Research Technician

The Research Technician plays a vital role working with the researchers as part of the Research & Development Department.  The primary duties are to provide field support including experimental setup and data acquisition across all aspects of R&D including agronomy crop physiology and entomology.

Duties and Responsibilities

Functions include but are not limited to the following. Must be able to move freely between tasks depending on workload season etc.

• Collect field data (plant tissue soil insect sampling harvest as well as data loggers or other forms of information collection)
• Organizes resources (time labor materials)
• Monitor field experiments.
• Record field observations or other experimental details
• Organizes and maintains current work records as well as historic work records for review.
• Reliably performs tasks with specific equipment after having received proper training.
• Work collaboratively with internal employees and contract labor crews
• Computer and cell phone app use for data entry

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge shall and / or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.

EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE :

SPECIFIC KNOWELDGE AND SKILLS :

Critical Skills (Soft skills / transferable)

Functional Skills (Hard skills / job-specific)

LICENSES AND / OR CERTIFICATIONS :

Valid California Drivers License.

Physical Demand(s)

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. While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit stand walk talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Moving and climbing ladders lifting supplies in and out of rooms and pickup trucks walking through field sites with uneven terrain

Full body motion; two hand manipulation; lifting and carrying; driving sitting walking or standing for >

6 hours per day; color perception; normal auditory requirement; spirometry abilities to support respirator use.

Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Compensation :

Pay Range : $19.00 - $20.00 / hr .  Final compensation will be dependent upon skills & experience.

Additional Information :

Why chose Wonderful

Wonderful Nurseries and Wonderful Orchards are part of The Wonderful Company a privately held $5 billion company which also has other No. 1 brands such as Wonderful Pistachios FIJI Water Wonderful Halos JUSTIN Wine and Teleflora. To learn more about The Wonderful Company visit  or follow us on Facebook  Twitter and  Instagram. To view the current Corporate Social Responsibility report visit  nourish naturally - We believe that what you put into your body matters. The most nutritious and best-tasting foods are those from nature.

Wonderful Orchards and The Wonderful Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and with opportunities for advancement. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability age protected veteran status or other protected categories.

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Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

Laboratory Experience,Spss,Data Collection,DNA Isolation,Stata,Biochemistry,Qualitative Research Interviewing,Research Experience,Statistical Software,Molecular Biology,Research Laboratory Experience,Western Blot

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1