Assistant Potato Breeder
at
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Lowa, Thuringia, Australia
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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.