Job Responsibilities

• Manage breeding nurseries and pollination crews to produce high-quality seed.
• Participate in the planning of experiments and seed preparation for nurseries and trials.
• Assess data quality and factors affecting data quality throughout the growing season; take corrective measures when necessary.
• Operate planting, harvest, spray equipment, and other implements that may be necessary for research and agronomic management operations.
• Carry out essential research equipment maintenance, such as changing belts and troubleshooting electronics, on research equipment, including planters and plot combine harvesters.
• Scout for weeds and insect pests to assist with research plot maintenance; take corrective measures or inform responsible teams or collaborators where appropriate.
• Train temporary workers and team members in research techniques; stay current on new research techniques or processes       
• Collect physiological and agronomic data to support projects.
• Process plant tissue samples in the laboratory following established protocols.
• Manage and curate data in relevant databases.
• Support high-throughput phenotyping using mobile platforms (e.g., LIDAR) and aerial data collection.
• Assist in the processing of phenotyping data and contribute to database development.
• Carry out the operative process of hiring temporary field personnel (hiring requests, contract extension, incident reports, etc.).
• Apply field and greenhouse research techniques and procedures for the cultivation and improvement of materials assigned to the Unit.
• Perform the capture of information of the project results in its different stages, in order to carry out the analysis and statistical management of the project.
• Carry out the analysis and statistical management of such information and share it with the Unit's supervisor.
• Maintain permanent contact with the Research Assistants of each program, to know their equipment and material needs, and inform their immediate boss.
• Support in the supervision of the Experimental Station and follow up on pending activities, in the absence of his immediate boss.
• Support in the performance of the functions assigned by his immediate boss.