Process engineer

Cargill•Breaux Bridge, LA

21d•Onsite

About The Position

The Process Engineer II applies process and project engineering techniques to improve moderately complex manufacturing processes and products. The role provides technical support, operations experience, continuous improvement techniques, and project management skills as a contributing team member addressing moderately complex operational issues. The engineer provides guidance and oversight to external third parties at the site and works to improve process stability, capability, and availability while reducing variability and mitigating operational risks. The role supports variable and fixed cost and operating efficiency targets while protecting people, communities, the environment, and assets and honoring business obligations. The position is with Cargill’s Food Enterprise, which serves food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with ingredients and branded products. It is located in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Relocation assistance is provided.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
Minimum of two years of related work experience.

Nice To Haves

Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
Experience with operations data and design programs and applications.
Lean certification.
Experience and skills leading moderately complex projects.
Strong data analysis capabilities, including continuous improvement experience or certifications.
Two years of experience as a process engineer.

Responsibilities

Collect and analyze moderately complex operational data and trends; develop recommendations and plans to improve manufacturing equipment and process performance and reporting, including consistent monitoring and early warning indicators.
Collaborate with maintenance leadership to plan and schedule plant system maintenance using reliability models and predictive technologies.
Collaborate with internal technology and finance operations stakeholders to monitor and manage variable and fixed site costs.
Plan and monitor production shutdowns to ensure legal and preventive maintenance compliance for manufacturing equipment.
Partner with process engineers to analyze capital expenditures and moderately complex project designs and identify more efficient, cost-effective approaches that promote quality and reliable outcomes.
Serve as the point of contact for third-party personnel, set priorities, monitor safety, and help improve their skills over time.
Partner with relevant personnel within the site or across the business to benchmark practices and help create strategies.
Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision and escalate more complex issues to appropriate staff.
Perform other duties as assigned.