Brassica Biofuels System Agronomist

Job Title: Brassica Biofuels System Agronomist
Location: Garden City, KS or North Platte, NE
Duration: 2 Years

Overview:
The client's R&D organization strives to be the best at designing, discovering, and developing innovations that create value for farmers and deliver consumer benefits in planet-friendly ways. We achieve this goal by being the most open, agile research organization in the world. We are a market-shaping organization that enriches the lives of those who produce and those who consume, ensuring progress for generations to come.

• Weekly Schedule (how many hours/days): 40 hours
• Shift Times: 8am - 5pm
• Interview Required? Yes, Onsite preferred in Johnston or Virtual
• Resume Review Required? Yes
• Any specific skills, requirements or experience you want in a candidate: PhD in agronomy or plant sciences, or MS +5yrs. relevant experience
• Any additional Medical Surveillance testing required? No
• Any exposure to common allergens? Insects, Nuts, Plants, Chemicals
• Will they be driving? Yes, client vehicle and provided with fuel card
• Expenses: Yes, for overnight travel - to be reimbursed
• Will non-local/remote candidates be considered? Must be local to Garden City, KS or North Platte, NE
• Travel: to/from local university fields in ND to TX; Travel to TX around Feb then shifts North making way up to ND through September aligning with growing season

The Cropping Systems team within Seed Product Development is seeking a Systems Research Agronomist.

In this role, you will be responsible for developing new cropping systems in partnership with a team of scientists from client's R&D, with a focus on water-limited and managed irrigation environments in the western US. Responsibilities will include design and analysis of multi-crop, systems-level agronomic trials, development of agronomic recommendations, and responsibility for research collaborations, farmer and agronomist interactions and business relationships.

Qualifications

• PhD or MS in agronomy, plant physiology, plant breeding or ecology, with an emphasis in water-limited cropping systems.
• Knowledge of and applied, in-field experience with multi-crop systems. Research experience with brassica crops and renewable fuels are advantageous but not required.
• Experience with field research processes and data analyses and utilization.
• Excellent interpersonal skills required for effectively developing strong internal and external working relationships, as well as working with farmers.
• Strong organizational skills to plan and coordinate experiments across locations.
• Independent, highly motivated, and self-directed scientist.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to work in varying environments to conduct field activities (such as data collection).
• Some travel required.

Note: When applying for this position, please provide a current curriculum vitae with bibliography. Please also be prepared to provide three letters of recommendation to the hiring PI prior to an interview.