Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 39821
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role.
As a Senior Regional Technology Engineer, you will play a key role in enabling and supporting digital and industrial technology performance across our EMENA facilities. Working closely with local engineering, operations, maintenance and global technology teams, you will contribute to the continued digitalization, reliability, and cyber security of our IT & OT environments.
This role is central to accelerating technology transformation within McCain's manufacturing footprint.
What you'll be doing.
- Own the technology estate within the local plant and the regional business.
- Onsite technology and employee support
- Deploy global technology standards and industrial cyber security controls.
- Provide technical expertise on industrial automation and OT systems (PLC, SCADA, network, drives...).
- Act as first point of contact for troubleshooting critical systems across assigned locations.
- Lead or contribute to infrastructure modernization and digitalization projects.
- Analyze performance data and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Partner with global IT/OT teams on architecture, standards and solution implementation.
- Ensure compliance with operational reliability, safety and cyber security requirements.
What you'll need to be successful.
- Degree in Computer Science, Automation, Electrical Engineering, Industrial IT or related field.
- Proven experience in industrial/manufacturing environments (minimum 5 years).
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP networks (CCNA level) and Microsoft Windows environments.
- Strong knowledge of PLCs, SCADA, industrial networks and automation architecture.
- Familiarity with industrial/manufacturing cyber security standards (e.g. IEC 62443/KRITIS).
- Strong ability to manage multiple priorities across different sites and stakeholders.
- Excellent communication and teamwork capabilities.
- Fluent in English and German - additional languages are a plus.
- Willingness to travel occasionally within the EMENA region.
Benefits of the role.
- An exciting role within an international and transforming engineering & technology organization.
- Learning and growth opportunities within technology, automation, OT cyber security and leadership.
- Competitive compensation and Group benefits.
- The opportunity to make a real impact across multiple McCain facilities.
About the team.
You will be part of the Regional Technology team within our global Technology & Security organization.
This team partners closely with:
- Regional technology teams - supporting the day-to-day needs of the regional business
- Global technology teams - network, infrastructure, cyber security, architecture
- Local plant engineering and maintenance teams - to ensure systems reliability and operational continuity
- Operations and supply chain stakeholders - to enable digitization and performance improvement
We work together with a business-first mindset, ensuring our industrial environments remain safe, secure, efficient, and future-ready.
About McCain.
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Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide us how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
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Job Family: Information Technology
Division: Global Digital Technology
Department: IT Services North Europe
Location(s): DE - Germany : Lower Saxony : Hannover
Company: McCain GMBH
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What We Do
The power it has to uplift and bring people, Guided by our purpose - Celebrating real connections through delicious, planet-friendly food - we believe that working together with our teams, business and community partners will bring sustainable growth and positive change - today, tomorrow and for generations to come.
As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in over 160 countries and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. Our product quality, people and customer dedication help us achieve global sales in excess of CDN $10 billion. Through our investment and innovation, we continue to be a global leader in prepared potato products, including our famous French Fries and appetizers.
We are passionate about supporting and developing our people-providing opportunities to grow and learn in their roles, as well as building careers for the long term.
Why Work With Us
We are working to bring digital tools and data into our processes to drive efficiency, automation and data-driven insights. From connecting our business, enabling our supply chain, supporting our customers, to reinventing agriculture. So if you are a tech expert looking to join a company transforming technology, think of McCain.
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