Senior Culinary Technician

McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in the spice, flavor, and seasonings industry, is seeking a full-time Senior Culinary Technician - 1st Shift. This new hire will work in our Head Quarters, located in Hunt Valley, MD. The Senior Culinary Technician will report to a Culinary and Innovation Research Manager.

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. Our Purpose is "To Stand Together for the Future of Flavor and our Vision is "A World United by Flavor—where healthy, sustainable and delicious go hand in hand."

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.

Position Summary:

The Senior Culinary Technician role will provide support to the McCormick Test Kitchen for recipe testing and product performance testing.  The successful candidate will keep accurate and detailed records of recipe trials including measurements, prep instructions and changes required in addition to assisting with product preparation, presentation and demos.  This position will be responsible for maintaining McCormick Test Kitchen equipment and supply levels and keeping the kitchen organized, clean and in a safe manner. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Assists culinary team with recipe development and preparation for marketing initiatives, promotions, website needs, and other activities. Assists with tolerance testing of new and existing products, and sensory application recipes.  Follows test kitchen best practice for testing.
• Supports culinary team with internal events and external customer demonstrations as needed. This includes creating detailed prep lists, organizing equipment and supplies needed, and coordinating with the team on event details.
• Maintains test kitchens overall cleanliness, organization and upkeep. 
• Maintains equipment and work area in a safe, clean condition. 
• Maintains McCormick products, paper goods and food staples inventory.
• Responsible for daily grocery shopping, online and in-person as needed.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• 5+ years of skillfully cooking in a home-kitchen environment or 1-2 year of experience of cooking in a professional kitchen.
• 2-3 years of experience with Microsoft Suite, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. in a professional setting.
• Able to read and follow detailed recipes and cooking procedure instructions.
• Able to think critically and offer insightful feedback.
• Able to proactively initiate and follow-through projects and tasks.
• Must have good communication skills including written and verbal.
• Must have excellent project and time management skills.
• Capable of demonstrating proficiency in cooking techniques
• Must be organized, observant and detail oriented.
• Must have a team-player mentality.
• Able to actively listen and follow through on instructions.
• 24 credits of college math and science (preferred)
• ServSafe® Food Handler Certification (preferred)

Current McCormick employees who meet these qualifications and are interested in pursuing this position must notify their direct supervisor and their unit HR representative prior to applying.

First consideration will be given to employees who have been displaced from their jobs for positions with the same grade or lower. If there are no qualified candidates, all other employees will then be considered. No displaced employee will receive preferential consideration for a promotional opportunity.

Base Salary: $24.57 - $36.85

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 to participate inMcCormick’s Incentive Bonus (MIB) Plan. 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 
  
  McCormick may recruit external candidates concurrently in order to expedite the recruitment process. Qualified internal candidates submitting bids within the first ten (10) days of the job being posted will be considered before external candidates. Internal bids received after the tenth (10th) day will be considered along with external candidates. It is the policy of McCormick and Company to select and promote for all positions 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.