Senior Engineer

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 agricultural supply chain business, where we seamlessly connect farming customers with food, feed and industry.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Senior 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

• 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.
• 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.
• Provide oversight to third party personnel and set priorities, monitor safety and improve their skills over time.
• Partner with relevant personnel from other departments within the site or across the business to recommend benchmark practices and create strategies.
• Manage the process safety management program
• Be part of the on-call supervisor rotation for nights and weekends
• You will work under minimal supervision and independently handle complex issues while referring only the most complex issues to higher-level staff. 
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Possesses comprehensive knowledge of engineering subject matter
• Minimum of four years of related work experience
• Other minimum qualifications may apply

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Lean certification
• Strong project management aptitude and experience
• Strong data analysis capabilities including continuous improvement experience or certifications
• Lean Six Sigma green belt certification
• Experience and skills leading moderately complex projects
• Understanding of PI (data historian), ACAD (auto CAD), MS Project
• Ability to lead change
• Knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM) programs

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.

Relocation will be provided for this role