Biological Operations Specialist Tomato

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Role purpose

Support the tomato nursery activities on GSPP site.

Accountabilities

HSEQ:

• HSE, Respect the principles of quality in GSPP
• Contribute to the upholding of HSE standards within local work environment, maintaining a safe and co-operative working environment

Young plan:

• Support breeding activities (crop development, harvest, selection activities, data collection).
• Reporting about situation of crop and Management of tomato selection team.
• Data collection: visual notation and quantitative data.
• Guarantee a good quality of work and good traceability.

Experimentation Trials:

• Provide support to BO specialist Tomato lead to success the trials: sowing, Planting, Notation, harvest and sending seeds to the final destination.
• Data collection and data integration in IT systems (MINT, SPIRIT, VEGA…)
• guarantee and secure the whole process from the experimentation of sowing to seeds shipment.
• follow and maintain Biosafety rules on crops according to standards (GSPP) and others.

Management and Performance:

• Adaptation to technological developments.
• Anticipate, planning tasks.
• Ensure good communication with other teams.
• Spirit of cooperation and knowledge sharing.
• Continuous Improvement of the way of working.

Critical Knowledge & skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy, Plant Sciences or equivalent

Knowledge in horticultural crops, plant breeding, management and development of computer applications, knowledge of data collection in crops

• good sense of interpersonal relations and sense of organization.
• Ability to think imaginatively and creatively.
• Ability to perform at a high level within a team/project environment, using critical thinking skills to deliver outputs in a timely manner.
• Capability in organization/ observation.
• establish and manage the weekly activity schedule with the team.
• Ability to motivate self and others, identifying development opportunities and key training needs.

Critical success factors & key challenges

• Encouraging innovation & creativity.
• Good teamwork and leadership skills
• The ability to align the employees with the company values and goals.
• The ability to help employees find meaning at work