Controlled Environment Facilities Coordinator

Bayer AG; Chesterfield (MO); On-site; USD 97,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Vision, dental

Retirement

PTO

Sick leave

Job summary

Bayer seeks a Controlled Environment Facilities Coordinator to ensure that plant biology greenhouses, growth chambers, and CE infrastructure operate reliably to support research, seed production, phenotyping, and product development.

Responsibilities include coordinating operations, maintaining utilities, and serving as a liaison between research teams, utilities, and facility operations to minimize disruptions and optimize performance.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of HVAC, environmental controls, irrigation, lighting, and utilities in CE infrastructure.
• Strong coordination, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience coordinating contractors, vendors, preventive maintenance, and facility service providers.
• Experience planning shutdowns, outages, and recovery activities.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives in complex technical or research environments.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate greenhouse, growth chamber, and CE facility operations to support research, phenotyping, seed production, and product development.
• Liaise between research teams, utilities, contractors, and facility operations to align infrastructure with priorities.
• Plan and coordinate maintenance, shutdowns, access, and upgrades to minimize disruption.
• Support facility improvement projects from planning through implementation.
• Monitor performance, identify risks, and drive improvements and issue resolution.
• Coordinate vendor activities including PMs, service visits, inspections, and follow-ups.
• Ensure safety, access controls, training standards, and site procedures are met.
• Communicate project status, impacts, priorities, and risks to stakeholders.

Skills

Controlled environment infrastructure

Project coordination

Vendor management

Safety and compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Job description

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YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Controlled Environment Facilities Coordinator ensures that Plant Biology greenhouses, growth chambers, and controlled environment infrastructure operate reliably and efficiently to support research, seed production, phenotyping, and product development. Serving as the primary liaison between research teams, utilities, and facility teams, this role helps minimize disruptions, optimize operations, and enable scientific success.

The primary responsibilities of this role, Controlled Environment Facilities Coordinator, are to:

• Coordinate greenhouse, growth chamber, and controlled environment (CE) facility operations to ensure reliable support of research, phenotyping, seed production, and product development activities;
• Serve as the primary liaison between scientific research teams, utilities, contractors, and facility operations to align infrastructure needs with research priorities;
• Coordinate planned maintenance, utility shutdowns, facility access, and infrastructure activities to minimize disruption to experiments and operations;
• Support facility improvement projects, space modifications, construction activities, and infrastructure upgrades from planning through implementation;
• Monitor facility performance, identify operational risks, and drive timely issue resolution and continuous improvement;
• Coordinate vendor and contractor activities, including preventive maintenance, service visits, inspections, audits, and follow-up actions;
• Ensure compliance with safety requirements, access controls, training standards, and site procedures;
• Communicate project status, operational impacts, priorities, and risks to stakeholders across the organization.

WHO YOU ARE

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Knowledge of controlled environment infrastructure, including HVAC, environmental controls, irrigation systems, lighting, chilled water, compressed air, and related utilities;
• Strong project coordination, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills;
• Experience coordinating contractors, vendors, preventive maintenance programs, and facility service providers;
• Demonstrated ability to plan and coordinate facility shutdowns, outages, and recovery activities;
• Experience supporting facility construction, renovations, capital projects, or infrastructure improvements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience; OR
• Master’s degree with 2 years of experience; OR
• Experience working in greenhouses, agricultural, laboratory, research, manufacturing, or other technical environments;
• Proven track record of improving operational quality, efficiency, reliability, or service delivery within complex technical or research environments;
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives through influence, collaboration, and stakeholder alignment to deliver measurable business impact.

Domestic relocation may be offered for this role.

This posting will be available for application until at least August 24, 2026.

Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $97,120.00 to $145,680.00. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc. This salary range is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.

YOUR APPLICATION

Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs. If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, and want to impact our mission Health for all, Hunger for none, we encourage you to apply now. Be part of something bigger. Be you. Be Bayer.
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