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Hygiene Lead


Job Location:

Hunt Valley, MD - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 87910 - 153870
Posted: 29 September 2026 (2 days ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs spices seasonings and condiments and were only getting started. At McCormick were always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.

McCormick employees all 14000 of us across the world are what makes this company a great place to work.

We are looking to hire anHygiene Lead for our Hunt Valley Plant.

What We Bring To The Table:

The best people deserve the best addition to the benefits youd 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:

Under the general direction of the Quality Manager the Hygiene Lead will provide oversight support and governance for all aspects of hygiene at the Hunt Valley Plant facility. The role will ensure quality food safety and operational expectations are met while preventing sanitation and design-related food safety failures. The role will be responsible for the development validation and implementation of sanitation practices including SOPs cleaning practices CIP & COP methodology including the selection & use of cleaning chemicals and the development and delivery of training materials. The Hygiene Lead will work within the McCormick High-Performance Cultural Framework; actively teaching coaching developing and mentoring sanitation Ensure full compliance with Company Quality Food Safety Health & Safety and Environmental requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Oversees the plant sanitation and GMP compliance through managing the pest control and environmental control programs and assuring appropriate corrective actions when gaps exist
  • Leads and manages the plantwide sanitation program to achieve key indicator results that support the site strategic objectives goals strategies and measures
  • Provide guidance and develop technical expertise in appropriate personnel with regard to sanitation and hygienic design and controls
  • Collaborates with facility departments to define sanitation activities and resources needed to ensure completion of Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS). Audit MSS and complete RCCA on issues identified.
  • Provides direction and supports the daily management and work prioritization of direct reports across shifts.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional partners to improve sanitation programs procedures and metrics
  • Conduct cleaning CIP and allergen validations
  • Provides support including training troubleshooting and some maintenance to the production sanitation systems equipment and tools.

Secondary Responsibilities:

  • Manages fiscal responsibility to ensure the department spend is consistent with business requirements
  • Participates in customer visits and audits as needed

Required Qualifications

  • BSc in Degree in Food Science Sanitation Food Safety Chemistry Biology Engineering Food Technology Microbiology or a related technical field of study in the applied sciences or comparable experience in lieu of a degree technical field of study in the applied sciences or comparable experience in lieu of a degree
  • Current advanced working knowledge in sanitation HACCP microbiology pest control and quality systems
  • Experience with core sanitation services to include cleaning (wet and dry COP and CIP validation and verification of sanitation systems)
  • Experience working with SAP & MES software systems
  • Demonstrated ability to influence to change thinking and lead change efforts across the organization without direct line reporting
  • Ability to work and communicate with all levels of the organization
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to break a complex task down into discrete tasks that can be comprehended by a wide range of employees
  • Proven problem; solving skills that lead to recommending and implementing solutions often with incomplete or inconclusive information. Must have a curious and tenacious approach to work.
  • Experience developing coaching and motivating employees in a team; based environment
  • Demonstrated ability to apply risk management principles that support both internal and external customer requirements

Leadership: This role has management responsibility for the Hygiene team including management of people defining roles and responsibilities planning for the departments future needs and operations counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Degree in Food Science Sanitation Food Safety Chemistry Biology Engineering Food Technology Microbiology or a related technical field of study in the applied sciences
  • Minimum 7 years of experience in the food beverage flavor ingredient and/or pharmaceutical industry.
  • Minimum 5 years in a manufacturing plant environment.

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

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.

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Base Salary: $87910 - $153870

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 McCormicks Incentive Bonus (MIB) 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


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