Regional Automation Engineer

Regional Automation Engineer

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.

• Focus on optimizing and advancing process technologies within production facilities.
• Lead engineering teams to develop and implement innovative solutions that enhance safety, efficiency, and sustainability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure processes comply with industry standards and are continuously improved to meet operational goals.
• Provide ongoing support for multiple seed production facilities in the region.
• Maintain and improve existing control systems, ensuring equipment reliability, on‑stream time, seed quality, and safety of seed manufacturing operations.
• Conceive, design, install, start up, and commission medium scale automation/control improvement projects.
• Lead and drive PLC, HMI programming, and IT management efforts at sites.
• Become an expert in site production and control system needs and provide technical support.
• Monitor, trend, identify, and develop solutions to control system issues.
• Collaborate with other automation engineers to ensure strong network alignment and standardized systems.
• Mentor automation technicians.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Automation Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or comparable Technology with 3 years of experience, or 8 years of practical experience such as experience derived from the Automation Technician role at Bayer production plants.
• Good analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Collaborative team player capable of working well with people across all hierarchies internally and externally.
• Good organizational and presentation skills.
• Good interpersonal skills such as communication, listening, verbal, and assertiveness.
• Results‑driven with the ability to manage ambiguity.

• Experience in automation systems and control technologies.

Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $71,120.00 - $. Additional compensation may include a bonus or incentive compensation (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc.

This posting will be available for application until at least 5/11/26.

Bayer is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans. Bayer is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations in its application process for individuals with disabilities and encourages applicants with disabilities to request any needed accommodation(s).

Bayer is an E-Verify Employer.

United States:
Residence Based.

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