Field Scientist

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.

Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.

Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

Job Description

This position will be a member of our Product Biology Team and will generate field bioefficacy data within the Regina, SK area to support the development and registration of Crop Protection products in strategic crops.

In this role, you will create field summary analytical reports and presentations, including internal summaries and Part 10 data packages for Regulatory submission, to support business growth and integrate new tools & technology (including digital tools and precision application equipment) into field implementation plans to define superior crop solutions for the portfolio.

Accountabilities

• Plant, maintain, and harvest crop protection trials with relevance to the designated geography.
• Routine site / farm maintenance activities such as tillage, soil sampling, fertilizer applications, planting plots, applying / implementing chemical treatments,
• Collecting observations and in-season data, and maintaining the plots throughout the growing season.
• Gathering electronic and digital data from various precision technologies (e.g., GPS-guided equipment, soil sensors, and digital data capture technology)
• Meet data delivery timelines, including uploading data to various data domains.
• Data mining for product registration and technical profile development
• Lead the field development activities of biological data for crop protection products, demonstrating excellence to deliver all field requirements & activities.
• Recruit, train, and supervise summer students during trial season to ensure high-quality trial execution.
• Prepare written and verbal reports, including trial abstracts, scientific data summaries, and Part 10 efficacy data submissions for product registration.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with the university, government, contract research organizations, and extension specialists.
• Maintain and manage local facility infrastructure and administrative requirements for site operation.
• Follow company HSE standards and code of conduct.

Critical success factors & key challenges

Qualifications

Knowledge, experience & capabilities

Critical Communication and Collaboration Skills

Critical leadership capabilities

Additional Information

What We Offer :

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Syngenta Contact Information :

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