Operational Technology (OT) Engineer (HYBRID)

Position Overview

The Operational Technology (OT) Engineer is a core member of the OT Product Line team, responsible for designing, implementing, standardizing, and supporting resilient manufacturing technology platforms across global plants. Working within a product-based operating model, this role partners closely with the Product Manager, Product Owner, Architects, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, and Plant Operations teams to deliver secure, scalable, and high-availability OT solutions that improve uptime, safety, and operational performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads the design and deployment of standardized OT solutions, including PLC, HMI, and SCADA systems, while supporting MES integration and plant-level data frameworks.
• Participates in commissioning, cutover, and hypercare activities, and contributes to the development of global deployment playbooks.
• Drives standardization and lifecycle management of industrial automation platforms (e.g., Siemens, Rockwell Automation, Schneider Electric), ensuring consistent configuration baselines and version control.
• Supports structured patching and upgrade cycles while reducing technical debt across legacy plant environments.
• Contributes to continuous improvement by providing technical input to product backlogs, identifying automation opportunities to enhance performance and reduce costs, and recommending architecture improvements based on plant feedback.
• Supports pilot initiatives under Transform funding, including areas such as predictive maintenance.
• Focuses on improving reliability and resilience by implementing high-availability and failover designs for critical systems, and supporting backup and disaster recovery strategies for PLC configurations, SCADA servers, and historian systems.
• Contributes to initiatives aimed at reducing mean time to repair (MTTR) and partners with Site Reliability Engineers to enhance observability and alerting capabilities.
• Maintain continuous personal learning and development to remain technologically relevant in current and emerging technologies.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Automation, Computer Engineering, or related field
• 6-9 years of experience in manufacturing OT environments
• Excellent communication skills and a desire to collaborate openly within a fast-moving team
• Hands-on experience with PLC and SCADA systems
• Experience with industrial networking concepts (VLANs, network segmentation, firewalls)
• Understanding of high-availability and disaster recovery principles
• Familiarity with cybersecurity best practices in industrial environments
• Ability to travel to manufacturing sites (25–40%)

Benefits

• 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

Pay

Base Salary: $87,910-$153,870

This position is also eligible to participate in McCormick’s Incentive Bonus (MIB) Plan.