MAINTENANCE PLANNER

McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in the spice, flavor, and seasonings industry, is seeking a full-time Position Title on a Name of Group/Unit. This new hire will work in name of location, located at address in Hunt Valley, MD. The position title will report to a Hiring Manager title.

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.

The French's Food Company, a subsidiary of McCormick & Company, Inc. and a global leader in flavor is seeking a full-time Maintenance Planner for the plant located in Springfield, MO. This person will report to the Maintenance Team Manager.

With more than $500 million in annual sales, our company has been crafting trusted foods using simple ingredients of the highest quality.  From French's Classic Yellow Mustard, long America's top-selling mustard, to its most recent innovations, such as French's Ketchup, the company has a history rich with delicious creations made from what today would be considered “clean, simple ingredients.”  To learn more please visit us at www.frenchs.com.

Under the general supervision of the Maintenance Manager, this position manages and directs all Maintenance activities and maintains the spare parts inventory.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leading and developing teammates while fostering a team environment Meeting or exceeding established goals (Safety, Process Reliability - PR%, cost, waste, quality, sanitation and otherperformance standards) as they relate to the plant performance. Responsible for performance metrics
• Spare parts process leader/owner. Power user and business process owner for CMMS.
• Serving as a maintenance resource, as required, for all Utility Mechanics in areas such Effective Maintenance, Operationalbased - Automous Maintenance, machine shop, maintenance planning and lubrication processes.
• Supporting and developing McCormick’s High Performance Work Systems (MHPS) Business Teams to ensure thatinformation flow, personnel development, problem-solving, goal-setting and process improvements are an integral part of thedaily activities
• Resource planning, daily management and implementation of key initiatives including Safety, Effective Maintenance,supporting sustained levels of Autonomous Maintenance and delivery of PR% improvements.
• Identifying, analyzing, and reducing equipment performance losses and elimination of repetitive loss events.
• Leading teams to develop cultural and actionable plans to ensure continuous improvement throughout the plant
• Working cross-functionally to resolve issues
• Managing cost spending/overtime/budget controls and scheduling

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate or Bachelor’s Degree, Minimum 5 years of demonstrated maintenance experience in a manufacturing plant
• Demonstrated experience improving Process Reliability (PR %) and/or Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE %)
• Demonstrated experience with a CMMS, SAP or other ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) tool
• Demonstrated experience maintaining manufacturing equipment
• Demonstrated experience delivering loss reduction in a manufacturing environment
• Expert troubleshooter and strong problem solver with demonstrated experience utilizing Root Cause Analysis processes
• Excellent interpersonal, team leadership, communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to work independently with strong action-oriented focus
• Willingness and ability to work flexible hours across three shifts as needed to meet business demands

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electro or another relevant technical field (Mechanical Engineering is ideal) Demonstrated experience in a productive team based / collaborative environment
• Demonstrated planning ability and understanding of business decisions based on financial, inventory and customer serviceindicators
• Demonstrated participative management and leadership skills
• Experience in food manufacturing industry
• Experience managing projects/improvements through successful completion, including contractor management
• Experience maintaining processing equipment
• Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) process experience
• Food manufacturing experience

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.