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SeniorFull-timeRust
Salary Range
$33,150 - $44,850 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
Syngenta is seeking a Research Associate to join our Continuous Nurseries team in Mascota, Jalisco, México. This role involves leading operational teams and overseeing various nursery activities to ensure timely completion of tasks and maintain high-quality standards.
Key Responsibilities
- →Lead an operational team conducting Mascota operations, ensuring timely completion of all tasks.
- →Oversee all activities related to planting, seed reception, nursery activities, pollinations, detasseling, tissue sampling, data collection, and harvest.
- →Develop the IPM strategy, Precision Irrigation Program, Plant nutrition, Scouting & Pest Bioassays, Farm Management Agronomics, Land Preparation, and Equipment/Rolling Stock Maintenance.
- →Ensure the efficacy and delivery in seed quantity and quality, while ensuring all employees follow HSE requirements.
- →Spend 80% of working hours in the field supervising and taking actions on day-to-day activities.
- →Oversee the supervision and training of seasonal employees in Mascota.
- →Lead a team in all aspects of field operations, personnel management, and training of seasonal labor.
- →Track different projects and ensure best practice documentation and timely process compliance with established protocols.
- →Manage company databases and online files.
- →Lead stakeholders and involved teams in related processes, ensuring seamless track and trace and minimizing errors.
- →Record nursery and operational notes and upload them to databases.
- →Communicate regularly and timely with MXPV Crop & Agronomy Leads.
- →Supervise all Technicians and temporaries appropriately to ensure KPIs are met.
- →Implement and develop new projects.
- →Maintain active communication with Operations teams to ensure key issues are escalated in a timely manner.
- →Identify, train, and develop Research Technicians to maximize their supervision skills and team integration.
Requirements
- ✓Experience in leading operational teams in agricultural settings.
- ✓Knowledge of planting, seed reception, nursery activities, pollinations, detasseling, tissue sampling, data collection, and harvest.
- ✓Understanding of IPM strategy, Precision Irrigation Program, Plant nutrition, Scouting & Pest Bioassays, Farm Management Agronomics, Land Preparation, and Equipment/Rolling Stock Maintenance.
- ✓Ability to ensure compliance with HSE requirements.
- ✓Experience in managing databases and online files.
- ✓Strong communication and leadership skills.
- ✓Ability to train and develop seasonal employees and Technicians.
