Research Technician

PERMANENT

**Research Technician**:
**Salary**: Super + Vehicle + Bonuses

Toowoomba QLD

Your Employer

Our client, GenTech Seeds, is the exclusive producer and distributor of Pioneer® Brand Seeds in Australia, and has a long and proud 40+ year history of supplying Australian farmers with a range of innovative and quality driven hybrid seeds. They manage the research, production, development, processing, and sale of tailored solutions to local environments. They are committed to continually bring innovation and access to the latest seed technology to maintain Australia's competitive edge in domestic and export markets.

Furthermore, they boast a highly skilled, enthusiastic and passionate team as well as access to world class germplasm, through their innovative global breeding programs coupled with running extensive research and development in their facilities throughout Australia.

Your Role

Due to growth, this exciting, newly created role has been created; this diverse yet supported opportunity will be responsible for overseeing the correlation of canola research data, managing trials and providing technical services and agronomy & phenology advice.

As the Research Technician, you will be integral in providing technical support, whilst working in conjunction with the Portfolio Manager, to establish product development plans as well as managing trials and collecting, analyzing, reporting on and making recommendations based on trial data.

Further to the above, your duties will include but not be limited to:
Assist with site selection, trial preparation, packing seed, planting, irrigation, weed and insect control, pollinating, hand harvesting and shelling

Work with data analysis software, collect and analyse trial data to inform product line decision-making

Provide technical and agronomic advice such as technical specifications, hybrid characteristics and agronomy advice

Organise contactors and supervise seasonal workers

Provide technical support at field days

Actively participate in the development of a safe and healthy workplace

About You

Reporting to the Breeder, you will have been exposed to field-based research trials and experience operating farm machinery, such as planter, harvester, etc.

To be considered for the role, it is important that you can address the following:
Degree in Agriculture or equivalent experience

Current car licence (manual)

Strong computer literacy - MS Office, Data analysis software, etc.

Chemical user accreditation (desired)

**Benefits**:
Industry leading salary package

Fully maintained company vehicle

Opportunity for personal and professional development

Employee Assistance Program

Great incentive scheme

Choose Agri Talent

Agri Talent provides permanent recruitment and executive search services exclusively for Australian & New Zealand agribusiness. We combine a proven, process-driven approach with an extensive network in agriculture to find your permanent people.

For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact **Marcela Rocha-Lima** - Recruitment Consultant - on 0467 063 538.