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Senior Process Engineer (Soda Springs, Idaho) 

Senior Process Engineer

As a Senior Process Engineer, you provide both tactical and strategic direction for plant operations, serving as the technical expert and a key influencer within internal networks. A significant portion of your time is dedicated to continuous improvement, ensuring the safe, efficient, reliable, and environmentally sound manufacture of active ingredients and intermediates. You deliver informal leadership, support cross-functional collaboration, and drive long-term performance improvements across multiple operational KPIs.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Operational Excellence and Performance Management:

• Ensure safe, efficient, productive, and environmentally compliant manufacturing operations;
• Make tactical decisions and set long-term strategies to achieve area goals in safety, quality, waste minimization, capacity, reliability, and operability;
• Coordinate with corporate and site production planners on production strategy, sequencing, timing, and raw material availability;
• Support plant leadership in evaluating, monitoring, and achieving key performance indicators;
• Investigate performance issues related to safety, quality, environmental impact, capacity, and reliability, and implement effective technical solutions.

Technical Expertise and Process Stewardship:

• Track and manage key process variables and conversion costs pertaining to raw material usage, product volumes, inventory, and technical practices;
• Provide process information on performance metrics and troubleshooting support to production personnel to identify and correct problems impacting raw material yields, capacity, safety, and product quality;
• Partner with technical professionals across disciplines (PCT, project engineering, environmental/utility services, and process development);
• Serve as the process expert and primary plant representative for design, construction, and implementation of capital and investment projects;
• Create, maintain, and improve plant operating documentation, including SOPs, process descriptions, material/energy balances, P&IDs, and data collection systems;
• Maintain the Process Management File and approve process changes and deviations from established operating limits.

Process Safety and Risk Management:

• Act as a process expert for HAZOP and other Process Hazard Analysis methodologies;
• Support timely resolution of identified process safety risks and ensure adherence to relevant guidelines, design standards, and technologies;
• Propose, design, and execute plant trials focused on enhancing safety, reliability, and performance.

Continuous Improvement and Optimization:

• Provide leadership to multidisciplinary optimization and reliability teams across sites;
• Help develop continuous improvement goals and support prioritization of resources;
• Communicate financial and operational performance metrics to stakeholders;
• Lead or represent the site on corporate teams, facilitating knowledge transfer and best practice sharing with other Plant Engineers;
• Support Site and Area Production System initiatives, including OnePSS.

Collaboration and Leadership:

• Provide informal leadership, coaching, and constructive feedback to drive development of peers and area personnel;
• Interface regularly with area management, shift leaders, maintenance, QHSE, and other support services to ensure effective and responsive plant support;
• Collaborate with Corporate Production Planners, Raw Materials Procurement, Engineering, and Technology groups;
• Serve on the Technical Core Team for assigned processes.

WHO YOU ARE:

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Chemical Engineering or related discipline;
• Minimum 6 years of industrial operations experience, including process-focused roles;
• Valid driver's license.

Preferred Qualifications:

• M.S. in Engineering + 4 years of engineering experience, preferably in a plant operations environment.

Position may be eligible for domestic relocation assistance

Posting will be available until April 17, 2026.

Employees can expect to be paid an annual salary range of $ 90,400.00 - $135,600.00. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant).  Other benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc. If selected for this role, the offer may vary based on market data/ranges, an applicant's skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.

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