Assistant Potato Breeder at OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Lowa, Thuringia, Australia -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

27 Jan, 27

Salary

5184775.0

Posted On

29 Oct, 26

Experience

1 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Yes

Skills

Industry

Research & Scientific Services

Description
  • Execute daily nursery and seed inventory activities, including material preparation, sowing, transplanting, sampling, seed harvest, seed treatment, packaging, and trial package preparation.
  • Support crossing blocks, nursery activities, and trial material delivery according to crop-cycle plans, protocols, and stakeholder requirements.
  • Collaborate with nursery, breeding, crop production, and testing teams to ensure seed is delivered in the required quantity, quality, location, and timing.
  • Maintain accurate nursery, inventory, phenotypic, and pipeline data in designated systems and breeding databases.
  • Use operational data to improve nursery workflows, tools, and execution quality through data extraction, curation, and quality checks.
  • Support planning activities, KPI tracking, stakeholder communication, and documentation.
  • Identify operational risks and process improvement opportunities and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Crop Production & Crop Care (50%)

  • Execute greenhouse and open-field crop-cycle activities from crop establishment through pollination, seed maturation, harvest, and post-harvest processing.
  • Support controlled crossing and pollination activities while ensuring the protection of genetic identity and material integrity.
  • Monitor crop development and escalate deviations that may impact timing, seed quality, yield, or material availability.
  • Perform seed production and post-harvest activities including harvesting, extraction, drying, cleaning, treatment, sampling, and packaging.
  • Ensure accurate labeling, tracking, and traceability of plants, crosses, fruits, seed lots, and related materials throughout the production cycle.
  • Coordinate the movement of materials between nursery, greenhouse, processing, storage, and shipping functions.
  • Apply crop health, hygiene, phytosanitary, and quality standards throughout daily operations.
  • Record production outputs, observations, and exceptions in designated systems, and support corrective actions where required.
  • Provide day-to-day technical guidance to co-workers and temporary staff as needed.

Safety, Compliance & Continuous Improvement

  • Comply with all site safety, stewardship, phytosanitary, and quality requirements.
  • Complete required safety and operational training programs.
  • Work flexibly across tasks, teams, and operational areas to support business priorities.
  • Provide on-call, technical disturbance, or extended-hours support during peak periods when required.
  • Contribute to projects focused on improving nursery, seed inventory, phenotyping, and crop production processes.


Responsibilities
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