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Senior Project Engineer

Cargill
Cargill Salary
Rapids, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/24/2026
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 Senior Project Engineer will manage, plan, support, and where applicable, execute engineering deliverables for site capital projects at one Cargill's corn milling facilities. In this role, you will develop and apply engineering standards and procedures, providing advice on issues within the engineering field.

Key Accountabilities

  • Plan, design and estimate time and cost, overseeing construction, commissioning and start-up of structures, facilities, systems and components.
  • Analyze and develop solutions to engineering problems related to manufacturing equipment and systems or the causes of component failures.
  • Design and improve manufacturing processes, instruments and equipment, testing manufactured products to maintain quality.
  • Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of four years of related work experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience managing projects or portfolio of projects $5M
  • Construction management, commissioning and start-up experience
  • Experience with SAP

Position information:

  • Relocation will be provided for this position.
  • Work schedule:Dayshift M-F:8-5, occasional work on weekends as needed.
  • Position is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet

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