Junior Agronomist

What you’ll do :

The Junior Agronomist, under the mentorship of a senior Agronomist, assists with a wide variety of agronomic services to our customers and promotes the sale of chemicals, seed, fertilizer, custom application, and crop supplies services. The Junior Agronomist is exposed to agronomic issues and challenges and begins to source solutions or recommendations. The Junior Agronomist shadows a mentor to acquire knowledge and experience on establishing credibility and developing ongoing, profitable sales relationships with the Co-operative’s customers. Gains knowledge to cross promote Farm & Ranch and Petroleum services and products.

Who you are :

You are looking to start a career in agriculture and you :

• are a student enrolled in Agriculture Post Secondary Education or have related experience in the Ag field
• have strong customer service and interpersonal skills.
• have knowledge of farm related goods and experience in a farm environment
• have at a minimum a Class 5 valid driver’s license
• can lift 50lbs or greater

This position is 40 hours / week, from Monday- Friday (May 1- August 30). Additional hours and weekends as needed during busy season.

We are looking for individuals wanting to explore a career in retail and who exhibits the following competencies :

Our Team Members receive competitive salaries, we recognize the importance of work / life balance, and we offer many paid learning opportunities. We strongly encourage growth and development of our Team Members and want to see them make a career with Co-op.