Agronomist Horticulture Irrigation Design Frequent Travel

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