R&D Scientist

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all –while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.

Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.

Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

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 Weed Control R&D Team is seeking a R&D Scientist 1 in Vero Beach, FL. This role will design, initiate, and conduct research and development projects in the lab, greenhouse, and/or field to support the Crop Protection Field Development R&D program with a focus of promoting new active ingredients or supporting current products.

The R&D Scientist 1 will provide technical support for registered products in support of Sales and Marketing efforts as well as Global research biology and product development teams. Complete projects as a critical part of promoting new active ingredients or supporting current products. Act as field project coordinator (FPC) for assigned projects.

Accountabilities:

• Conduct and coordinate high quality trials, contributing to the biological profiling and label development of crop protection products.
• Contribute to or lead project planning, defining experimental objectives, design trial layout, ensuring trial implementation, generating or acquiring data and information.
• Summarize trial data and provide recommendations, identify development opportunities for product label expansion or further research.
• Develop into an expert in their field to provide recommendations that directly influence business decisions/positioning.
• Manage a dynamic and evolving trial program.
• Be an active participant on the Weed Control CPFD bioteam.
• Build collaborative, effective relationships with team members including project teams.

Required:

• Ph.D. in a Biological Science (Weed Science education is highly preferred), or a MS degree with minimum 3 years experience.
• Graduate level experience/capabilities in small plot field research, laboratory and/or greenhouse studies to support field research, experiment design, statistics and technical writing.
• Experience conducting field trials in crops with respect to efficacy, crop tolerance, crop agronomy, and other related experimental techniques.
• Agribusiness competitor and business awareness.
• Strive to be highly organized, neat. Demonstrate critical thinking.
• Deliver conclusive results by agreed dates.
• Collaborative with peers and technical management teams at the Vero Beach Research Center (VBRC) and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of statistical analyse.

What We Offer:

• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes professional development, and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members. Offers flexible work options to support your work and personal needs.
• Full Benefit Package (Medical, Dental & Vision) that starts your first day.
• 401k plan with company match, Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution.
• Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, Education Assistance, Wellness Programs, Corporate Discounts, among other benefits.

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.