R&D Technical Services Researcher

Company Description

With approximately 100,000 planted acres in California's San Joaquin Valley, [REDACTED] Orchards is the world's largest grower of almonds, pistachios and pomegranates. In early 2015, [REDACTED] Orchards ventured into the Bee business with the intention of contributing to the long-term health of bees, investing in R&D efforts and further develop best practices for the industry. [REDACTED] Bees is growing across the nation! Our growth is exciting, but we can't do it alone. Join us in this new venture as we look to expand and hire various roles! [REDACTED] Orchards and [REDACTED] Bees are a part of [REDACTED], a privately held $5 billion company dedicated to harvesting health and happiness around the world through its iconic consumer brands which include [REDACTED] Pistachios, [REDACTED] Halos, POM [REDACTED], FIJI Water, Teleflora, and JUSTIN Wine

Job Description

As a member of R&D team which is responsible for validating and creating farming innovations, Technical Services Researchers implement daily, seasonal and yearly technical and research tasks at their base location and as needed across all farming locations. Must be able to work independently and remotely under field, lab and / or office conditions. Must be able to navigate in a widely-divergent work environment, possibly traveling hundreds of miles per day using safe driving techniques with company provided vehicles. Activities may include applied experiments in agronomy, irrigation, cultivars, farming systems, crop protection or crop physiology.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Establish and implement work plans with supervision of Director of Research
• Coordinate and conduct applied agricultural field and / or laboratory experiments while supporting nume…