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Senior Project Engineer

Cargill
Cargill Salary
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA Other
POSTED ON 9/23/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/22/2026

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 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
  • Construction management, commissioning and start-up experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience managing projects or portfolio of projects $5M
  • Experience with SAP

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet



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