Process Engineer - Zatarain's (Gretna)

McCormick & Company•Gretna, LA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in the spice, flavor, and seasonings industry, is seeking a full-time Process Engineer. This new hire will work at Zatarain's - Gretna Facility, located at 82 First St. in Gretna, LA. McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavor with approximately 14,000 employees worldwide. With over $6 billion in annual sales across 160 countries and territories, we manufacture, market, and distribute spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavorful products to the entire food industry including e-commerce, retail,food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. Our most popular brands include McCormick, French's, Frank's RedHot, Stubb's, OLD BAY, Lawry's, Zatarain's, Ducros, Vahiné, Cholula, Schwartz, Kamis, DaQiao, Club House, Aeroplane, and Gourmet Garden. Every day, no matter where or what you eat or drink, you can enjoy food flavored by McCormick. As a company recognized for its 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. Under the direction of the relevant Department Manager (Engineering/Operations/CI), the Process Engineer is responsible for the overall 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 within the 6 MHPS systems to lead technician teams to standardize processes and procedures for the plant, including, but not limited to, processing, packaging, maintenance and engineering departments. This role will work with Department Managers to ensure that the formal change process is used thereby ensuring that change proposals are appropriately evaluated prior to change. Providing process engineering support and project engineering guidance to filling, processing, and/or support departments under the direction of the Department Manager(s). Focus on cost reduction programs, process improvements, and engineering service requests as well as evaluation and recommendation of process capital improvements and automation. Critically analyzes processes/systems/practices to identify current gaps and opportunities for improvement. The Process Engineer is responsible for developing the following documents for the assigned area: Department Operating Procedures and line machinery training manuals Standard Operating Procedures. ie., Lubrication, Preventative Maintenance, Autonomous Maint, focused improvement, and quality systems Standard Control Procedures All run documents including Baseline Audit Sheets, Changeover documents, Shutdown procedures, Startup procedures, and Operational Cleaning procedures. Line Capability All above documents 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/losss or to support a specific project/initiative. Also help to ensure uniformity across all departments Support new plant start ups providing personal technical expertise and process team support. Is expected to be current on industry standards and latest developments. Applies best practices and ensures that they are approved and documented

Requirements

BSc in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, and Industrial preferred), or Food Science.
Minimum of one year of relevant production/engineering experience.
Knowledge and experience with plant operations, packaging, and processing equipment.
Experience developing and writing procedures with cross-functional teams.
Working knowledge of MPWS systems.
Working knowledge of facilitative coaching and mentoring.
Working knowledge of packaging and process engineering (packaging preferred).
Excellent cross-functional communication skills.
Full involvement with the MPWS system.
Proficiency in the application of statistical methods.
Detail-oriented.
Strong interpersonal and teamwork abilities.
Demonstrated grammatical and organizational skills.
Must be a self-starter, able to work independently.
Mastery in MS Office (Excel, Access, Project, PowerPoint, Word) required.

Nice To Haves

SAP experience.
Adobe Acrobat Writer experience.
Working knowledge of PLC.
Working knowledge of CAD system.
Working knowledge of Shop Floor integration.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain documentation that captures best operating practices in the plant.
Reduce variation in operating methods to improve reliability and repeatability of processes.
Lead technician teams within the 6 MHPS systems to standardize processes and procedures for processing, packaging, maintenance, and engineering departments.
Ensure the formal change process is used for change proposals.
Provide process engineering support and project engineering guidance to filling, processing, and support departments.
Focus on cost reduction programs, process improvements, and engineering service requests.
Evaluate and recommend process capital improvements and automation.
Critically analyze processes/systems/practices to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement.
Develop Department Operating Procedures and line machinery training manuals.
Develop Standard Operating Procedures (e.g., Lubrication, Preventative Maintenance, Autonomous Maintenance, focused improvement, quality systems).
Develop Standard Control Procedures.
Develop all run documents including Baseline Audit Sheets, Changeover documents, Shutdown procedures, Startup procedures, and Operational Cleaning procedures.
Develop Line Capability documentation.
Develop all above documents for new projects and maintain them annually for ongoing systems.
Set appropriate documentation standards for vendors and contractors to facilitate training documentation development for plant staff.
Coach and develop a team of Technicians to improve their skills and effectiveness.
Form teams to address specific defects/losses or support projects/initiatives.
Ensure uniformity across all departments.
Support new plant start-ups with technical expertise and process team support.
Stay current on industry standards and latest developments.
Apply best practices and ensure they are approved and documented.
Provide feedback to Production on problems and solutions, and recommend improvements.
Provide support to Engineering project teams within a MPWS, including training, learning, education, and best maintenance and engineering practices.
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.
Strongly support new plant systems and start-ups.
Impact improvements to plant reliability.
Reinforce and develop plant-wide technician skills.
Gain broad plant-wide exposure to all teams.