Regulated Trialing Specialist

Syngenta Seeds is one of the world’s largest developers and producers of seed for farmers, commercial growers, retailers and small seed companies. Syngenta seeds improve the quality and yield of crops. High-quality seeds ensure better and more productive crops, which is why farmers invest in them. Advanced seeds help mitigate risks such as disease and drought and allow farmers to grow food using less land, less water and fewer inputs.

Syngenta Seeds brings farmers more vigorous, stronger, resistant plants, including innovative hybrid varieties and biotech crops that can thrive even in challenging growing conditions.

Syngenta Seeds is headquartered in the United States.

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 Trait Development Team is seeking a Regulated Trialing Specialist 2 in Clinton, IA. This role will support the Trait Evaluation field trial network, in executing regulated research yield trials on time, with high precision, accuracy in a safe and compliant manner to generate the highest quality data to allow identification of superior performing products in corn, soybean, and wheat.

Accountabilities:

• Function as an integral member of a team responsible for locating/contracting testing locations, planting, plot maintenance, spraying, note-taking (phenotyping), and harvesting research trial plots.
• Contact for the regulated trials conducted within the assigned geographical region, ensuring all paperwork, documentation, and stewardship protocols are followed.
• Act as the key contact to the assigned testing locations.
• Serve as an on operations and maintenance of agricultural machinery, and agricultural research equipment to include precision planters, drones, automated phenotyping equipment, and research combines.
• Set the standard for the local team by performing all tasks and behaving 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.
• Explain to third-party contract labor to achieve the Trialing Manager's desired results, e.g., assisting the team with field layout, planting, phenotyping harvest and weeding.
• Effectively and regularly communicating with peers and supervisors regarding the status of crop destruct projects, the status of work-related activities, and the quality and timeliness of data collected.
• Propose improvements to processes that have an impact both at and across sites.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree with 1 year of experience is required. Associates degree with years 5 of experience will be considered. Degreed candidates with relevant operational training or experience outside of agriculture will also be considered.
• Experience with precision agriculture equipment and software systems is required.
• A valid driver's license with an acceptable driver's history is required.
• Ability to acquire and maintain Part 107 Federal Aviation Administration.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a class A CDL is desirable.
• In depth knowledge of agriculture and agronomy practices is required.
• Pesticide Applicators License Holder or ability to acquire.
• Experience working with regulated material.
• Ability to receive, conduct detailed analysis and pass on complex data/information.
• Must possess a strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Must be able to work minimum supervision while maintaining locations within desired geographical area to prepare, plant and accurately collect and manage data obtained from trials.
• Plant, spray, maintain and harvest research level corn, soybean and wheat trials to meet data quality standard and operational deadlines.
• Work with the team to coordinate workload to complete objectives and tasks in a timely manner.
• Ability to use MS Office, especially Word and Excel, Smartsheet and other standard software.
• Ability to use and support proprietary IT systems for data collection/analysis, tracking agronomic practices, and metric and KPI tracking.