Greenhouse Technician
3 weeks ago
No C2C candidates please.
General BLX Lab & Greenhouse Technician
Clarkson Valley, MO (St. Louis, MO)
$19/hour
11-mo. contract -- extension highly likely
The hiring manager will review candidates with a bachelor's degree and internship experience -- entry level position.
DEPARTMENT/TEAM DESCRIPTION- BLX Corn and Soy crop efficiency
POSITION DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide general assistance to greenhouse trials including growing plants, maintaining fertilization treatments, supporting measurements and destructively harvesting plants.
- Provide general assistance to standard molecular biology workflow such as DNA extraction, quantification, microbiological workflow such as growing microbes in lab, CFU (Colony Forming Unit) estimation
- Collaborate with a team to design, develop and implement in-vitro assays to study the interaction of beneficial microbes and microbial communities relevant to agriculturally relevant crops such as corn, soybean etc.
- Provide assistance in developing novel or improving implemented protocols for evaluating plant-microbe interactions.
- Help maintain lab safety compliance.
- Responsible for standard microbiological lab equipment specific to research expertise, including basic maintenance.
- Contribute to the overall improvement of microbiology functional platforms, collaborate with other R&D functions.
- Make oral and written reports/presentations from assays to enable stakeholders to make appropriate decisions
- Secure IP Protection.
REQUIREMENTS/PREFERENCES
Education Requirement(s):
- B.S. with minimum 2 years' work experience in relevant field of plant physiology and/or Microbiology/Molecular Biology
Skill & Competency Requirements:
- Relevant experience in the beneficial plant microbe interaction, soil science, soil microbiology, microbial biology, Plant Molecular Biology and/or closely related fields
- Scientific background in Biologics or related field and experience with interdisciplinary approaches to solve scientific challenges
- Capable of working both within a group and independently on assignments. Flexibility and being a team player is essential for this function
Preferences: (list nice-to-haves such a specific knowledge items, certifications, skills, abilities, etc.)
- Effectively communicate (written and verbal) research findings.
-
Industrial Wastewater Plant Operator
5 days ago
St Louis, Missouri, United States Liquid Environmental Solutions Full timeWastewater Plant Operator. Your primary responsibility will be to treat wastewater, determine water quality, and release treated water to city publicly owned treatment works as well as maintenance, installation, and repairs of the wastewater plant's mechanical equipment including gas and diesel engines, heat exchangers, fans, valves, compressors, storage...
-
Plant Manager
3 days ago
St Albans, United States Novilla RNG Full timeLocation: St. Albans, Vermont ABOUT NOVILLA RNG Novilla RNG is a nationwide developer of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) projects at dairies across the continent. Our mission is providing a sustainable and beneficial path for North American agriculture to reduce their greenhouse gas footprint and create a reliable income stream. Our process digests cow...
-
Plant Manager
5 days ago
St Albans, United States Novilla RNG Full timeLocation: St. Albans, Vermont ABOUT NOVILLA RNGNovilla RNG is a nationwide developer of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) projects at dairies across the continent. Our mission is providing a sustainable and beneficial path for North American agriculture to reduce their greenhouse gas footprint and create a reliable income stream. Our process digests cow manure,...
