Testing Site Lead

As a member of the Beck’s Family of employees, all full-time employees are eligible for a generous benefits package:

• Health benefits including two medical plan options and company HSA contributions, dental, vision, employer paid life/AD&D for you and your dependents, disability insurance, and access to an onsite Nurse Practitioner
• 401k plan match & company sponsored pension plan and access to a Financial Advisor to help you manage your retirement savings 
• Paid time off, Paid Holidays, Wellness Programs, & Corporate Discounts 
• Company Christmas Party, Free Lunch, Two Hundred Dollar Merchandise Allowance, & Much More  

Responsibilities

• Coordinate plot locations and logistics with plot cooperators
  • Ensure plots are of the desired characteristics
  • Ensure plots are measured and flagged accurately
• Planting of mini-strip and replicated plots
  • Transporting planting equipment to outlying locations
  • Ensuring plots are planted as directed by the Testing Manager
• Data Collection
  • Collect data needed as directed by the Testing Manager
• Plot maintenance
  • Work with cooperators to ensure plots are maintained to Beck’s standards
  • Apply fertilizer, herbicide, and insecticide as needed
• Plot harvest
  • Transporting harvest equipment to outlying locations
  • Collect fall agronomic notes (standability, plant integrity, etc.)
  • Conduct harvest of mini-strip and replicated plots
• Research equipment maintenance
  • Ensure machinery is maintained to Beck’s Hybrids standards to minimize downtime
  • Diagnose and make repairs as needed
• Supervise full time and part time testing employees on site.
• Participate in interviewing team members on site.
• Ensure part time labor needs are met to accomplish tasks directed by the Testing Manager.
• Work with other department leads on site in an effort to keep the site operating at maximum efficiency.
• Assist with other duties as required by the Testing Manager.

Job Requirements

1. Education and Training:

• Bachelor of Science degree in an agricultural related field
• Class A CDL
• Pesticide applicator license
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and insurable driving record as determined by Beck’s automobile insurance policy.
• This is a safety-sensitive position.

1. Technical Requirements:
   • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
   • Possess strong agronomic and mechanical skills
   • Possess positive attitude
   • Strong agricultural knowledge
   • Ability to establish priorities, work independently, work as a team member, and proceed with objectives without supervision
   • Skill to use personal computer and various software packages
   • Overnight travel is required
   • Possess a high level of attention to detail
   • Strong working knowledge of field research equipment, specifically plot planters, plot combines and data collection equipment, and field computers.

1. Physical demands:
   • Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds frequently, and up to 70 pounds occasionally
   • Ability to stand and walk for long periods of time
   • Ability to work in all weather conditions
   • Must be able to pass DOT physical examination and obtain Medical Examiner’s Certificate.

1. Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years field research experience. Supervisory experience preferred

** In an effort to provide a safer, drug-free workplace for employees, all full-time applicants to whom offers of employment are made must submit to a drug test and background check, subject to applicable local, state, or federal laws or regulations. Employment at Beck's is contingent upon passing these pre-employment screenings.