Process Technologist
- Employer
- McCormick UK Limited
- Location
- Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Closing date
- 10 Nov 2024
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Function
- Scientist
- Business Sector
- Food Manufacturing
Job Details
Process Technologist
Peterborough
This is a great opportunity to join our team, bringing to life our future condiments manufacturing facility, located in Peterborough, UK. Our vision is to build a sustainable, innovative McCormick factory-of-the-future to support our Flavour Solutions customers.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Implement new product design for both products and processes into manufacturing plant
- Lead scale up process with responsibility for testing during the development phase, launching of seasonings into factories
- Ensure design of products and processes is “fit for purpose” and optimised at the beginning of the process not at the end.
- Improve specifications and standard operating instructions to ensure better conformity of manufacture, smoother, faster start ups
- Identify and assess potential new or improved technologies or equipment that may deliver improved efficiencies, lower costs, better more consistent products etc.
- Provide process support, application work / problem solving at internal factory and customer premises
- Work to get to root cause of factory issues and assisting Op’s / engineering to identify and implement fixes.
- Support the business through education and training
CANDIDATE PROFILE
- Experience within the food/drink industry in a Technologist role
- Bachelor of Science Degree/Food Science Technology or relevant work experience
- Experience in food/drink production
- Capacity and capability to take initiative and work independently
- Major project team leadership capacities, proven record of creative scientific achievement
- A high degree of business acumen is required to understand the potential for viability and ROI of the ingredients, platforms and programs supported
- Able to manage several different projects and priorities at the same time
- Willing and capable to learn new skills.
- PC literate as a minimum, working knowledge of SAP would be advantageous.
- Ability to conduct root cause analysis and develop corrective and preventative action plans.
COMPANY
At McCormick, we bring our passion for flavor to work each day. We encourage growth, respect everyone's contributions and do what's right for our business, our people, our communities and our planet. Join us on our quest to make every meal and moment better.
Founded in Baltimore, MD in 1889 in a room and a cellar by 25-year-old Willoughby McCormick with three employees, McCormick is a global leader in flavour. With over 14,000 employees around the world and more than $6 Billion in annual sales., the Company manufactures, markets and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavourful products to the entire food industry, retail outlets, food manufactures, food service businesses and consumers.
While our global headquarters are in the Baltimore, Maryland, USA area, McCormick operates and serves customers from nearly 50 locations in 27 countries and 135 markets in Asia-Pacific, China, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and the Americas, including North, South and Central America with recognized brands including XXX.
At McCormick, we have over a 100-year legacy based on our “Power of People” principle. This principle fosters an unusually dedicated workforce requiring a culture of respect, recognition, inclusion and collaboration based on the highest ethical values.
Agencies: McCormick as needed will work with external recruitment vendors through our Agency Portal. Unless previously contacted, McCormick does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies.
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, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.
Company
McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavour and one of the most respected and familiar names in the industry.
Our UK business manufactures, markets, and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavourful products for retail outlets, food manufacturers, and foodservice businesses. We create flavours for a wide range of applications, such as beverages, snacks, dairy, bakery/confectionary, savoury, performance nutrition, and health.
McCormick has had a presence in the UK for nearly 40 years. We have three sites across the country–our EMEA headquarters in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, our new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and innovation centre in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (which is on track to become McCormick’s first Net Zero carbon building), and our plant in Littleborough, Greater Manchester.
Our brands and our products are trusted sources of flavour in millions of kitchens across the country—in homes and in restaurants. Our UK brand portfolio includes Schwartz, Frank’s RedHot, French’s, Cholula, Herdez, and OLD BAY.
Partnerships with farmers and suppliers around the world allow us to provide great-tasting, quality spices with consistency that you can trust. Our herbs and spices come from around 80 different countries.
At McCormick, we stand together for the future of flavour, and we bring that commitment to work every day in the UK to deliver top-tier growth and quality from our global business.
As a people-first culture, we encourage development in many ways, respect everyone’s differences and contributions, and do what’s right to develop our employees and to better our world.
- Website
- https://www.mccormickcorporation.com/
- Location
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Haddenham Business Park
Pegasus Way
Haddenham
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP17 8LB
United Kingdom
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