Minneapolis Engineer Intern Multiple U S Locations Minn

Your Internship:

Gain real experience. Learn from the best. See how your work matters.

Our internships/co-ops are designed to prepare you for your career journey, not a final destination. When you join our team, you are welcomed into a community committed to providing you with a safe environment to learn, grow and cultivate your skills. With our expansive learning resources, our well-respected leaders, and our carefully curated development courses, you will be equipped to confidently solve tomorrow's global issues. And, truthfully, our future relies on you. Your innovative minds, your intentional collaboration, and your sincere desire to nourish the world. Your work may be local, but at Cargill, your impact will be global. Join our community to cultivate your curiosity, develop meaningful relationships and propel your career.

Engineering Internship:

Our Engineering Interns work in one of our many production facilities located in communities across the United States. These facilities support a variety of Cargill's diverse businesses, including Food North America (Edible Oils, Salt, Beef, Value Added Protein, Starches and Sweeteners, Cocoa and Chocolate), Ag and Trading North America (AGTNA), and our Specialized Portfolio (Cargill BioIndustrial, Beauty, Deicing Technology). In this role, you will gain hands-on experience leading production or maintenance teams, project groups, contractors, or technical operations teams as they execute critical initiatives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. While business processes may vary, the role is designed to provide exposure to both the technical and people-management aspects of engineering. The primary intent of the Engineering Co-op program is to give individuals meaningful experience in technical and leadership responsibilities, helping you explore and develop interest in long-term career opportunities within Cargill.

Your Work:

Our Engineer Interns will gain experience in a Operations Leadership and/or Maintenance & Reliability Engineering role. What lies ahead as a full-time engineer could be a career path in any of the following:

• Production Management Engineers - Lead people, process, and input/product in a plant environment. They will be involved in day-to-day direct supervision of operators and production activities and participate in daily production management meetings. Engineers will learn how to comprehend and handle all aspects of government regulations and compliance programs including environmental, health, safety, maintenance, and housekeeping. Production Management Engineers typically develop teams of production employees within the first two years of their careers and have responsibility for hiring, scheduling, motivating, and handling employee relation issues. They will also be involved in process optimization, equipment, and process reliability, and may run capital projects.

• Environmental Engineers - Work with various teams, processes and assets related to the effective operation of refrigeration, steam, freshwater distribution, hot water, and compressed air systems in a plant environment. Environmental Engineers could be responsible for the operation of a large-scale Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) and the programs related to environmental compliance and regulatory permitting. They will be involved in the day-to-day supervision of operators and technicians and have responsibility over their daily work and planning activities. This could include weekly maintenance, capital projects and process improvement.

• Process/Project Engineering - Responsible for business case development, vendor selection, budget management, and project management responsibilities for major projects and improvements involving process optimization, safety, quality, infrastructure, and energy use. They have heavy involvement with various innovation processes, idea generation systems, and reliability centered design, and they help implement technical initiatives driven from global Process Development Groups, Centers of Excellence, and Research & Development.

• Maintenance & Reliability Engineers – Engage teams, improve processes, and utilize assets related to the effective operation of facility production to ensure downtime and repair costs are minimal. These Engineers can supervise specialized teams and work activities related to runtime. Lead short and long-term planning activities including weekly maintenance activities, capital projects and process improvement utilizing tools such as: Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), 5S and 5-Why to the prevention of equipment failures.

Our Programming:

• Throughout the internship, interns are encouraged to take part in events that will give exposure to leadership, provide development opportunities, and offer the ability to network with cross-functional interns/co-ops across the U.S.
• Interns who demonstrate outstanding performance and a curiosity to learn more may be offered a second internship/co-op or full-time position for the following year.
• As employees, interns receive access to volunteer and community outreach opportunities and paid time off to participate in volunteer activities.

Internship details:

• Internships are typically 12 weeks in duration.
• Interns are paid hourly for time worked and are eligible for overtime.
• Various plant locations across the U.S.- must be open to relocation.
• The plant environment is team oriented, fast paced, and hands-on.
• Our environment will focus on employee engagement, inclusion, and innovation.
• This job involves physical activity which generally requires a moderate amount of exertion on a regular basis – involving bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, reaching, working on irregular surfaces, occasional lifting of objects weighing over 50 pounds and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds. The work may also involve other exerti