Description

Cargill's size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials - from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
This position is in Cargill's food and bioindustrial business, where manufacturers, retailers, and foodservice companies rely on us to consistently deliver the products and services they need, and use our technical expertise and market knowledge to develop innovative products.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Regional Smart Manufacturing Senior Project Engineer will transform the way we work. In this role, you will be asked to develop and drive projects amid the Smart Manufacturing portfolio. The Smart Manufacturing engineer will drive these projects through detailed design, technology pilots and plant trials, project execution, startup and commissioning, value tracking and sustainment activities and project closeout.

This role is expected to provide technical leadership and expertise in the evaluation, development and implementation of new manufacturing processes, controls, instruments and equipment. You will also focus on improving costs and value of existing products including, but not limited to raw material utilization, optimization of ingredients and manufacturing/production processes.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead engineering projects or segments of larger capital projects in the testing and evaluation of new technologies to reduce cost or improve the value of existing products or processes.
• Utilize knowledge of products, ingredients and processes to assess alternatives and understand broad implications of possible changes and to leverage cross functional expertise and apply best practices to solution identification.
• Evaluate new technology solutions and value optimization projects with considerations for experimental design and data analysis using a science-based approach.
• Establish clear deliverables for projects and utilizes project charters, protocols and project reports to effectively plan, execute and document the work of the project in a timely manner using project management skills and tools.
• Understand customer requirements and expectations on projects and identifies, maintains and defends intellectual property opportunities as they arise.
• Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience
• Ability to travel up to 40% of the time
• Experience in scientific procedure, project management, experimental design, data analysis and interpretation and project documentation

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with experience in plant operations, process engineering, project engineering, process controls and automation, manufacturing technology, production excellence or related technical field
• Strong project management skills and experience managing a portfolio of projects simultaneously
• Automation and technology development experience
• Experience with technologies that exist within Cargill Starches, Sweeteners, Texturizers business group

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet