Description

Corteva Agriscience is seeking a Research Associate to join our Hermiston, Oregon team! This position provides leadership and support for Hybrid Seed Production, with emphasis on: field preparation and management to ensure high-quality seed; planting, detasseling and harvesting operations; plot maintenance; field data collection according to established protocols and timelines; and efficient conditioning, treatment, packaging and shipping of seed.

Come grow your career with Corteva Agriscience, where you’ll have opportunities to nurture your passion and use your talents to help solve some of the biggest challenges facing the world today.

What You Will Do

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to

• Manage fields in the Walla Walla growing area for quality and yield while exercising independent judgment and discretion as appropriate.
• Maintain, organize and summarize data associated with seed production including gathering data before, during and after planting, assisting personnel with field mapping, planting, integrated pest management, rouging, detasseling, and other general field activities.
• Ability to use technology to collect, evaluate and distribute data.
• Able and willing to work in Field Support activities including mapping, allocations, data collection for experiments and other activities where needed.
• Effectively communicate with growers, direct reports and management.
• Work closely with growers to produce a successful crop while proactively identifying production concerns and recommending actions to be taken within standard procedures.
• May participate on hiring committees, organize and supervise temporary or seasonal workers, and supervise Research Assistants ensuring work is performed in a safe and efficient manner.
• Participate on committees and teams related to but not limited to Safety, Field, Plant, Warehouse, and others.
• Lead location safety programs as assigned.
• Support processing and warehouse activities including harvest, drying, conditioning, treat/packaging, shipping and any other warehouse needs through fall and winter
• Position may provide flex support to agronomist or other Research Associates to manage their workload including experiment management with focus and accountability for project quality.

Successful candidate will need to be able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without accommodation.

Qualifications

Requirements – What Skills You Need:

• Technical or Associate’s degree in Agronomy, Biology, Plant Breeding or a scientific-related field OR 2+ years of Agriculture experience
• Ability to develop, support and follow protocols
• Basic math skills
• Flexibility to change role to support location needs.
• Strong interpersonal skills. Ability to work well with diverse groups of people.
• Must have a current and active driver license and be willing to operate a vehicle
• May be required to obtain a Commercial Pesticide Applicators license in OR & WA
• Willing and able to work in a variety of environments (plant, warehouse, or outdoor setting) when needed in various conditions (hot, cold, wet, and dry conditions)
• Willingness to adapt to different roles/responsibilities as business needs change
• Commitment to excellent safety and risk management practices
• Strong attention to detail
• Able to make independent decisions.
• Willing and able to lift up to 60lbs and complete work that involves repetitive motion and/or repetitive lifting
• Technologically Savvy: Competency with standard Microsoft Office programs and capacity to learn new technologies and software.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal skills. Ability to work well with diverse groups of people.
• Results Driven: Self-motivated and ability to initiate projects, improvements, decisions, and problem solving. Detail-oriented, strong time management and organizational skills.
• Safety Oriented: Commitment to excellent safety and risk management practices
• Additional hours and weekends during seasonal peak periods, including some overnight stays.
• Driver’s License, acceptable driving record.

Preferred – What Makes You Stand Out:

• Working knowledge of production agriculture with emphasis on corn production
• Bachelors of Science in a agriculture discipline
• Ability to operate farm machinery
• Knowledge of field equipment and techniques (planting, cultivating, irrigation, cutting, wheel-pulling, scouting, etc)
• Previous training on field scouting
• Ability to provide supplemental maintenance support for tractors, planters and detasselers.
• Supervisory experience
• Class A CDL
• Forklift experience

VISA sponsorship is not available for this position

Benefits – How We’ll Support You:

• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills
• Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place
• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment
• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays
• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father
• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program
• Learn more about our total rewards package here – Corteva Benefits
• Check out life at Corteva! www.linkedin.com/company/corteva/life

Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.