Capital Project Engineer

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.

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.

• Lead the development of capital project scope, schedule, and budget while following project management deliverables and best practices.
• Coordinate staffing and development of construction, commissioning and start‑up plans and assist 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.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience.

• This position is posted both internally and externally.
• Position is based in IN - HAMMOND - 1100 INDIANAPOLIS BOULEVARD.
• Relocation assistance is provided for this role.
• The business will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet