48599 Field technician – Cereals and services – Plant & Food Research

Field Technician
Cereal and Services
New Cultivator Innovation
Lincoln Research Centre, New Zealand
Vacancy number: 48599
Salary: $46,877 to $76,539
Permanent fulltime (38 hours per week)

What you will be doing Ngā whāinga matua

You will be assisting the Cereal and Services Breeding team with a variety of field operations, and on any given day you may be:

• Assisting with crop inventory management, organisation and record keeping
• Crop agronomy assessments
• Operating and using farm machinery during planting and harvest,
• seed preparation, packaging and conditioning and field maintenance.
• Contributing to planning activities for casual staff during critical crops’ stages.
• Assisting with layout and preparation of field nurseries.
• Preparing seed for export and receiving of imported material for overseas cereal breeding clients
• Safely maintaining machinery and science equipment

What you will bring Ngā tino pūkenga me ngā wheako

• An appropriate undergraduate degree, diploma or technical qualification, or equivalent knowledge and experience gained on farm
• Sound computer skills, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and a willingness to learn new applications
• Able to perform tasks that are physically demanding such as heavy lifting, manual handling, repetitive movements, using heavy farm equipment, e.g. tractors, trailers, seed drill, etc.
• Knowledge and skilled in the use and operation of a range of farm machinery and equipment
• Willing to work longer hours and weekends during peak periods such as sowing and harvest.
• Current full driver’s license essential, with HT an advantage.

What you will get Ngā hua o tēnei tūranga

We offer excellent employee benefits including generous leave provisions, and the opportunity to work within a friendly, team-based environment.  You will be part of a team that leads and contributes to exciting projects with an organisation that has an excellent reputation for its science and impact! 

• Additional 6 days leave and generous paid parental leave
• Ongoing career development opportunities
• Flexible work – flexible hours
• The option of subsidised health insurance and additional employer superannuation contribution
• Focus on health and wellbeing with enhanced sick leave

About us Ko wai mātou

At Plant & Food Research, we believe science can create a better future. By finding smarter, greener options today, we’re helping secure the world we want to live in tomorrow. With our partners, we use world-leading science to improve the way they grow, fish, harvest, create, prepare and share food. Every day, we have 1000 people working across Aotearoa New Zealand and the world to help deliver healthy foods from the world’s most sustainable systems.