Engineering Development Program

At Bayer we're visionaries, driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none' is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We're doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining 'impossible'. There are so many reasons to join us. If you're hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there's only one choice.

Engineering Development Program 

Health for all, Hunger for none.  This is Bayer’s vision, and at the Muscatine, Iowa site we are committed to supporting our farmers produce crops in a sustainable manner and developing our employees. 

As a new or soon to be graduate, you can join Bayer.  We are hiring motivated and talented engineers into our Engineering Development Program.  The program allows you to gain hands-on experience across multiple areas of the Muscatine site to support the safe, sustainable, and reliable manufacture of active ingredients and intermediates while developing a career path tailored to your interest.  Future career paths for candidates with a Bachelors or Masters degree in Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering include:

• Process Engineer
• Project Engineer
• Environmental Engineer
• Process Safety Engineer
• Production Maintenance Engineer
• Reliability Engineer
• Process Control Engineer

If applying your engineering degree to supporting local and worldwide farmers sounds exciting to you, then Bayer Muscatine has career opportunities for you now and as your career develops.  We offer flexible work options, work-life balance, and ongoing career development.  Apply today to learn more!

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Engineer Development Program, are to: 

• Gain experience across the site to understand site operation and collaborate with area technicians and leadership to provide high levels of customer satisfaction;
• Evaluate, identify, and implement improvement projects to achieve goals related to safety, sustainability, quality, waste minimization, capacity, reliability, and operability;
• Gain experience with the onePSS program to collaborate and encourage continuous improvement as a site culture;
• Track improvements and report key leading and lagging indicators;
• Coordinate with stakeholders to address short and long term improvement opportunities;
• Participate with investigations of area performance issues related to safety, quality, environmental impact, capacity, reliability, and operability leading to proposal and implementation of sound technical solutions;
• Interface with technical professionals from other disciplines (e.g., PCT, project engineering, environmental and utility services operations, and process development);
• Engage in continued development of self and area personnel with peer coaching and constructive feedback;
• Complete Engineering Development Program (rotations and curriculum) to prepare for an opportunity in a dedicated area.

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values.  More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science or Master’s degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical preferred) or on track for a Spring, Summer or Fall 2022 graduation;
• Working knowledge of Engineering tools and software and ability to read and understand process flow diagrams, line drawings P&ID and schematics;
• Express ideas and information, orally and/or in writing, in a clear, concise and understandable manner;
• Ability to work well in a team environment and inclusive culture.
• Correctly analyze problems and think independently;
• Evaluate and select alternatives based on realistic limits and different perspectives, understand the full implication of actions before proceeding;
• Consistently motivate self, take calculated risks, make timely decisions, improve results;
• Effectively manage changing situations and maintain composure in pressure or conflict situations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Possess internship or co-op work experience in related industry;
• GPA of 3.0 or above at time of graduation.