Senior Project 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 Senior Project Engineer will plan, coordinate and monitor internal projects from initiation through completion. In this role you will coordinate and direct activities of fixed duration to ensure that the goals or objectives are accomplished within the determined timeframe and budget.

Key Accountabilities

• Execute strategies to develop assigned projects in areas such as agriculture, marketing or manufacturing.
• Monitor project progress, assess issues and recommend resolutions to meet productivity, quality and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Review status of projects and budgets, coordinate schedules, and prepare status reports.
• Coordinate the operational aspects of assigned projects.
• Drive and support integration of, and adherence to, corporate and legal requirements in the design and construction of new facilities, processes, equipment, and utilities.
• Collaborate with regional domain leads for domain specific expertise support in build projects.
• 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 requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to prioritize multiple projects simultaneously.
• Minimum of five years of experience in operations with challenging environmental health and safety aspects.
• Experience managing third party resources to deliver business results.
• Knowledge of the company's environmental health and safety standards and international standards and codes related to build projects and construction safety.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet
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Client-provided location(s): Caledonia, MI

Job ID: Cargill_FGB-330893

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-07-28T18:57:37