Project Engineer

Jobs.cargill.com

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Until 9/27/2026 3+ years exp First posted July 29, 2026 Last posted July 29, 2026
Job description

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.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Project Engineer  will focus on optimizing our interconnected components of a manufacturing system. 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 help coordinate plant location, personnel work flow and ergonomics, materials logistics, production process sequence and equipment layouts.

Key Accountabilities

  • Help manufacturing plant and facilities engineers with facility planning and design.
  • Help conduct cost/inventory/production control and human factors studies to develop and implement plans for facility modifications and revise operating methods.
  • Establish methods to maximize use of production facilities and personnel.
  • Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
  • Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 3 years or more of relevant experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet

About this role

Summary

Optimize manufacturing systems, develop standards, coordinate plant layout, and solve engineering issues.

Job title

Project Engineer

Experience level

3+ years

Minimum experience

3+ years exp

Industry

food and agriculture

Location requirements

Remote work not specified, likely on-site or hybrid

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

engineering standardsfacility planningcost controlproduction processes

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

facility planningproductionlogisticsengineering standards
Locations

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