Field and Controlled Environment Intern

Bayer AG; Creve Coeur (MO); Sur place; USD 32 000 - 66 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Bayer AG offers a summer internship in seed production innovation, involving hands-on work across greenhouses, growth chambers, laboratories, and field locations in Midwest North America. You will support scientific and engineering staff, gaining a broad set of skills through diverse work and training opportunities while contributing to quality plant production and data collection.

Responsibilities include greenhouse tasks, basic lab work, field preparation, data entry, and traveling with

Qualifications

• Must be pursuing agriculturally based and/or engineering-based Bachelor’s degree or higher with a minimum of 45 credit hours completed.
• Strong relationship and interpersonal skills; collaboration with international and domestic employees.
• Willingness to travel and be active in fieldwork and laboratory environments.
• Ability to learn quickly, be proactive, and maintain safety protocols.
• Basic proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office tools.

Responsabilités

• Perform greenhouse and growth chamber tasks under supervision following SOPs, including planting, pollination, harvesting, irrigation, and related activities.
• Conduct basic laboratory work with balances, microscopes, moisture analysis, and similar equipment.
• Assist in field projects by prepping experiments, collecting data, and supporting Scientists and Engineers on-site.
• Enter data using Microsoft Office tools and coordinate with team to ensure accurate records.

Connaissances

Agri/Engineering student

Team collaboration

Willingness to travel

Driver's license

Excel

Self-starter

Formation

Bachelor’s degree (in progress)

Outils

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

About the Role

In this summer-based full-time internship, you will work directly with Seed Production Innovation and gain hands‑on experience across greenhouses, growth chambers, laboratories, and field locations in Midwest North America. You will support scientific, controlled environment, and engineering personnel, developing a broad set of skills through diverse work and training opportunities while contributing to high‑quality plant production and data collection.

Your Tasks and Responsibilities

• Perform under supervision in all functions of the greenhouses and growth chambers, in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOP), including planting, cultivating, pollinating, pollen collection, harvesting, irrigation/fertigation, and related activities;
• Perform under supervision laboratory work utilizing balances, microscopes, moisture analysis, and similar equipment;
• Conduct routine basic greenhouse and growth chamber maintenance, including basic equipment preventive maintenance and repair, basic cleaning, power washing, probe and sensor maintenance, etc.;
• Perform scientific data entry utilizing Microsoft Office and Microsoft Teams;
• Follow daily direction and work priorities from Researchers, Scientists, the Controlled Environment Coordinator, and Plant Care Team;
• Assist in other projects and duties as required or assigned;
• Demonstrate teamwork by completing quality tasks through daily communication and coordination;
• Solve routine problems requiring original thinking and deductive reasoning;
• Achieve commitment to safety and adhere to safety protocols and best practices;
• Assist Scientists and Engineers in field settings by prepping and organizing experiments and materials, data collection, data organization, material handling, and other work functions similar to those performed in the greenhouse;
• Travel with Scientists and Engineers to field locations to perform all work functions as needed based on project needs and plant growth stages.

Who You Are

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

• In pursuit of an agriculturally based (including but not limited to Agriculture, Agronomy, Horticulture, or Controlled Environment) and/or engineering-based Bachelor’s degree or higher while attending an accredited college, with a minimum of 45 credit hours completed;
• Strong relationship and interpersonal skills;
• Collaboration and team-focused mindset, working with international and domestic employees;
• Emerging partnership and collaboration skills and ability to learn from and share knowledge with co‑workers in a fast‑paced environment;
• High level of maturity and strong willingness and demonstrated ability to learn new concepts quickly;
• Excellent results orientation and agility;
• Self‑starting, interested in trying new things and learning new skills;
• Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel;
• Willingness to travel;
• Active and valid driver's license;
• Must be able-bodied and able to perform work in hot/humid environments as needed.

Employees can expect to be paid a salary of approximately between $22.75 to $47.75. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Additional benefits may include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc (if relevant). This salary (or 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.

This posting will be available for application until at least March 19, 2027

Bayer is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans

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