Project Engineer II

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 a Project Engineer on site at our Maryland Logistics Center, located in Sparrows Point, MD.

What We Bring To The Table:

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:

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

Position Overview:

The primary purpose of the project engineer is to develop, lead, and execute capital and expense projects in a manner that follows all process and technical standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Management: The project engineer is responsible for developing technical proposals (solutions and options) to meet customer needs. The Project Engineer develops proposals into projects by developing detail technical scopes of work, corresponding estimates and schedules to submit CAAPs as formal request for project funds, work with the operations team on development of the business case, and influence the approval process. The project engineer is responsible for all aspects of approved project execution, including detail technical design, issuing technical specifications and for following standard project management techniques, managing vendors, contract engineers, and contractors for constructions, remodeling and equipment fabrication and installation. Project Engineer is responsible for system commissioning and ramp up as well as transition to operations/maintenance including documentation, training, spare parts and conducting post project review to measure results and document learnings. Throughout the process, Project Engineer is accountable to work with the McCormick stakeholders for full engagement within the McCormick High Performance Organization framework. Project Engineer provides regular status updates and other communications to all stakeholders up and down the chain of hierarchy. This will include stakeholders internal to the plants as well as external (i.e. sales, marketing, corporate QA, packaging engineering, North American Engineering, and corporate safety). The Project Engineer will have responsibility for multiple projects simultaneously.
• Provide technical expertise for improvement through process automation and facilitate continual dedication to prevention of defects and comprehensive continuous improvement.
• Develop and implement the program of cost saving and energy reduction.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years engineering experience as project engineer in warehouse and/or manufacturing environment.
• Experience in food processing, industrial robotic system, required; warehouse robotics systems, dry or liquid packaging, pharmaceutical, or chemical process, a strong plus.
• Shop floor/information systems (PLC) experience.
• PMP certification is a plus.
• Requires the understanding of project justification financial process (i.e. Return on Investment, Internal Rate of Return, and Life Cycle Cost/Benefit Analysis).
• Experience managing project budgets, including estimate development, managing spending appropriately between capital and expense, cash flow projection, and cash flow reporting.
• Can relate to all plant personnel using appropriate tact and communication styles.
• Will maintain good communication of project goals and methods throughout area of influence to ensure the success of all projects.
• Will also interact with business functions outside of a specific plant including IT, Procurement, sales, marketing, packaging materials engineering, and corporate functions (Engineering, QA, Safety, Finance).
• Provides technical input and leadership to influence related decision making process at multiple levels of hierarchy.
• Negotiates pricing with suppliers/contractors for bids.
• Leads projects, improvement teams, leads contractors, vendors, influences maintenance and operations teams. Influences other campus teams at all levels through informal leadership.
• Directly leads the work of contract engineers.
• Mechanically inclined & willing to get hands dirty to get to the root cause.
• Engineering knowledge – CAD, PFD, P&ID, pneumatics, hydraulics, Basic controls/PLC knowledge.
• Robotics experience in warehouse like: Robotic Arms for Picking, Automation mobile robots (AMR), Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV), preferred.

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

Base Salary: $87,000 - $148,000

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 in McCormick’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

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.​

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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. ​

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.