Senior Project Engineer

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 an Senior Project Engineer
immediately in a Hybrid (50/50) capacity at our Global Headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland.

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:

• Career growth opportunities
• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices

Under the general direction of the Sr Project Manager, the Sr. Project Engineer is responsible for developing, leading and executing large and strategic capital projects in a manner that follows all process and technical standards. The Sr. Project Engineer will have responsibility for multiple projects simultaneously, across multiple manufacturing sites within the Americas network.

• Provides engineering leadership to the cross-functional project teams which may include McCormick salaried and hourly personnel, contractors, vendor reps. Represents Engineering within business and cross-functional teams.
• Assists Americas Engineering in the development of strategic capital plans across multiple manufacturing sites.
• During the project development phase:
  • Develops detailed charter and objectives in an environment where scope and deliverables may be ambiguous and needs to be brought into focus
  • Writes technical specifications and standards to meet project deliverables
  • Develops cost justifications, scope, schedule, and budget estimates
  • Writes, submits and presents capital request documentation.
  • Drives development of project success criteria for vertical start up and alignment with sponsor and stakeholders
• During the project execution phase:
  • Responsible for scope, cost, and schedule management
  • Responsible for project success through training planning and execution.
  • Evaluates vendor proposals, makes equipment selections, negotiates contracts, enters requisitions, reviews and approves invoices.
  • Makes Best Value Option Analysis to compare solutions and cost for best value and provide recommendations to leadership.
  • Reviews, marks up, and approves drawings and other technical documentation
  • Develops FAT planning and executes successful FAT
  • Provides field installation supervision, leads commissioning, and field troubleshooting during startup phase.
  • Identifies and resolves technical problems
  • Communicates project status throughout the organization
  • Coordinates and supervises contractors and vendor reps and construction management
  • Completes closeout and capitalization documentation.
• Develops and executes IQ, OQ, PQ with project team during installation, commissioning, qualification, and verification project phases.
• Ensure that all technical deliverables, cost, and schedule requirements are met throughout the execution of the project.
• Drives adherence to standards, develops/contributes to company technical specifications and standards.
• Adds value by influencing through innovation and continuous improvement.
• Identifies, develops, and implements process improvement projects to increase productivity, reliability, sustainability, and cost reduction.
• Supports a High-Performance Organization (HPO) environment by utilizing a total team approach to capital project execution and process improvements.
• Trains and develops other engineering resources in the network
• This role will lead several initiatives which may include
  • Automation projects
  • Production efficiency improvement projects (PR/OEE improvement)
  • Manufacturing and Distribution center projects

• Minimum 7+ years of project engineering experience in the manufacturing industry
• Demonstrated leadership, planning, organizing and communication skills
• Experience managing multiple projects from the evaluation through implementation stages
• Experience developing justification, scoping and managing capital projects to budgets and schedule
• Contr…