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WWT Process Engineer

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Job ID 316710 Date posted 11/04/2025 Location : Hammond, Indiana Category  BUILD OPERATE MAINTAIN (PLANT OPNS) Job Status  Salaried Full Time

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill. 
This position is in Cargill’s food and bioindustrial business, where manufacturers, retailers, and foodservice companies rely on us to consistently deliver the products and services they need, and use our technical expertise and market knowledge to develop innovative products. 

Job Purpose and Impact

The  WWT Manufacturing Technology Engineer will apply process and project engineering techniques to assist in the improvement of Waste Water Treatment manufacturing processes and products. In this role, you will provide technical support, operations experience, continuous improvement techniques and project management skills in a plant support capacity to ensures safe, efficient and low cost plant operations. (#LI-ES2) 

Key Accountabilities

  • Help manufacturing plant and facilities engineers with facility planning and design.
  • Help conduct cost/inventory/production control and human factors studies to develop and implement plans for facility modifications and revise operating methods.
  • Establish methods to maximize use of production facilities and personnel.
  • Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
  • Understand and be accountable for monthly variable cost performance. Create the annual variable budget for the department.
  • Work with the WWT Leadership team to foster a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Use data analytics to improve process operations, increase output, and reduce costs.
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
  • Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 3 years or more of relevant experience.
  • Waste Water Treatment background

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience with operations data and design programs and applications
  • Six sigma green belt certification or the desire to get a green belt certification.
  • Lean certification or the desire to become lean certified.
  • Experience and skills leading moderately complex projects
  • Strong data analysis capabilities including continuous improvement experience or certifications

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Position Information

  • Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.
  • Visa sponsorchip will not be provided.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet

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