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Senior Project Engineer 

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The Senior Project Engineer role located at the Bayer Crop Science facility in Kansas City, Missouri provides daily tactical direction using technical expert skills, long term strategic direction, and resolves challenges throughout the project execution process. While providing technical expertise, the Senior Project Engineer will ensure safe, efficient, productive, and cost-efficient project designs and implementation of capital projects throughout the Active Ingredients manufacturing facility. This position provides leadership to internal team and is accountable for planning, coordination, and execution of technical activities, in addition to identifying continuous improvement opportunities in capital execution throughout manufacturing operations.

 The primary responsibilities of this role, Senior Project Engineer are:

• Provide engineering project management to capital projects, from project initiation through completion, leverage engineer experience for project execution; participate as engineering lead on Global Engineering projects;
• Responsible for more complex projects and increased project load. Develop accurate project cost estimates, identify cost-savings, and provide updates to management;
• Lead project reviews and assure thorough action item follow-up;
• Develop clear and concise appropriation requests, communicating and presenting background and justification. Select appropriate vendors, soliciting bids with Purchasing;
• Guide Construction Field Coordinators with project implementation requirements; visit job sites to review work activities, safety, and construction;
• Accurately document project files and closure information in a timely manner;
• Ensure systems and equipment are designed and installed in accordance with Bayer and regulatory standards with life cycle cost considered;
• Provide leadership and engineering assistance to site personnel to facilitate application of plant and corporate standards, safety procedures, and other regulatory requirements;
• Mentor and educate leadership, technicians, planners, and other engineers.

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

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, chemical, electrical, mechanical engineering, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Eight years’ experience in engineering focused on plant operation function;
• Master’s degree in chemical, electrical, mechanical engineering, or related field with a minimum of four years’ experience in engineering focused on plant operations;
• Licensed/Certified Professional Engineer in Civil or Structural for the State of Missouri.

Position will be located at the Kansas City, Missouri site and eligible for Domestic Relocation benefits. 

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