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 Plant Automation & Control Engineer will apply technical knowledge to design, develop and maintain overall governance on standards, application, gaps, solutions and measurements to increase production quality, efficiency and volume for the business. In this role, you will perform day to day activities related controls and automation engineering to enable projects and improve our capabilities by providing engineering support for the organization. Primary technology is DeltaV DCS and PI historian in day to day use. This role will primarily focus on automation/programming for site support.

Key AccountabilitiesApply general knowledge of principles, terms, and practices of instrumentation and automation engineering to support the design and build of safe and reliable operations.Coordinate and provide direct support and delivery of services for an operation.Execute and support instrumentation and automation engineering standards and deliverables in capital projects.Monitor and support progress for projects with low to medium levels of complexity and ensure appropriate resource allocations and portfolio prioritization.Implement, monitor and track audit control mechanisms within area of scope to track performance and provide actionable solutions that contribute to improvements.Support more senior team members to assess instrumentation and automation engineering development and application opportunities and further dissemination across common practice areas.Support, analyze and develop conclusions regarding areas of improvement and identify opportunities to improve performance and determine acceptable risk tolerance.Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.On-Call: Rotation with fellow team members every 3-weeks for a week remotely after business hours.Other duties as assigned

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QualificationsMinimum QualificationsBachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experienceMinimum of two years of related work experience

Preferred QualificationsIntermediate project management skillsStrong technical and mathematical skillsDemonstrated working knowledge of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniquesDeltaV DCS experienceStrong Controls and Automation knowledgePOSITION DETAILS

• This position is located in Dayton, OH
• Relocation assistance is not provided for this role
• The business will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet