YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, R&D Specialist II, are to: 

• Under the guidance of senior scientist, act as Study Director for drift and volatility testing in wind tunnel and humidome studies;
• Accurately generate, record and report scientific data that must pass internal and external (regulatory) auditing;
• Support automation of data analysis and visualization via scripting programing languages including Python and R;
• Assist senior modelers to perform baseline environmental exposure and drinking water assessments for BCS products in accordance with EPA(US) and PMRA (Canadian) regulatory modelling methods;
• Evaluate field and laboratory environmental fate study results to derive quantitative degradation kinetics using North American and European regulatory methodologies;
• Remain current in policy requirement of regulatory exposure modeling.

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:

• Master's or a Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in Environmental Science, Biology, chemical engineering, or related field or non- degreed with 10+ years of relevant experience in Environmental Science, Biology, chemical engineering, or related field;
• Experience in monitoring wind tunnel and humidome tests;
• Understanding of environmental fate processes of crop protection products;
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team-based environment and constructive interactions and information sharing with other Research and Development functions;
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal communications;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Ability to interact with, support, and build relationships with all levels of management;
• Experience in a programming language(s) (such as R and Python).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Skills in spatial analysis (GIS);
• Statistical application in data analysis.