Food & consumer packaged goods manufacturing
Owner-side leadership for food and CPG manufacturing capital projects. We connect engineering, project controls and execution readiness—from capital planning through commissioning and operational handover.
What we do
Flexible support for food and CPG manufacturers, tailored to the needs of your operation and the stage of your project.
Our lead offering
MTC combines owner-side project management with integrated schedule, procurement, cost and commissioning controls. Tailored dashboards and AI-assisted reporting help identify risks, clarify decisions and coordinate follow-through from engineering through start-up and operational handover.
End-to-end leadership from the initial brief through factory handover.
Detailed review of how your systems clean, perform and meet hygienic requirements.
A clearer path from business need to approved, executable project.
Focused technical support to address losses, reliability and production efficiency.
Our experience in action
Explore examples of our work across manufacturing systems, hygienic design, infrastructure and operational improvement.
Showing 22 projects · All projects
Showing 8 projects · Process
Showing 3 projects · Packaging
Showing 7 projects · CIP & hygienic design
Showing 9 projects · Facilities & utilities
Showing 8 projects · Performance improvement
A packaging bypass system to support production flexibility and equipment maintenance.
A recovery system designed to reduce material waste and improve housekeeping in a food manufacturing operation.
Production-area flooring and drainage improvements to support sanitation and facility durability.
Led facility hygienic design improvements, including equipment and facility modifications, in a food manufacturing environment.
Targeted clean-in-place equipment, piping and controls improvements to support cleaning performance and system reliability.
Installation and commissioning of a multi-component frozen vegetable declumping and blending system.
CIP recipe optimization and new spray devices for 12,000-gallon ingredient silos.
Vendor selection, system redesign and turnkey installation of hygienic process equipment.
Commissioning and engineering qualification across sauce, bakery and CIP operations.
Start-up and qualification of a new frozen pie slicing line, coordinated with utilities and facility work.
System and controls improvements, followed by a CIP validation study.
Design leadership, construction management and commissioning for a dessert manufacturing facility.
Epoxy flooring installation to improve sanitation and production-area durability.
Contractor and construction management for a bakery infrastructure upgrade.
Equipment procurement, system redesign and commissioning for a product recovery upgrade.
Recipe optimization, piping review, as-built P&IDs and a hygienic design audit.
Focused improvements to the shrink bundler, case packer and check-weigher / reject system.
A new treatment system in an existing building, with an interim system during construction.
Upgrades to legacy pouch packaging lines to support new products and improve speed and efficiency.
Load cell installation on existing 10,000-gallon ingredient silos.
Piping and system upgrades for a large-scale baking facility.
Batch kitchen yield-loss analysis and an audit of process equipment condition and functionality.
Projects may appear in more than one category. Results shown relate to the individual project and equipment described.
About MCDONALD TECH Consulting
Since 2017, MTC has helped clients of all sizes deliver successful capital projects across foods and CPG manufacturing. Based in southern Indiana near Evansville and Louisville, our team supports projects nationwide, providing hands-on engineering and project leadership across processing, packaging, utilities and infrastructure.
Led by Jason McDonald, MTC combines more than 18 years of engineering and project management experience with a practical understanding of manufacturing operations. Jason guides projects from business case development and capital planning through execution, commissioning, start-up and operational handover. His collaborative approach aligns engineering, operations, suppliers and contractors around clear scope, budget and schedule objectives.
Jason’s experience spans individual capital projects, multi-project programs, process improvement, product innovation and team development. His technical background includes acid and acidified hot-fill processes, low-acid processing and retorting, aseptic processing and filling, dry powder and particulate handling, and flexible and rigid packaging. He brings additional expertise in clean-in-place (CIP) systems, hygienic equipment and facility design, and technical troubleshooting.
His industry experience covers wet and dry savory products, dressings, frozen foods, bakery products, ready-to-eat desserts and distilled spirits.
M.S. Technology ManagementWestern Kentucky University · 2014
B.S. Mechanical Engineering TechnologyPurdue University · 2007
Let’s talk about your project
Email Jason to set up a chat about your project and the support you need.
jason@mcdonaldtech.com ↗Southern Indiana · Supporting projects nationwide
General response time: one business day
