Trait evaluation researcher – Uberlândia/MG

MG l Minas Gerais
Efetivo (CLT)
Biólogo
Engenheiro Agrônomo

Responsabilidades

• Lead recurrency meetings with CROs and operations da empresa to guarantee the implementation of the field trials protocols, and provide technical guidance to field staff when needed.
• Align protocols with operations teams months in advance and before trial implementation.
• Align insect, diseases and weed management of field trials and nurseries with internal and external operational teams.
• Visit experimental fields and report the quality status in various locations across Brazilian territory to evaluate trials.
• Evaluate and take notes on the efficacy of insect and disease trials across Brazil.
• Support collecting insects and disease spores for artificial infestation/inoculation.
• Register the tracking trace of all seed movement in nurseries and field trials through regulatory tools, e.g., chain of custody.
• Regularly communicate trial status and issues to the scientific team, opening non-conformities and leading RCA to keep the continuous improvement process.
• Support scientists in trial planning and execution, and keep all the stakeholders updated about the progress of the project.
• Support in defining the best strategy for seed production, design, purification, and increasing the process to provide seeds for Product Safety Studies.
• Evaluate germplasm adaptability, take notes, select/discard sources, and summarize the phenotype adaptability of each material in the nurseries.
• Lead summarization of key results and learnings in the middle and end of the season through KPIs.
• Focal point of Quality Management System, with focus on reviewing and improving the documentation and register control for the TE Operations process.

Requisitos

• QUALIFICAÇÕES MÍNIMAS
  • Completed bachelor’s degree in agronomy, biology or related field.
  • Ph.D. or Master’s degree in agronomy, plant breeding or related field.
  • Solid experience in plant breeding, agronomy or related field.
  • Ability to assess the phenotypic characteristics of hybrids and inbred lines under abiotic and biotic stresses.
  • Knowledge to distinguish the characteristics of different inbred line versions compared to their near-isogenic line.
  • Extensive knowledge on handling GM traits under CTNBio requirements.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and management of field experience working with regulated transgenic trials.
  • Ability to write and present results to both technical and non-technical audiences and relate to business impact.
  • Ability and availability to travel for field evaluations and observations.
• QUALIFICAÇÕES PREFERENCIAIS
  • Fluency in English, and ability to communicate in Spanish will be a differential.