Refinery process optimization 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.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Refinery Process Optimization Engineer - POE will apply engineering techniques to improve complex manufacturing processes and products. In this role, you will provide technical support, operations experience, continuous improvement and project management skills and be a contributing member of a team on complex issues related to the operational domain area. You will provide oversight of external third parties that are utilized at the site and improve the stability, capability and availability of processes while reducing variability and mitigating risks in the operational area. You will provide insights to enable the operational area to achieve variable and fixed cost and operating efficiency targets, while protecting our people, communities, the environment and assets and honor our business obligations.  (#LI-ES2)

Key Accountabilities

• Collect and analyze complex operational data and trends and provide recommendations and plans to improve the performance and reporting process of manufacturing equipment and processes and ensure consistent monitoring and early warning indicators.
• Collaborate with maintenance leadership to plan, recommend and schedule maintenance of complex plant systems using reliability models and predictive technologies.
• Partner with internal technology and finance operations stakeholders to monitor and manage variable and fixed costs at the site.
• Plan and monitor production shutdowns and ensure legal and preventive maintenance compliance of manufacturing equipment.
• Partner with manufacturing technology engineers to analyze capital expenditures and complex project designs to find more efficient, cost effective approaches and promote higher quality and reliable outcomes.
• Provide oversight to third party personnel and set priorities, monitor safety and improve their skills over time.
• Partner with relevant personnel from other departments within the site or across the business to recommend benchmark practices and create strategies.
• You will work under minimal supervision and independently handle complex issues while referring only the most complex issues to higher-level staff.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Possesses comprehensive knowledge of engineering subject matter
• Minimum of four years of related work experience
• Other minimum qualifications may apply

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of operational data portfolio of technologies
• Lean certification green belt certification
• Previous refinery process experience / Oilseed process
• Strong project management aptitude and experience
• Strong data analysis capabilities including continuous improvement experience or certifications

Position Information

Relocation assistance will be provided for this position.
Visa sponsorship will not be provided.
Position is based in Iowa / Des Moines
Day Shift
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet