Utilities Lead (Remote)

cargill • Minneapolis, MN

1d • $120,000 - $150,000 • Remote

About The Position

This position is in Cargill's Food Enterprise, which serves food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a range of ingredients and products including poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa, and chocolate. The Utilities Lead will be part of the Maintenance and Reliability Excellence team, partnering with internal stakeholders and external parties on preventative maintenance and audit readiness. Responsibilities include guiding multiple plant locations on recommendations for energy sources, energy efficiency, wastewater, and other utilities such as Ammonia refrigeration, Boilers, HVAC, and Electrical. The role involves overseeing legal and company compliance for federal Process Safety standards, providing guidance to plant management for maintenance and action plans to ensure efficient and compliant operations. The Utilities Lead will also partner on maintenance projects, advise on corrective actions, and non-destructive testing to improve the stability, capability, and availability of utility processes, while reducing variability and mitigating risk in Food North America. The goal is to enable plants to achieve variable, fixed cost, and operating efficiency targets while protecting people, communities, environment, and assets, and honoring business obligations. This position is a remote role, working from a home office, with travel required to various Cargill Food Enterprise locations in North America.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field OR equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience
• A minimum of 4 years hands-on operator/ technician experience with ammonia refrigeration systems
• Process Safety Management experience
• Ability to travel at least 50%
• Ability to work a flexible schedule when necessary

Nice To Haves

• RETA CIRO certification
• Experience coordinating third-party resources to deliver business results.
• Experience and understanding of site steam and condensate distribution systems, site compressed air supply, cooling towers and cooling tower water systems, and effluent system and potable water systems

Responsibilities

• Analyze resource usage trends and develop more complex operational plans to assist in the optimization of systems for peak efficiency.
• Develop and implement reporting to ensure consistent monitoring and early warning indicators for utility departments.
• Influence and partner with site teams in maintenance, utilities, engineering, and operations.
• Manage corporate projects at several sites to pilot industry-leading technologies or ways of working to assess fit for operational execution.
• Advocate for continuous improvement, bringing curiosity, data, and insights to team leadership.
• Plan and schedule maintenance of plant utility systems using reliability models and predictive technologies in collaboration with regional maintenance leadership.
• Assess and recommend upgrades to existing systems as needed.
• Monitor and manage variable and fixed utility and energy costs working closely with technology, finance, operations, compliance, and third-party contracting teams.
• Plan and monitor production shutdowns ensuring legal and preventive maintenance compliance of all utility equipment.
• Partner with Capital Leads to align on budget needed to implement non-base capital investments for the plants as necessary.
• Influence and mentor utilities teams providing recommendations for skills improvements and encouraging preparedness for high-pressure decision-making.
• Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked.
• Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 48 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level