Research Associate, Research Scientist, Agriculture ​/ Farming

Position: Research Associate 2
Location: Malta

Job Description

At Syngenta, our goal is to build the most collaborative and trustworthy team in agriculture, providing top-quality seeds and innovative crop protection solutions that improve farmers' success. To support this mission, Syngenta's Operations & Trialing Team is seeking a Research Associate 2 in Malta, IL. This role will support the Trialing Manager in executing research-level yield trials on time, with high precision and accuracy, in a safe and compliant manner, in order to generate the highest quality data to allow identification of superior-performing products in corn, soybean, and wheat.

Accountabilities:

* Function as an integral member of a team responsible for planting, plot maintenance, spraying, note taking (phenotyping), and harvesting research-level yield trial plots.

* Operate and maintain agricultural machinery and/or agricultural research equipment, such as precision planters, drones, automated phenotyping equipment, and research combines.

* Perform all tasks and behave in a manner compliant with, and in support of, all safety- and stewardship-related company policies and practices, such as completing all required company training courses.

* Explain and supervise tasks completed by both full-time and third-party contract labor in order to achieve the Trialing Manager's desired results, e.g., assisting the team with field layout, planting, phenotyping, and harvest.

* Effectively and regularly communicate with peers and supervisors regarding the status of projects, status of work-related activities, and quality and timeliness of data collected.