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Job Title: Agronomist
Location: Meadow Lake, SK, Prairies Canada, Canada

Company: Meadow Lake Co-op
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services
Career Type: Agronomist
Job Type: Full Time
Minimum Years Experience Required: 1
Salary: Competitive
Job Description:

What you'll do:

Working closely with the Ag Division Manager, you will be responsible for the following:

  • To ensure acceptable level of customer service is provided to customers and you have the appropriate attitude to create a positive experience for customers;
  • Deliver professional, current and sound agronomic advice and recommendations to producers in the area with a wide variety of crops and soils, including crop protection/crop nutrition information, field scouting and recommendations, soil testing services;
  • Administer and carry out an extensive on farm contact program developing customer and supplier relationship;
  • Market and distribute crop supply products and farm equipment to new and existing customers;
  • Receive, distribute and load fertilizer and crop protection products;
  • Maintain environmental compliance;
  • Work with the crop input manager to maintain inventory levels, ordering and data reporting through in house programming;
  • Adhere to all merchandising standards, marketing efforts including pricing, policy and procedure, equipment maintenance, house-keeping and loss prevention policies.
  • To analyze our existing and potential customers and identify other competition in the area;
  • Be familiar with and adhere to Meadow Lake Co-op policies and procedures;
  • Other duties as assigned.

 

Why it matters:

Our team provides a range of products and services to support our member-owners. Through the work that we do, we help to build, fuel, feed ad grow Western Canadian communities together.

 

Who you are:

You are passionate about a career in Agriculture and:

  • You have a degree or diploma in agriculture;
  • You have 0-3 or more years of agronomy and/or relevant experience;
  • You have a valid class 5 driver's license;
  • Professional certifications (CCA, PAg) (or currently working towards);
  • Strong Agricultural background in sales, account management and agronomy;
  • You have crop planning and scouting agronomy experience
  • You are highly motivated;
  • You're honest and trustworthy, are results-oriented and strive to be the best in what you do;
  • You believe in maintaining a respectful and honest work place;
  • Ability to lift 50lbs or more unassisted

 

Our Team Members receive competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package and an employee/employer-contributed pension plan. We encourage our Team Members to take advantage of learning opportunities, to grow and develop and to foster a culture of teamwork and innovation.

 

At Co-op, we embrace diversity and inclusion, and we're working to create a workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We support and provide an environment that allows all to bring their whole selves to work. 

 

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Job Post Date: 04/04/24
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