QUALITY ENGINEER I

McCormick & Co., Inc., a world leader in the spice, flavor & seasonings industry, is seeking a full time Quality Engineer to join the Quality Assurance Team.  This new hire will work in McCormick’s US Flavors Division, located at 3300 Century Circle in Irving, TX.  The Quality Engineer will report to the site QA 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 OVERVIEW

Under the direction of the Quality Manager, the Quality Engineer I is responsible for leading 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, repeatability of processes and eliminate defects.  

Ensure full compliance with Company Quality, Food Safety, Health & Safety and Environmental requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads management, disposition and system improvements for out of specification, defective materials (Raw, WIP, and Finished goods), and complaints using TPM process (e.g., FMEA, QC Matrix, SPC, 5 Why, 12 Step, DMAIC, Risk Assessments, etc.).
• Drives manufacturing process capability improvements through variation reduction, error-proofing, and implementation of statistics; this includes collecting and analyzing data to identify and prioritize.
• Identifies opportunities and delivers improvement of product and process quality
• Conducts internal audits and participates in external audits.
• Develops capabilities of Operations, Warehouse and QA Teams to understand and implement of quality standards and best practices.
• Performs daily maintenance of Quality Programs.
• Leads management of change process, ensures documentation accuracy and communicates to the MOC teams.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• BSc Food Science, Chemistry, or other technical degree.
• 4 years of Food manufacturing QC experience.
• Ability to work independently and have flexible work hours, good organizational skills, and excellent verbal and written communication skills necessary.
• Experience working collaboratively to resolve issues with strong influencing, diplomacy, and partnering skills in order to grow business relationships and guide business partners to the best solutions
• Ability to recognize problems and analyze and develop solutions using a logical thought process.
• Ability to work through complex, time sensitive, multi-disciplinary and ambiguous problems
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working with SAP Systems
• ASQ CQE Certification
• Six Sigma Certification

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment 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.

As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.