YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Scientist I, are to: 

• Perform studies and serve as Good Laboratory Practice Study Director for a wide range of studies to determine the behavior of BCS products in food, feed or environmental matrices;
• Understand at an expert level radio-chemistry (C14) laboratory study guidelines to support international product registrations;
• Prepare study protocols that meet these requirements using efficient test methods and state-of-the-art methodologies;
• Solve study related problems at the lab level with minimal direction from a more senior level scientist. Seek out and utilize expertise from within and outside the company to facilitate problem resolution when appropriate;
• Take overall responsibility for the successful completion of the study and begin to independently solve day to day problems in study conduct thereby ensuring that studies progress to required deadlines;
• Evaluate data and prepare final study reports, taking responsibility for accuracy and compliance with the applicable regulations to ensure the quality and integrity of the study;
• Seek expertise and state of the art techniques from within and outside the company to facilitate problem resolution when necessary;
• Maintain well organized supporting data files that are suitable for internal and external (regulatory) auditing;
• Coordinate and review work of external contractor research organizations and provide guidance and support by taking overall responsibility for successful completion of the study;
• Assume supervisory responsibility for one to two team members as needed;
• Collaborate with other functions in Environmental Safety (EnSa) and Research and Development (R&D) on shared projects. Participate in the Environmental Safety Assessment Team process for area of expertise;
• Contribute to the development of compound “issue documents;
• Represent, as necessary, BCS externally at industry meetings or at discussions with regulatory agencies.
    

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values.  More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Metabolomics or related field with at least one year of relevant experience; OR 
• Master of Science in Environmental Science, Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Metabolomics or related field with at least two years of relevant experience; OR
• Bachelor of Science with at least five years of relevant experience in Environmental Science, Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Metabolomics or related field;
• Ability to conduct research and contributes to research projects, technologies, publications, intellectual property or trade secrets;
• Must be able to work independently;
• Excellent organization skills with regard to the collection, presentation and archive of experimental data;
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal;
• Ability to train less experienced scientists, mentor and develop junior staff and promote team-based approaches to BCS development programs.