2027 Agricultural Solutions Professional Development Program - Engineering
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- 2027 Agricultural Solutions Professional Development Program - Engineering
LOCATION
NC, USA,
COMPANY
BASF Agricultural Solutions US LLC
JOB FIELD
Engineering
JOB TYPE
Permanent
JOB ID
144232
FLEXIBLE WORK OPTIONS
On-site
- Now hiring! 2027 Agricultural Solutions Professional Development Program - Engineering
The Professional Development Program Experience
Accelerate your career in an early-career role with BASF Agricultural Solutions. BASF’s Professional Development Programs, or PDPs, offer driven, mobile-minded university graduates the opportunity to launch their careers through immersive, real-world experiences. Participants rotate through diverse roles within our business, gaining hands-on exposure to cross-functional teams and meaningful business challenges.
The program is designed to build professional skills, foster meaningful connections, and provide a holistic view of BASF’s operations through mentoring, executive engagement, site tours, and training seminars. Throughout the program, participants develop a strong foundation in BASF’s systems and processes while building their professional networks and exploring their career interests. With structured support and a focus on growth, the PDP experience empowers participants to solve complex problems and contribute to impactful work. Upon successful completion, participants may be considered for placement into a permanent role related to their program experience.
Engineering PDP Program Summary
As a highly motivated upcoming graduate, you will participate in a 24-month rotational development program consisting of two 12-month assignments across BASF Agricultural Solutions engineering and manufacturing locations. The program is designed to strengthen your technical foundation, leadership behaviors, business acumen, and site-based experience while preparing you for permanent engineering placement.
Throughout your rotations, you will contribute to meaningful engineering work while gaining exposure to areas such as process engineering, reliability and asset management, project and capital execution, electrical systems, controls and automation, manufacturing excellence, continuous improvement, and technology and digital engineering
You will work across sites, functions, engineering disciplines, and stakeholder groups to better understand how engineering decisions support safe, reliable, efficient, and sustainable operations. Your experiences, project outcomes, competency development, and feedback will help guide your growth and future placement within the organization.
Welcome to BASF
We are BASF in Agriculture and everything we do, we do for the love of farming, and the biggest job on Earth. We are an internationally successful company of the BASF Group. Our solutions are purpose-designed for different crop systems. Connecting seeds and traits, crop protection products, digital tools and sustainability approaches, to help deliver the best possible outcomes for farmers, growers and our other stakeholders along the value chain. With teams in the lab, field, office and in production, we do everything in our power to build a sustainable future for agriculture.
#ForTheLoveOfFarming #TheBiggestJobOnEarth #AgEmployerOfChoice
Here you can gain more insight into our Vision at BASF Agricultural Solutions!
As a program participant, you will...
- Complete two 12-month rotational assignments across engineering, manufacturing, and technical organizations within BASF Agricultural Solutions.
- Build technical expertise through hands-on experiences in areas such as process engineering, reliability and asset management, project execution, automation, manufacturing excellence, and digital technologies.
- Own meaningful projects and deliverables that support business priorities and create measurable value for BASF.
- Apply engineering principles, data analysis, and problem-solving skills to improve safety, reliability, quality, productivity, and operational performance.
- Support engineering and capital projects through activities such as planning, design reviews, implementation, commissioning, and startup support.
- Collaborate with colleagues across Operations, Technology, Environmental Health and Safety, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Quality, and other business functions to achieve shared objectives.
- Communicate technical findings, project updates, recommendations, and results through presentations, reports, and discussions with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Build business acumen by understanding how engineering decisions impact safety, quality, cost, service, and overall business performance.
- Participate in technical training, mentorship, coaching, networking, and leadership development opportunities throughout the program.
- Develop the skills, experiences, and professional network needed for future placement into an engineering role within BASF.
- Demonstrate a commitment to safety, quality, confidentiality, continuous learning, and BASF's Winning Behaviors.
- If you...
- Have completed a bachelor's degree program within 12 months of your date of hire, preferably in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline (graduating between December 2026 and May 2027). A master's degree is a plus, but not required.
- Are authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without restrictions or need for future sponsorship.
- Demonstrate strong collaboration, communication, critical thinking, systems thinking, project management, organization, and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and contribute effectively in a cross-functional environment.
- Embody BASF’s Winning Behaviors: you take accountability, move with speed, and bring an improvement mindset to everything you do.
- Are self-driven and thrive in collaborative environments, even when working with geographically dis