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Title posted on AgCareers.com - Agriculture Technician
Posted on October 03, 2024 by Employer details Nortera Foods Inc.
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Welcome to Nortera Foods!  If today we are present on all North American tables, it is because we have cultivated a spirit of initiative, ours as well as that of our 3,000 employees. At Nortera, the corporate culture has only one ambition, to allow everyone to achieve their full potential by developing useful skills for tomorrow, by recognizing everyone's efforts and by offering the means to implement ideas. We currently have an opening for an Agriculture Technician at our Ingersoll facility Job ResponsibilitiesSeed management including database transfers, unload seed, stack totes and bags, set up and distribute as required;pack planning and grower contracting including communicating with growers on a variety of topics including sustainable development practices, integrated pest management, and agronomic charter;planting-related activities such as ensuring all growers fields and field history data is entered, locate fields, monitor crop emergence, andprepare maps as required;crop scouting program, collecting data, complete reports, and update database;with issues to be corrected prior to harvest; trials; schedules, and ensuring that data is entered; ensuring crops are harvested at optimum maturity and delivered on schedule; schedule to those receiving the fresh product, and communication issues; contractors and carriers relative to the needs of the facility; food safety and GMP protocols and report any concern to your supervisor.make appropriate recommendations to growers for fields identifieddevelop, follow, and analyze crop research and variety developmentpre-grade program involving testing maturities, preparing sampleharvest coordination by facilitating pre-harvest programs andspray program by coordinating crop protection activities;fall crop receiving by scheduling loads with growers, providing amaintain and check grower records for accuracy and compliance;maintain communication between field operations and production;support the Agriculture Manager in the direction of custom harvestingmust work in compliance with established health and safety, HACCP, Job Requirementspost-secondary education in Agriculture or a related discipline;agronomic certification (advantage);farm/crop production experience;strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills/strong computer skills (Google Workspace and Microsoft Office Suite)critical thinking skills;mechanical background;food processing knowledge;ability to work independently. Interested in joining our Team? Submit your application by clicking on APPLY TO THIS POSITION. Although all job applications are taken into consideration, only the selected candidates will be contacted. Nortera Foods is committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment that highlights employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all represented groups to build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and depend on. The masculine is used without discrimination and only to lighten the text.- LocationIngersoll, ON
- Workplace information On site
- SalaryNot available
- Terms of employment Permanent employmentFull time
- Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies 1 vacancy
- Source AgCareers.com #966249
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