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Refinery Shift Leader

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Job ID 323437 Date posted 03/02/2026 Location : Charlotte, North Carolina Category  BUILD OPERATE MAINTAIN (PLANT OPNS) Job Status  Hourly Full Time

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 155,000 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

Job Type: Full Time
Compensation: $36.58/hr
Shift Available: 3rd shift


Benefits:

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Insurance
  • Health and Wellness Incentives
  • Paid Vacation and Holidays
  • 401(k) with Cargill matching contributions
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
  • Short-Term Disability and Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Employee Discounts

New, easy-to-apply options are available for this role: chat with our recruiting assistant Ana at careers.cargill.com or text CargillJobs to 60196.

Key Accountabilities

  • Responsible for monitoring and maintaining an on-time rail unload, refinery, blending, and truck loading schedule
  • Responsible for helping train new employees, for ensuring food safety, quality and inventory management of internal and external products
  • Support troubleshooting activities and limit night escalation to on-call within defined operating boundaries. Provide single point of contact and decision making for the department
  • Work closely with QA to ensure that all products meet quality standards
  • Coordinate with operations, transportation, and QA to stay informed of all production issues
  • Work with the maintenance department and the day shift crew leader to coordinate repair schedules and lockouts to address maintenance issues in a timely manner
  • Help bring over supplies when needed from receiving or the packaging warehouse and order additional supplies when needed
  • Understanding and adhering to all safety rules and regulations
  • Maintaining a safe and clean work environment
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Right to work in the U.S. that is not based solely on possession of a student visa or a visa sponsored by a third-party employer
  • Cargill requires employees be a minimum of 18 years old to work in a production facility
  • Ability to perform physical job duties which may include bending, lifting up to 50lbs., kneeling, climbing, crawling, and twisting, with or without reasonable accommodation
  • Ability to work in varied indoor and outdoor conditions which may include heat, cold, dust, loud noise, etc., with the use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • Basic computer skills
  • Ability to operate machinery and/or industrial equipment
  • Ability to work in elevated areas (4 feet and above)
  • Ability to understand and communicate in English (verbal/written)
  • Ability to work overtime including holidays, nights, weekends, or different shifts with advance notice

Preferred Qualifications:

  • High school diploma/GED or a minimum of two years equivalent work experience
  • Experience in production-related work
  • Experience operating mobile equipment such as forklifts, skid-steers, etc.
  • Previos refinery, load-out or lab experience


Considered candidates will receive a phone call from a (952) area code. Please note that this position does not include relocation reimbursement.


Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.



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