Operation Specialist - Field

Overview

Operate and lead day-to-day field, greenhouse, and cage activities to ensure safe, efficient completion of breeding and agronomic work on schedule.

What you'll do

• Execute field and cage operations including sowing, sampling, transplanting, pollination, maintenance, harvest, and seed extraction.
• Supervise and train up to 40 third-party contract labor team members.
• Maintain detailed trial and plant metric records and coordinate with the data collection team.
• Support irrigation, fertility, crop management, and other agronomic activities with the Agronomy team.
• Coordinate breeding project activities and provide status updates with breeding teams and peers.
• Respond to field emergencies and weather-related challenges, with occasional weekend work as needed.
• Ensure compliance with safety protocols and stewardship practices.

What you'll need

• Be located in the United States and not require visa sponsorship now or in the future (includes OPT).
• Bachelor's or Associate's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite and database management.
• Knowledge of crop production systems, soil fertility, irrigation, and integrated pest management (IPM).
• Experience conducting field trials and collecting agronomic data to evaluate crop performance.
• Ability to identify crop health issues, nutrient deficiencies, diseases, weeds, and insect pests.
• Experience with agricultural equipment and strong organizational and planning skills.

Nice to have

• Bilingual English/Spanish.
• Experience with or ability to learn specialized software and data collection tools.

Details

• Work mode indicated as on-site.