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Capital Project Engineer

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Job ID 321867 Date posted 02/03/2026 Location : Blair, Nebraska Category  BUILD OPERATE MAINTAIN (PLANT OPNS) Job Status  Salaried Full Time

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill's food ingredients and bio-industrial business, where we anticipate trends around taste, nutrition and safety to innovate and provide solutions to manufacturers, retailers and foodservice companies.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Capital Project Engineer will plan, support, and execute capital project engineering deliverables at our Blair, NE bio-refinery campus. Cargill's largest site in our corn milling and texturizing solutions business, the Blair campus includes nine different departments from corn milling to ethanol, corn oil and three fermentation departments. This role will oversee construction management, considering safety, schedule, efficiency, cost management and documentation. This professional will develop and apply engineering standards, project management procedures, and provide advice on issues within the engineering field.

Key Accountabilities

  • Lead or participate in the development of capital project scope, schedule, and budget while following project management deliverables and best practices.

  • Help coordinates staffing and development of construction, commissioning and start-up plans and assists operations in troubleshooting and optimization activities.

  • Help lead equipment specification and procurement and develop, review and award bid packages for equipment and labor.   

  • Help 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, and testing manufactured products to maintain quality.

  • Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.

  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of two years of related work experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Previous experience leading capital projects
  • Four years of related engineering experience
  • Mechanical, Chemical or Ag/Biosystems Engineering degree
  • Ability and desire to work hands on in fast paced and technical plant environment

Applicant Information 

•This position is posted both internally and externally.

•Position is based in NE - BLAIR - 650 INDUSTRIAL PARK DRIVE 

•Relocation assistance is provided for this role

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet

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