Process Engineer - Zatarain's (Gretna)

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