Seed Technician

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Seed Technician to join our team at Bayer CropScience in Cranbrook, BC. As a Seed Technician, you will play a critical role in assisting the pre-commercial canola production team in a timely and efficient manner, while meeting all quality standards.

• Clean down equipment following appropriate safety and compliance standards.
• Operate machinery/equipment to ensure that seed production processes occur safely, effectively, and with quality in alignment with general procedures of the site.
• Support local team in all functions of seed production including spring tillage and soil preparation, crop planting, cultivation, irrigation, pesticide application, scouting, rouging, male plant line removal, swathing and harvest.
• Manage seed inventory including operation of inventory database, seed sampling, shipping, storage, and discards.
• Work in an indoor growth room setting bagging plants, manually pollinating, harvesting, and inventorying.
• Assist with developing procedures for field and growth room production.
• Assist with monitoring previous year's seed production fields and controlling volunteer canola plants as directed.
• Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and stewardship procedures.
• Ensure timely entries for field data collection and production records.
• Provide support to field production of other seed crops (i.e. soybean, wheat, vegetable seeds, FDN canola seed) and other projects as needed.
• Adhere to LOTO when service is needed for maintenance.
• Utilize Focused Improvement (e.g., 5WHYs) techniques to initiate process and standard work improvements.
• Provide coaching and training to seasonal workforce, area trainees and peers supporting achievement and personal development.
• Support areas across sites in driving the adoption of continuous improvement practices and programs (5S, Lean, Six Sigma) conducive to an organized and clean work environment.
• Ensure upstream activities (e.g., field inspection, grower contract) are handled within company standards and business requirements.
• Cultivate partnership with key business partners to plant/field operations (e.g., grower network).
• Maintain key process documentation (operating, start up and shut down procedures; standard work; process flow and instrumentation diagrams; etc.).
• Demonstrate knowledge of and adherence to Bayer's Health, Safety, Environment (HSE) and Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) standards (e.g. general shop floor/machine safety and operating procedures).
• Ensure that QMS/CSGA procedures and standards, Bayer Quality Policy, and stewardship procedures are followed. Assist in revision of procedures.
• Comply with internal procedures and support compliance with legal requirements applicable to area activities.
• Participate in and lead meetings as needed; articulating shift objectives and allocating resources accordingly across all active production areas.
• Support and maintain metrics and relevant information on current Visual Management boards to drive teamwork and facilitate shift change over.

• High School Diploma.
• Basic knowledge of IT (Internet, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, or facilities with systems).
• Valid Driver's License. In order to be eligible to drive a company car, your driving record must meet guidelines based on the company's Risk Screening for Hiring Drivers MVR will be reviewed as part of pre-employment screening.
• Must be able to lift, push, and pull 50 pounds regularly.
• Must have availability to meet overtime demands, including occasional work on weekends and holidays from time to time.
• Strong decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable with change, with ability to adjust quickly to changing conditions and work demands.

• Certification in management systems or continuous improvement practices.
• Previous experience with SAP, Spotfire, Tablo, or Microsoft PowerBI.
• Previous experience in seed production and/or processing.
• Experience with hauling trailers and loading and unloading equipment is preferred but not required.
• Excellent computer skills and the ability to work in all Microsoft Office programs plus navigate company databases.
• Have a BC agriculture pesticide applicators license or ability to obtain.
• 5+ years of agricultural/Canola seed production experience or other relevant industry experience is preferred.
• Bilingual Spanish/English.
• Understand digital farming techniques using GPS, data collection and record keeping.

Bayer CropScience is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of Inclusion and Diversity. We embrace and encourage our employees' differences and believe that our people are our most valuable asset. The collective sum of individual life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities that our employees invest in their work represents our culture, reputation, and Bayer's values and purpose.

This posting complies with the British Columbia Pay Transparency Act. The salary range for this role is between $44,800 - $114,000.

All referral candidates must first be submitted via our internal referral system by a current Bayer employee in order to participate in the referral program.

Once a Bayer employee has successfully referred you in our system, you will receive an automated email with instructions on how to complete your application.

Bayer welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Candidates participating in our selection process requiring accommodation due to a disability or medical need are encouraged to notify the Bayer representative that they will be meeting with to ensure appropriate arrangements can be made.

Cranbrook

Crop Science

827135