Corteva Agriscience is currently recruiting one Research Associate within the Research Center at Seville, SP.  The Research Associate is an integral member of a team committed to coordinate field trial activities.

This RA will be part of the multi-crop team to provide support to the different breeding programs in sunflower and corn executing agronomic practices ensuring high quality data.

Main reponsibilities are:

1. Field Operations (80%)

• Manage day-to-day field operations in nurseries and trial network including, soil preparation, location selection; loc creation and mapping, planting, field agronomic management and harvest.
• Ensure adequate management of pesticides as required for agronomic management and selections for herbicide tolerance in nurseries in compliance with safety standards in Corteva.
• Organize and supervise work of seasonal employees for field management.
• Support seed preparation activities in coordination with seed handling group.
• Support product characterization and data collection according to established protocols as requires in the annual experiment plan.

2. Organization, Coordination and Communication (20%):

• Communication with site leadership team a about workload, capital needs and challenges.
• Improve efficiency and safety of daily workplace operations, with especial attention to field equipment management.
• Effective collaboration and communication with other teams.
• Interact with REST Team to ensure adequate maintenance, operations and software updates of field equipment.
• Interact with EHS&S team in Seville to implement safety standards in field operations ensuring seasonal employees are trained and equipped with appropriate PPE's.

Requirements:

• MS University degree, University degree, or highly technical experience in Agronomy or related field and minimum of 3 years of industry related experience, or equivalent amounts of relevant education and experience.
• Experience with conducting research trials preferred.
• The candidate must have the ability to train/supervise temporary employees and have the ability to work as a strong team member as well as work independently when needed. 
• Ability to operate farm equipment is required.  This includes, but is not limited to: planting equipment, herbicide applicators, and plot harvest equipment. Additional certifications may be required in the future.
• Certificate in pesticide application will be a plus.
• Travel to testing locations with frequent overnight will be necessary. During planting and harvest period some weekends may be available to work.
• Continuous training will be required in order to obtain new skills needed for utilization of new technologies and to stay current with changes in the industry. 

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