Corteva Agriscience is currently seeking a highly motivated Research Associate to join the Controlled Environments, Seed Handling Team at our Johnston, Iowa Research facility. This position supports a team dedicated to the timely harvest, processing, and fulfillment of quality seed to ensure delivery of key traits to the field or stakeholders.

Responsibilities - What You'll Do:

* Predominantly support our Seed Handling operations including seed receiving, sourcing, filling, staging, color marker screening, and inventory maintenance.

* Prioritize seed requests, ensuring the timely staging of seed for planting and shipment of outbound material to meet critical field deadlines.

* Perform regulatory and seed ID checks prior to location assignment within the greenhouse storage location.

* Will assist with the annual seed reconciliation and consolidation process, ensuring operational efficiency of the greenhouse storage location.

* May assist in additional Seed Handling related activities including harvest, processing, late-stage data collection, germination assessments, etc. across a multitude of crops.

* Responsible for understanding Corteva and Seed Handling procedures to meet all regulatory compliance and permitting requirements.

QualificationsEducation:

Associates/Bachelor's degree in Seed Technology, Plant Physiology, Agronomy, Horticulture, Biology, or related field of study.

What Skills You Need:

* Must communicate clearly, display a positive attitude, and work efficiently and effectively with others in a team environment.

* Strong interpersonal and organization skills.

* Able to self-motivate through repetitive tasks.

* Detail-oriented, able to maintain seed identity and ensure trait purity.

* Solutions-oriented. When you see a problem, you look for a way to fix it.

* Continuous-improvement mindset.

* You value the safety of yourself and your co-workers and will eagerly participate in safe work practices, on-the-job safety, and work safety programs.

* Able to stand and sit for long periods of time, lift a minimum of 50 pounds, tolerate hours of repetitive work in a wide range of environments (warm, humid greenhouse, cold room, etc.) with pollen and dust present year-round.

* Proficient with Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).

What Makes You Stand Out:

* Experience working in a high-throughput laboratory or greenhouse setting.

* Experience working in a seed lab, germination lab, or greenhouse.

* Knowledge and understanding of Corteva's seed inventory programs and/or database systems (MyCE, GCIT, xSeed, Seed Request, Fill Manager, Fill, WOH, WWS, DIRT, etc.).

* Experience using Spotfire, PowerBI, or other reporting and data visualization tools.

VISA sponsorship is not available for this position. Benefits - How We'll Support You: * Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills * Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place * Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment * Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays * Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father * Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program * Learn more about our total rewards package here - Corteva Benefits * Check out life at Corteva! www.linkedin.com/company/corteva/life

Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.

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