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Electrical Engineer II

Cargill

Wahpeton, ND · Posted October 29, 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 Engineer II at our Wahpeton, North Dakota facility 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 routine activities related to electrical engineering to enable projects and improve our capabilities by providing engineering support for the organization.

Key Accountabilities

Apply general knowledge of principles, terms and practices of the electrical engineering discipline to support the design and build of safe and reliable operations.

Responsible to coordinate and provide direct support and delivery of services for an operation.

Execute and support electrical 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 electrical 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.

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

Electrical engineering experience, preferably in a manufacturing facility

Basic instrumentation knowledge

Strong technical and mathematical skills

Intermediate project management skills

Demonstrated working knowledge of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet