Utility Engineering Lead — Wastewater & Incineration

Bayer; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Bayer in Columbus, OH is seeking an experienced Utility Engineering Lead to oversee design, commissioning, qualification, and startup for central utilities, wastewater, and incineration systems. You will coordinate engineering, supplier, and commissioning teams, ensure safety and compliance, and support campus manufacturing start-up with travel to design firms and eventual onsite work.

The role demands a decade of utility/industrial experience, strong leadership, and fluent English, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Environmental, Process Engineering or related discipline.
• Typically 10+ years of relevant utility, industrial-treatment, or regulated-manufacturing engineering experience.
• Demonstrated leadership of engineering, commissioning, and start-up for major utility or environmental-infrastructure projects.
• Broad experience across central utilities and treatment systems with ability to lead engineers.
• Strong understanding of equipment integration, utility reliability, process safety, environmental-performance requirements, and GMP utility qualification.
• Proven multidisciplinary leadership, supplier management, troubleshooting, cost management, and communication skills.
• Fluent English required.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated design basis for utility demands, waste characteristics, capacity, and operating ranges.
• Coordinate with API, DP, laboratories, facilities, manufacturing, and EHS to consolidate requirements.
• Lead engineers in developing balances, PFDs, P&IDs, equipment specs, layouts, and control requirements.
• Manage budgets and resources for engineering, commissioning, and start-up.
• Direct supplier evaluations, design reviews, FAT/SAT strategies, and acceptance criteria.
• Oversee commissioning, qualification, and performance-testing activities.
• Lead start-up plans and align readiness with manufacturing commissioning.

Skills

Leadership

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Environmental, or Process Engineering

Job description

Bayer in Columbus, OH is seeking an experienced Utility Engineering Lead to oversee design, commissioning, qualification, and startup for central utilities, wastewater, and incineration systems. You will coordinate engineering, supplier, and commissioning teams, ensure safety and compliance, and support campus manufacturing start-up with travel to design firms and eventual onsite work.

The role demands a decade of utility/industrial experience, strong leadership, and fluent English, with