McCormick & Company

Quality Engineer – Associate

McCormick & Company

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Hunt Valley • Maryland • United States

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About the role

  • The Associate Quality Engineer is responsible for the overall development and maintenance of documentation that captures best operating practices in some of the operations departments within the plant.
  • Lead the 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.)
  • Quality Technical Lead for start-up of process, equipment design and formulas
  • Drive manufacturing process capability improvements through variation reduction, error-proofing, and implementation of statistics. This includes collecting and analysing data to identify and prioritise opportunities for improvement of product and process quality
  • Implement quality best practices and McCormick Quality Standards
  • Conduct Internal Audits and participate in external audits
  • Develop capabilities of Operation, Warehouse and QA Teams in relation to understanding and implementation of quality standards and best practices
  • Daily Maintenance of Quality Programs (e.g., Infinity, Print Systems, checkweighers, operational procedure review/update, Inspection Plans)

Requirements

  • BSc in Technical - Quality/Research/Product Development
  • 1-2 years of Manufacturing Quality Experience required
  • Project Management Experience preferred
  • Leading a cross-functional team required
  • Must be able to professionally relate to key vendors, HQ, and Operations to help grow partnerships, gain agreement on performance expectations and influencing change.
  • Must have the ability to learn technical equipment/process and its capabilities.
  • Must be able to relate work tasks to the 7 major plant KPIs (safety, people, quality, performance, service, cost, and innovation).
  • Must be able to execute Design of Experiments. (DOE)
Benefits
  • Competitive compensation
  • Career growth opportunities
  • Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices
  • Wellbeing programs

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
FMEAQC MatrixSPC5 Why12 StepDMAICRisk AssessmentsDesign of Experimentsdata analysisvariation reduction
Soft skills
project managementcross-functional team leadershipcommunicationrelationship buildinginfluencing changeproblem-solvingcollaborationcapability developmentprofessionalismadaptability