Project Engineer

Seaboard Overseas and Trading Group (SOTG), a division of the Fortune 500 Seaboard Corporation, is a globally integrated leader in agricultural commodity trading, processing, and logistics. With milling facilities in 14locations across
10countries and 10trading offices in9countries, we produce approximately two million metric tons of grain-based products annually.

Our vertically integrated approach—spanning procurement, transportation, and processing—ensures quality, consistency, and supply chain efficiency. We manage bulk freight and chartered vessels, overseeinglogisticsfor both in-house and third-party customers. Every year, we source, transport, and market around 14million metric tons of diverse commodities, supporting food security and economic growth in the regions we serve.

At SOTG, we are driven by innovation, collaboration, and sustainability. Our business model fosters an entrepreneurial mindset, empowering our teams to take ownership, find creative solutions, and drive impact.

GENERAL PURPOSE

The Project Engineer provides engineering, project management, technical compliance, and analytical support for capital projects and manufacturing operations across the company's global network of facilities. This corporate-based position supports projects from concept and feasibility through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, and closeout. The role also supports technical risk and property insurance compliance and capital portfolio management through data analytics, digital tools, and artificial intelligence platforms.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support projects through concept development, feasibility, scope definition, engineering and design, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, and closeout.
• Develop and support project charters, scopes, design criteria, technical requirements, equipment specifications, cost estimates, schedules, procurement packages, and construction scopes of work.
• Manage assigned engineering work streams and independently execute smaller capital projects when appropriate.
• Coordinate corporate functions, manufacturing locations, engineering consultants, equipment suppliers, contractors, and other stakeholders; monitor compliance with approved scope, cost, schedule, quality, safety, and technical requirements.

Engineering Design & Technical Support

• Review engineering drawings and layouts, including equipment, site, process, utility, piping, material-handling, mechanical, and installation layouts.
• Perform field measurements, equipment assessments, and site surveys; review vendor drawings, equipment submittals, technical proposals, fabrication drawings, and supporting engineering documentation.
• Assist with technical evaluation and selection of equipment, suppliers, and engineering solutions and coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces across mechanical, civil/structural, electrical, process, controls/automation, utilities, and infrastructure.

Project Planning & Controls

• Develop and maintain project schedules using Microsoft Project, including milestones, dependencies, critical paths, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup activities.
• Track project progress, capital expenditure forecasts, costs and commitments, cash flow, schedule forecasts, risks, decisions, changes, and other project-control records.
• Support project dashboards, portfolio reports, management presentations, and executive-level status updates.

Technical Risk & Insurance Compliance

• Serve as a corporate technical resource supporting property risk, engineering risk, and insurance compliance activities across manufacturing locations.
• Coordinate technical aspects of property and operational risk assessments with sites, internal stakeholders, insurance…