Senior Electrical Engineer
Cargill
EDDYVILLE, IA · Posted October 14, 2026
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About the job
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Electrical Engineering Specialist will provide technical support and specialist knowledge for overall governance for electrical engineering standards, applications, gaps, solutions and measurements to increase production quality, efficiency and volume for the business. In this role, you will participate in complex activities related to electrical engineering to enable projects and improve our capabilities by providing engineering support for the organization.
Key Accountabilities
Support the development of the most effective approach to identify, monitor and implement electrical engineering standards, policies, procedures and job aids.
Provide input to cross functional teams to select and implement tools and methodologies that will enable best practices.
Provide direct support and delivery of services for the organization.
Support providing leadership to the planning and implementation of electrical engineering standards and deliverables in capital project.
Execute the tactical development and delivery oversight of vision, direction and strategy for electrical engineering.
Identify opportunities and bridge electrical engineering gaps in applications by establishing auditing control mechanisms.
Propose and develop recommendations in areas of improvement by implementing solutions to improve performance and identify acceptable risk tolerance.
Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Minimum of four years of related work experience as electrical engineering
Other minimum qualifications may apply
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Lean six sigma
SAP knowledge
Experience working with AUTOCAD, BLUEBEAN, SKM
Project management and process safety management experience
Position Information
Location: Eddyville, Iowa
Relocation assistance is provided for this role
Work Schedule: Monday to Friday 8am-5pm
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet
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