Agronomist Horticulture Irrigation Design Frequent Travel
Agronomist Horticulture Irrigation Design Frequent Travel
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
3-5years
Not Disclosed
Salary Not Disclosed
1 Vacancy
Job Description
Reporting to the Technical Director this position is responsible for improving quality focusing on the increase of soil productivity and improved fruit nutrition and crop protection.
Key Performance Outputs
- Visit internal and thirdparty growers and consult on specific horticultural issues to achieve optimum fruit quality
- Use scientific methods to trial and evaluate different treatments to achieve the best possible results and implement on all farms
- Test and trial new fertiliser products to achieve maximum yield and obtain best fruit quality
- Assist with the designing of irrigation strategies and schedules
- Train and support growers and production managers to effectively apply all irrigation and fertigation practices and schedules
- Promote better and standardised farming practice across all farms in the Group
This position will work primarily outside in the orchards and would have to walk stand and most likely kneel for extended periods. This position will also require frequent travel and a valid South African drivers license is essential. Our farms are located in the Cape Wine Lands (Paarl Wellington Tulbagh Ceres Worcester) and the Northern Provinces (Waterberg Rustenburg Limpopo Lephalale and Randfontein) we are open to placing the ideal candidate in any one of the above mentioned locations.
Requirements
Qualifications / Experience
- A relevant tertiary degree in BSc Horticulture preferably with a post graduate degree in Agronomy
- 5 years relevant experience
Functional / Technical
- Awareness of industry trends technology and developments
- Blueberry experience will be of an advantage
- Manage trails and do necessary report writing
- Strong computer literacy: MS Office (Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook and Teams)
- Strong people management relationship building and interpersonal relations skills
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills verbal and written
- Strong research decision making problem solving and attention to detail skills
Awareness of industry trends, technology and developments Blueberry experience will be of an advantage Manage trails and do necessary report writing Strong computer literacy: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams) Strong people management, relationship building and interpersonal relations skills Excellent planning and organisational skills Excellent communication skills, verbal and written Strong research, decision making, problem solving and attention to detail skills
Education
Education: A relevant tertiary degree in BSc Horticulture preferably with a post graduate degree in Agronomy 5 years relevant experience
Employment Type
Full Time
Company Industry
Dairy Product Manufacturing / Agriculture / Construction / Mining Machinery Manufacturing /
