If you are passionate about working with a premium brand – this could be your next role!
Rare & exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing California Extra Virgin Olive Oil Agribusiness
Boundary Bend Olives, Inc./ Cobram Estate Olives is searching for an energetic and enthusiastic Junior Agronomist to join our dynamic team. This role is responsible for providing support to the Horticulture Manager through the analysis and interpretation of field data and research trials. Assist in establishing strategies for achieving best practices in the technical operations team.
The Role:
Responsibilities will include (but not limited to) the following activities:
- Assist in developing better planting, cultivation, and harvesting techniques, improving crop yield, and help solve problems for clients
- Assist in researching and promoting agricultural strategies to counter the effects of changes in soil, climate, weather, and pest damage.
- Visiting fields to collect seed, plant, and soil samples.
- Assisting with testing samples for nutritional deficiencies, disease, or other changes.
- Assisting with the plant sourcing, testing, and selection.
- Keeping detailed records regarding fields, customers, crops, and samples
- Assist the Senior Technical Officer with harvest planning and quality control, including harvester efficiency tests.
- Other tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the Irrigation Manager.
Qualifications | Experience | Skills & Attributes
- Bachelor’s degree in agronomy, agriculture, or a related field
- Knowledge of Irrigation is a plus
- Possess a valid, unrestricted drivers’ license.
- Ability to work both independently and with a team.
- Exceptional active listening, verbal, and written communication skills
- Ability to speak English and Spanish is desirable.
- Proficiency with computers, especially MS
- Strong research, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work outside in cold and hot weather, stand, walk, kneel, and stoop for extended periods.
At Boundary Bend Olives, Inc., our core values describe the collective behaviors of our company and what is important to us. They are a lot more than just words on a page. Our core values represent who we are – not who we want to be. As an employer, they underpin everything we do and have allowed us to grow. With this, all team members of Cobram Estate Olives behave and make decisions based on Honesty, Passion, and Humility.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $25.00 - $34.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- On call
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed
Education:
Work Location: In person