Chemical Technician

Job Title: Agricultural Production and Trial Technician

Location: 1736 N 1200E, Fowler, IN 47944

Duration: 8 Months with possible extension

Summary

• The Agricultural Production and Trial Technician will be a key member of the soybeans processing and Product Development team at the 1736 N 1200E, Fowler, IN research site.
• They will be heavily relied upon to assist Client Product Development team with completing a variety of necessary activities associated with soybean evaluation and processing.
• This role will involve assisting the team with planting, evaluating, harvesting, and processing soybean for the purpose of research and development.
• If you love the world of agriculture and want to get in on the action, this is a unique opportunity to learn technical skills and grow in a safety conscious, fast-paced, and high demand environment with an organization that is known to be a leader in agriculture innovation and wonderful place to build relationships for seasonal work.
• This job will involve processing soybean, evaluating soybean trials, and generating meaningful data.
• Required- Recent work experience within an agricultural environment.
• Reliable- Safety conscious- Clear and collaborative communication skills-
• Able to lift 55 pounds.
• Attention to detail.
• PC literate. Some knowledge preferred of Microsoft office and email. Candidate needs to able to work under low supervision/proactive.
• It will be helpful if resume submittal notes within Fieldglass include a brief statement from the candidate stating why they are interested in this particular agricultural role and how their work experience can benefit Client?s soybean team.
• 1. Why candidate is interested in the role
• 2. Role is project based with hours being somewhat flexible
• 3. A confirmation that the candidate is aware that this is a temporary contract role that may be short-term or long-term in nature depending upon performance and business need.

Responsibilities

• Packaging and sorting seed.
• Helping plant soybean locations. Driving tractor or dumping packets.
• Maintaining soybean plot locations.
• Harvesting soybean plots locations using plot combine.

Qualification

Agricultural/field research background would be preferred but not required.

• Working outdoors in cold, heat, dusty, or windy.
• Have experience operating small farm equipment (helpful) or willingness to learn
• Have attention to detail and a focus on safety
• Self-motivated and able to work with minimal direct supervision.

Additional

• Candidate must have a driver's license. Candidate will be traveling to different sites (within about 2.5 hours) in a company vehicle