Research Scientist in Disease Control Micro Profiling Screen - Fungicide

Company Description

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting.  From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

Job Description

• You are fully responsible for scheduling, plan and execute scientific experiments with phytopathogenic fungi and bacteria within the disease control department.
• You support biology and chemistry projects through data generation and analysis.
• You document experiments and test results, interpret data and proposes adequate follow up. 
• You administrate a fully descriptive lab journal to assure reproducibility of tests/experiments.
• You will record, communicate test abnormalities, and errors and enables improvement
• You are responsible for maintenance of laboratories, laboratory equipment and instruments
• You may provide training and technical advice to other lab staff
• You represent your area of work in project teams.
• You evaluate, report and implement new ideas in consultancy with line managers & scientific experts
• You understand defined process flows and methods, norms and guidelines in own area of biology (i.e. application technology, plants or fungi rearing or logistics, data handling, equipment).
• You drive for high quality but as well efficiency in a given range of responsibility (output - input relation).
• You improve/develop and report new methods, risk assessments and SOPs (with appropriated coaching, depending on complexity)
• You share knowledge and examples of best practice.
• You may be active as apprentice trainer for a specialised area

Qualifications

• Biology lab technician / BMS or BSc in agrobiology disciplines or equivalent professional education 
• Some years of experience in lab positions, preferable working with phytopathogenic fungi and/or bacteria
• Own contribution to delivery of projects.
• Has good indication knowledge and shares knowledge and best practices as needed
• Openness and flexibility to change and actively support the implementation of change
• Think cross team for operational excellence
• Communicates inspirationally but honestly within team and function. Promote a culture of transparency and open feedback
• Good knowledge of English language written and spoken (Level B1 or above) any other language