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Seed Production Research Scientist - Production and Processing Technology

Location: Pasco, Washington, USA

Role Purpose/Accountabilities:

Syngenta is one of the world’s leading companies with 28,000 employees in over 90 countries dedicated to one purpose: bringing plant potential to life. We contribute to addressing some of the planet’s most critical issues such as the rising demand for food from a growing population.
Working for Syngenta offers you the opportunity to play a part in addressing one of the most urgent challenges facing global agriculture today where we need to feed 200,000 more people every day.*
Come be part of our good growth plan: one planet, six commitments:
Make crops more efficient, rescue more farmland and help biodiversity flourish; empower smallholders, help people stay safe and look after each worker. * Our work matters.

There has never been a better time to join Syngenta!

Role Purpose :

  • Manage parent characterization and agronomic projects for vegetable and diverse field crops across multiple sites. Management to include experimental design, logistics management, consultation on project execution, workload assignments, data collection, and statistical analysis.
  • Collaborates with Production and Processing Technology (PPT) Finished Product Processing Technology (TFPP) and Research and Development (R&D) teams to, design, prepare, plant, maintain, harvest, and analyze trials.
  • Take an active role in the hybrid/variety advancement process to help ensure that producibility targets are included as selection criteria.
  • Contributes to the development and implementation of the overall strategy for the NA PPT group in collaboration with the global PPT group.


Accountabilities: :

  • Participate in parent characterization trials for sweet corn, garden bean, sunflower, and sugar beet and lead agronomic trials designed to improve the cost of goods for seed crops grown in the Pasco, WA area.
  • Help expand the PPT footprint for diverse field crops such as sunflower, sugarbeet, and hybrid cereals.
  • Provide assistance for Finished Product Processing and Seed Enhancement trials being conducted at Pasco during parts of the year when field trial activities (preparation, conduct, analysis and reporting) are not consuming time resources.
  • Develop and maintain communication with various functions within Syngenta; R&D, Biological Assessment, Seed Production, Parent Seed, and Quality Assurance. This also includes other seed industry contacts (University, Chemical Reps, etc.) outside of Syngenta.
  • Lead and assist with experimental design and trial creation. This involves identifying relevant research projects , determining seed/agricultural product entry lists, and making all necessary preparations to ensure experiment completion.
  • Coordinate and assist in field/lab activities. This includes routine site/farm maintenance, implementing treatments, data collection, plot maintenance, and harvest.
  • Manage research activities of agronomic and contract staff. This includes prioritizing tasks, assigning workloads, and coordination of data collection activities.
  • Maintain the appropriate balance of priorities and resources during trial management. Work with other members of PPT, R&D, and production operations to achieve trial execution through priority setting and resource management.
  • Conduct statistical analysis of data in effort to prepare presentations/research reports for data customers and stakeholders.
  • Assist in preparation of departmental budget along with managing site expenses.
  • Ensure full HSE compliance and promote environmentally sustainable solutions.
  • Personal development; Attend company sanctioned and/or external training events for development of personal and technical skills.
  • Representation of Syngenta: Builds trust inside the company and in the local community showing ethical considerations. Ensure Syngenta values are reflected in company activities, and effectively promote PPT with customers and stakeholders.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

Critical knowledge: :

  • PhD in Agronomy, Plant Breeding, or a related agricultural or biological discipline or a MS with significant relevant experience
  • Thorough grasp of seed production principles
  • Thorough understanding of experimental design, field trial execution, and statistical analysis.

Critical experience :

  • Seeds production knowledge across a range of crops
  • Implementation and testing of regional seed production strategies
  • Appreciation of statistical or modeling approaches
  • Organization; planning, proactivity and reactivity
  • Leadership; flexibility and availability
  • Communication; impactful, open-minded, with an aptitude to develop easy contacts with all customers
  • Cross functional and multi-cultural project management aptitude

Critical technical, professional & personal capabilities :

  • Ability to motivate and share knowledge and expertise with others.
  • Ability to analyze complex and diverse problem situations creatively leading to the generation and implementation of effective solutions
  • Ability to drive project execution through others and in areas of technology outside core competence
  • Able to maintain and extend structured networks both within region and between regions
  • Must possess expert critical thinking capability;
  • Must have energy, drive and persistence
  • Must possess advanced capability in influencing and negotiation.

Critical leadership capabilities :

  • Must have advanced capabilities in setting ambitious strategic goals
  • Must have advanced ability to communicate with impact
  • Must be advanced at building a culture of innovation
  • Must have proficient skills to develop people, organization and self
  • Must have expert ability to collaborate across boundaries working well with people who differ in race, gender, culture or age.

Critical Success Factors & Key Challenges:

  • Ability to influence and change current ways of working to develop a more scientific approach in the way we describe data, design experiments, integrate and interpret results
  • A passion and enthusiasm for technology and creating value through data
  • Team working in multi-functional groups, both within PPT and externally
  • Project management proficiency and leadership
  • Seed supply planning and life cycle management
  • Ability to coordinate activities across geographies, functions and cultures
  • Statistical and data visualization and presentation proficiency.

Additional Information:

  • All applicants must be eligible to work in the US.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Ability to work days, evenings and weekends
  • Periods of intense work at critical times of the year (e.g., note-taking, harvesting)
  • Must be able to travel by car or plane
  • Ability to walk fields in all weather conditions
  • Ability to operate standard office equipment including phone, fax, copier and computer

WORKING CONDITIONS WHILE PERFORMING ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • 60% of work performed in field locations or meetings
  • 40% of work performed in standard office
  • General office environment
  • Computer usage for extended periods of time
  • Heavy phone usage including teleconferences

OTHER:

  • International travel likely; must have a current passport
  • Must have a valid driver’s license

To apply

Please apply online at
http://jobs.syngenta.com/job/Pasco-PPT-Production-Research-Scientist-Job-WA-99301/79288300/ 

EEO Statement

Job ID: 4917

More positions from: Syngenta Seeds Inc. (USA)

Posted from September 15, 2014 until March 15, 2015
SeedQuest reference number: 53329

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the country where the position is located.


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