• Capital Project Engineer

    Cargill (Hammond, IN)


    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 Capital Project Engineer will plan, coordinate and monitor internal projects from initiation through completion. In this role you will coordinate and direct activities of fixed duration to ensure that the goals or objectives are accomplished within the determined timeframe and budget. We seek a professional who will develop and apply engineering standards and procedures, providing advice on issues within the engineering field. In this role, you will lead project development, budget management, construction, and commissioning of low to medium rigor capital projects.

    Key Accountabilities

    •Lead the development of capital project scope, schedule, and budget while following project management deliverables and best practices.

    •Coordinates staffing and development of construction, commissioning and start-up plans and assists operations in troubleshooting and optimization activities.

    •Perform process engineering for individual projects as needed to meet project objectives.

    •Help manufacturing plant and facilities engineers with facility planning and design

    •Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.

    •Lead equipment specification and procurement and develop, review and award bid packages for equipment and labor.

    •Analyze and develop solutions to engineering problems related to manufacturing equipment and systems, or the causes of component failures.

    •Other duties as assigned

    Qualifications

    •Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

    •Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience.