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Engineer Associate

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Job ID 330137 Date posted 07/21/2026 Location : Akron, Ohio

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 Engineer Associate will help optimize the interconnected components of a manufacturing system. We seek a professional who will develop and apply engineering standards and procedures, providing advice on issues within the engineering field. We seek a professional who will collaborate with senior professionals to contribute to planning, designing and estimating time and cost, overseeing construction and maintenance of our structures, facilities, systems and components.  (#LI-ES2 )



Key Accountabilities

  • Follow prescribed guidelines or policies to analyze and resolve problems.
  • Continue to build knowledge of the organization, processes and customers.
  • Contribute to designing and improving manufacturing processes, instruments and equipment, testing manufactured products to maintain quality.
  • Handle basic issues and problems under direct 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
  • Other minimum qualifications may apply

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working in a manufacturing environment. 
  • Knowledge of SAP and data analysis tools such as Power BI, Excel
  • Process mindset and hands-on process engineering  (design, evaluate, and support improvement end-to-end processes, quality, and efficiency.

Position Information

  • Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position. 
  • Visa sponsorchip will not be provided.
  • Position is based in Ohio / Akron

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet



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