Trialing Specialist Technician

Job Description

Please note:

This is a peak-season position from March 1st, with the assignment ending November 30th.

This is a remote position based in Iowa that will support Syngenta's Trialing Teams in Slater or Lone Tree, Iowa. Optimal support locations are in Lone Tree, Ames, Slater and Cedar Rapids areas.

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 Trialing Specialist Technician in Iowa.

This role will support the Trialing Manager in executing research level yield trials on time, with high precision and accuracy in a safe, compliant manner in order to generate the highest quality data to allow identification of superior performing products in corn, soybean and wheat during the growing season.

This position will have a determined break period between the growing seasons (approximately 3 months). This role is a Peak Time Employee position, which is a permanent full-time employment position that allows the business to meet the demands and allows the employee to take an extended single leave during the non-busy months of the calendar year (one annual unpaid break required each year).

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.

* Operation and maintenance of agricultural machinery, and or agricultural research equipment to include: precision planters, drones, automated phenotyping equipment and research combines.

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

* Support tasks to achieve the Trialing managers 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, quality and timeliness of data collected.

* Plant, spray, maintain and harvest research level corn, soybean and wheat trials to meet data quality standard and operational deadlines.