Bayer

Muscatine Engineer Intern

• Work with and learn from Engineers and Staff to improve our chemical processes, yield/process capacity improvements, waste reductions and reduction of cycle time, cost improvements and/or modification/design of equipment;
• Troubleshoot and provide recommendations for mechanical equipment, improving the reliability and cost associated with a process area's mechanical equipment;
• Design, installation, and start-up of automatic process control, material, handling, and distributive control systems;
• Assist engineers in development of project, objectives, and scope by analyzing customer requirements and producing sketches, drawings, written descriptions, or specification for customer approval;
• Ensure compliance with engineering standards, engineering procedures, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards, site safety standards, Pressure safety design, and environmental standards on all projects;
• Gain insight into maintenance and reliability improvement programs for chemical plants;
• Perform and check engineering calculations following standard methods and principles for projects;
• Assist with procurement process of equipment specifications, bid evaluation and contract administration;
• Assist with conducting engineering cost, feasibility, and planning studies analyzing customer needs and data including researching, investing action and coordination of other engineers, and providing recommendations to the customer;
• Collaborate with production and technical staff on day-to-day activities such as process troubleshooting and problem solving;
• Work with all areas of operations and compliance organizations to drive attainment of project goals;
• Support process improvement/Lean Manufacturing site wide;
• Present on major or project findings or updates in an oral or report style presentation at the end of assignment.

• Current enrollment in Bachelor s or Master's degree program in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related Engineering degree;
• Successfully completed sophomore year before the start of the intern assignment;
• Ability to commute daily to and from work location in Muscatine, IA;
• Willingness to work in a chemical manufacturing environment;
• Ability to work 40 hours per week and physically willing and able to climb stairs and ladders.

• At least overall GPA of 3.0 on 4.0 scale;
• Proficient in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point).