Trialing Specialist Technician

Please note: This position will support Syngenta's Highland, Illinois site. This trialing team supports yield trials in a territory that includes Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky. The role can be supported remotely. Optimal support locations are in the Highland – Effingham area.

At Syngenta, our goal is to build the most collaborative and trustworthy team in agriculture, providing top-quality seeds and innovative crop protection solutions that improve farmers' success. To support this mission, Syngenta's Operations & Trialing Team is seeking a Trialing Specialist Technician to support our Highland, Illinois site.

This role will support the Trialing Manager in executing research level yield trials on time, with high precision and accuracy in a safe, compliant manner in order to generate the highest quality data to allow identification of superior performing products in corn, soybean and wheat during the growing season.

This position will have a determined break period between the growing seasons (approximately 3 months). This role is a Peak Time Employee position, which is a permanent full-time employment position that allows the business to meet the demands and allows the employee to take an extended single leave during the non-busy months of the calendar year (one annual unpaid break required each year).

This is an annual position from February 1st, with the assignment ending October 31st.

Accountabilities:

• Function as an integral member of a team responsible for planting, plot maintenance, spraying, note taking (phenotyping) and harvesting research level yield trial plots.
• Operation and maintenance of agricultural machinery, and or agricultural research equipment to include: precision planters, drones, automated phenotyping equipment and research combines.
• Perform all tasks and work in a manner compliant with and in support of all safety and stewardship related company policies and practices, including completing all required company training courses.
• Support tasks to achieve the Trialing managers desired results, e.g., assisting the team with field layout, planting, phenotyping, and harvest.
• Effectively and regularly communicate with peers and supervisors regarding the status of projects, status of work-related activities, quality and timeliness of data collected.
• Plant, spray, maintain and harvest research level corn, soybean and wheat trials to meet data quality standard and operational deadlines.