Temporary Field Scout - Dumas, Arkansas
Temporary Field Scout - Dumas, Arkansas
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Job Description
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND 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.
COMPETENCIES
6K production acres assigned by area manager.
Requirements:
Previous experience with hybrid rice production.
Successful candidate will also possess:
- 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.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger handle or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop kneel crouch or crawl. The employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision Distance vision Peripheral vision Depth perception and Ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Expected to perform the essential functions responsibilities and physical requirements of this role with or without reasonable accommodation within the described work environment.
- Individuals may need to sit or stand as needed. May require walking level and unleveled surfaces for periodic periods throughout the day including flooded rice fields. Reaching above shoulder heights below the waist or lifting as required throughout the workday. Proper lifting techniques required. Must be able to lift 50-pound bag of seed. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Work and training locations may include office and warehouse environments. May also include dry muddy or flooded fields and other outside environmental situations including extreme heat/cold rainy or sunny conditions.
RiceTec Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing qualified applicants consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability protected veteran status or any other applicable federal or state-protected classification.
Employment Type
Temp
