Plant Pathology Specialist

The Company

At Canopy Growth, our mission is clear: improve lives, end cannabis prohibition, and strengthen communities. We believe that cannabis can be a force for good. We’re building a consumer-centric organization that is focused on sharing the transformational potential of cannabis with the world. We will achieve this through an innovative and disruptive portfolio of cannabis and hemp-derived products.

Canopy Growth is the world's leading cannabis and hemp company. We recognize that employees are at the core of our success, and we take pride in a corporate culture that emphasizes inclusiveness, collaboration, and diversity.

Our employees come from a wide range of backgrounds, each bringing their own unique skills and talents to the table, working together to continue our incredible momentum of growth. If you are interested in building global challenger brands, scaling a business, and working in a values-driven environment, we want to hear from you

Responsibilities- Develop strategies that reduce crop loss, improve plant health, and improve product quality in cannabis by conducting trials that examine disease incidence, disease spectrum, biosecurity, pest control product efficacy, environmental condition optimization, and post-harvest protocol optimization.- Lead project planning and define experimental objectives, ensure trial implementation, generate and acquire data and information, and analyze and interpret data for global cannabis production optimization.- Work with cultivation, integrated pest management, environmental control, post-harvest, and quality assurance teams within the company on collaborative trial design and implementation. Propose production recommendations once results have been obtained and interpreted.- Coordinate pilot and demonstration trials that support scale up of production recommendations that reduce/eliminate plant diseases, improve plant health, and/or improve product quality.- Monitor research activities and understand the rapidly evolving cannabis industry.- Collaborate and consult with other teams and departments in the company to achieve production goals.- Maintain a high level of awareness and understanding of new developments in plant health, plant pathology, and cannabis production.- Hiring, training, and supervision of technical staff.- Regular reporting and oral presentations to various teams and management.- Routine sample collection and testing.- Identify potential opportunities for new intellectual property.- Other duties as assigned.

Experience- MSc. degree in related field or combination of BSc and practical experience in Cannabis IPM, Agronomy, or related field.- Laboratory experience is an asset.- Demonstrated skills and experience in agricultural extension with a focus on hemp/cannabis is an asset.- Scientific and technical expertise in setting up and executing applied research projects.- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.- Strong attention to detail and record-keeping skills.- Creative and independent critical thinking skills.- Ability to identify opportunities for research and collaboration.- Excellent proactive communication, relationship management, team-building, and interpersonal skills.- Strong time management and organizational skills.- Sense of urgency and responsibility to meet deadlines.- Excellent oral and written communication skills.- Willingness to work occasional long hours.- Ability and willingness to conduct repetitive tasks and occasional heavy lifting.- Ability to work in a dynamic, fast paced environment.

Other Details

This is a contract full time position (expected 20 months) based out of Tiverton, ON