Temporary Field Scout

Responsibilities

• Manage crop in assigned areas to achieve and exceed yield and quality targets.
• Give attention to field crop agronomy to foresee potential issues and manage and mitigate those impacts.
• Utilize leading edge IPM practices to optimize results for cost, quality and yield.
• Complies with safety efforts for all assigned areas and sites, ensure all training is completed, and administer programs as directed by manager.
• Accomplish all tasks on time, with high level of detail and in accordance with protocols (example, contracting, planting, mowing, GA, fungicides, helicoptering, harvest, routing, and data entry).
• Ensure all processes are completed following published production protocols and work instructions for all operations.
• All operations and information documented as required.
• Ensure data is collected accurately for all operations and it is entered in time.
• Utilize reports to aid in planning and scheduling field activities.
• ~6K production acres assigned by area manager.

Requirements

• Previous experience with hybrid rice production.

Skills

• Superior agronomy skills to complete crop production.
• Mechanical aptitude to work with field equipment.
• Strong analytical approach to work.
• GPS/GIS applications skills and developing statistical capability.
• Creative thinker for new and forward-looking solutions.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks.
• Results/detail orientation and the ability to work with a sense of urgency.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, ability to present and convince/direct with diplomacy.
• Strong teamwork/networking skills to work across multiple groups of people.
• Demonstrated decision making skills.
• Highly effective resources management, time management, and well organized.