What are the responsibilities and job description for the Greenhouse Technician position at Stefanini North America and APAC?
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Location: 2 T.W.Alexander Drive BOX 12014, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 United States
Work Hours: 7:30AM - 4:30 PM
We are seeking a Greenhouse Technician for a key client of ours in Durham, NC. In this role you will perform hands-on tasks and duties related to greenhouse work and plant experiments and facility cleaning, while ensuring compliance with all existing safety and stewardship standards in the area of greenhouse plant research.
Responsibilities:
Greenhouse Technician Position Purpose and Major Responsibilities
- Perform general greenhouse work independently, such as making pots and flats, planting, watering, fertilizing, tying/trimming plants for upkeep, seed harvesting, seed threshing, seed counting and maintaining various crop plants
- Maintain and clean greenhouses and work areas.
- Assist with collection of plant tissue samples
- Utilize data management applications to collect and record data, under supervision
- Perform pest control including insect scouting, pesticide/herbicide application, beneficial release, and integrated pest management techniques.
- Comply with Stewardship and Biosafety requirements and QMS directives and protocol
- Follow SOPs/Work Instructions
- Operate equipment and maintain appropriate documentation Management of the work activities related to the operational area
- Employee must be detailed oriented, responsible, able to work in hot humid environments, and stand for extended periods of time.
Qualifications:
- Seed inventory management experience
- Working with large seed inventory (25,000 packets).
- Tasks include sorting/organizing packets in numerical order, physically scanning to cross reference digital shipping lists, updating weights/quantities, and updating old legacy labels to align with new database seed lot names.
- Ability to follow directions, work independently and efficiently in a lab environment.
- Comfortable and proficient using Microsoft Excel.
- High attention to detail. Accuracy and precision are of the utmost importance with this position
- High school diploma.
- Preferred Associate's/Technical degree in Agronomy, Agricultural Sciences, or related fields.
- Experience working in the field and greenhouse is desired.