About this role
SUMMARY/PURPOSE
Oversee and direct agricultural activities to ensure high yielding, pure seed productions while utilizing resources effectively and efficiently.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Identify, secure, and document field isolations for seed production; oversee transplanting and harvesting activities, ensuring accurate completion of field maps and SAP records in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOP’s).
- Establish and maintain strong working relationships with seed growers to ensure clear understanding of expectations and contractual compliance.
- Drive agronomic decisions by issuing grower requisitions and overseeing pesticide applications in compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations.
- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve Washington agronomic seed production plans, incorporating learnings from each production season.
- Monitor and track field activities throughout the growing season, ensuring accurate, complete, and timely documentation.
- Confirm correct quantities, identification numbers and planting locations in SAP and other programs as needed.
- Plan and manage seasonal operations determining temporary labor requirements, assign workloads, and lead multiple shifts throughout the processing year.
- Support Washington capital planning initiatives, including scope definition and project execution.
- Manage experimental hybrid seed production programs to achieve targeted yield and quality outcomes.
- Provide support to other departments as needed, including seed production field maintenance and steck nursery planting.
- Conduct Employee Supervisor Dialogues annually with direct reports.
- Ensure Company handbook, Rules, Guidelines, Procedures and safety policies are followed and personal protective equipment is used correctly.
- Travel and/or drive on behalf of the business.
- Meet attendance requirements.
- Other duties as assigned.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree or comparable with concentration in agriculture or related field.
- Strong technical skills.
- Commercial Pesticide Consultant’s License.
- Valid driver’s license.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Previous supervisory experience.
- 3+ years experience in agriculture and crop management experience.
- SAP experience.
- Demonstrated experience operating, loading and driving a loaded trailer.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT
- Must wear required PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) as needed.
- Work in high and precarious places and able to cover multiple areas including staircases safely and quickly.
- Able to work in varied environmental conditions (loud, hot, cold, dusty, damp, etc.).
- Flexibility to work rotating shifts as needed (including weekend, night shift, and holidays).
- Ability to work individually and within a team setting.
- T ravel could exceed 30,000/year, which will involve driving a vehicle and travel to other production areas 3 to 4 weeks per year, which will involve over nights.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
- The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
- The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
- The employee must frequently lift and move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and move objects up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.