reporting and improvement initiatives
  • Work with government and regulatory agencies and lead facility compliance projects as needed

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical or Chemical Engineering
  • At least five years of technical experience in a multidisciplinary environment
  • Experience improving facilities, processes, supply chains, packaging, control systems, and plant utilities
  • Experience in GMP food manufacturing
  • Experience working with packaging machinery
  • Demonstrated success delivering multiple projects concurrently
  • Experience managing significant cash flow
  • McCormick’s general policy does not provide employment visa sponsorship at hire or in the future

Benefits

  • Tuition assistance
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • Group life insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Profit sharing
  • Paid holidays
  • Vacation time
  • Growth opportunities
  • Competitive, comprehensive benefits

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