Reference: 2020-5794

The fourth largest seed company in the world, Limagrain is an international cooperative group created and directed by French farmers. As a creator and producer of plant varieties, Limagrain markets field seeds, vegetable seeds and cereal products. HM.CLAUSE, Business Unit of Group Limagrain, is an innovative global leader in the development, production, and commercialization of vegetable seeds. HM.CLAUSE belongs to the top 5 vegetable seed entities in the world. With over 2,000 varieties in more than 20 vegetable crops, HM.CLAUSE provides innovative solutions to growers worldwide.  

Employment Type: Regular Full Time

Main Goal

HM.CLAUSE is a Business Unit of Limagrain, an international agricultural co-operative founded and managed by farmers. HM.CLAUSE specializes in the breeding, production, and sale of vegetable seeds. From the world market to the farmer's market, we collaborate with our customers to deliver successful solutions for the agricultural challenges of today and produce the highest quality vegetable seeds for the future. Our global team of experts and state-of-the-art research facilities enable us to work side-by-side with growers to provide the most regionally relevant and reliable vegetable seeds available

Job description

Assist Breeding Program as determined by manager in all aspect of field trial design, planting, evaluation, database, and inventory management. The successful candidate will supervise farm and greenhouse crews and collaborate closely with other employees including greenhouse and open field Operation team, plant pathologist, molecular biologist, product development specialist, and sale representatives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Assisting breeding programs in field trial design, planting, curation, trial evaluating and seed harvest.
• Ability to travel domestic and internationally 15% to 20% a year.
• Ability to select in program germplasm under the direction of the breeder.
• Supervise field and greenhouse crew in seeding, transplanting, pollination, crossing blocks, and seed harvest.
• Manage breeding data base, including Lot creation, planting list, data integration with other proprietary software.
• Manage seed inventory and shipments for multiple domestic and international locations.
• Manage seed health testing data and sample collection.
• Manage molecular marker tissue sampling projects based on breeding program needs.
• Interact and collaborate with plant pathologist, molecular biologist in project submission, execution, result tracking, sample collection and data entry.
• Manage/maintain phytosanitary quarantine process records, databases, and information.
• Interact with parent seed manager in parent seed production and seed quality assurance.
• Work closely with greenhouse and field operations and labor management to ensure good plant health to meet desired goals.
• Receive and distribute seeds for seed production, variety trials, product development and marketing etc.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Farm & greenhouse crews
• Manage Seasonal and Research Aid

Profile

Education & work experience required:

• B.S. in Plant Science and related Horticulture degrees.
• 2-3 years of experience working in agricultural research.
• Working experience in seed industry.
• Working knowledge in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point.
• Ability to learn new databases and other analytical software.
• Spanish language skill is a plus.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Application

Please click HERE to learn more and to apply online.

HM.Clause is an "at will" employer.
Equal Opportunity Employer.
Drug Free Workplace