Refinery Process Optimization Engineer (Relocation Provided)

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill’s food ingredients and bio-industrial business, where we anticipate trends around taste, nutrition and safety to innovate and provide solutions to manufacturers, retailers and foodservice companies.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Refinery Process Optimization Engineer will apply engineering techniques to improve complex manufacturing processes and products. In this role, you will provide technical support, operations experience, continuous improvement and project management skills and be a contributing member of a team on complex issues related to the operational domain area. You will provide oversight of external third parties that are utilized at the site and improve the stability, capability and availability of processes while reducing variability and mitigating risks in the operational area. You will provide insights to enable the operational area to achieve variable and fixed cost and operating efficiency targets, while protecting our people, communities, the environment and assets and honor our business obligations.

Key Accountabilities

• Plan, design and estimate time and cost, overseeing construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, systems and components.
• Collect and analyze complex operational data and trends and provide recommendations and plans to improve the performance and reporting process of manufacturing equipment and processes and ensure consistent monitoring and early warning indicators.
• Design and improve manufacturing processes, instruments and equipment, testing manufactured products to maintain quality.
• Partner with manufacturing technology engineers to analyze capital expenditures and complex project designs to find more efficient, cost-effective approaches and promote higher quality and reliable outcomes.
• Partner with relevant personnel from other departments within the site or across the business to recommend benchmark practices and create strategies.
• Provide oversight to third party personnel and set priorities, monitor safety and improve their skills over time.
• 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, including comprehensive knowledge of engineering subject matter

Preferred Qualifications

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification
• Project management experience
• Strong data analysis capabilities including continuous improvement experience

 

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet