Pest Control Advisor

The Role: This position will be responsible for all aspects of Entomology, Scouting, and monitoring fields, setting up applications, and maintaining company standards and compliances for Quality. Working alongside Growers, Spray Department, and Office staff to achieve the highest company needs at all times. This position will be responsible for all aspects of Entomology, Scouting, and monitoring fields, setting up applications, and maintaining company standards and compliances for Quality. Working alongside Growers, Spray Department, and Office staff to achieve the highest company needs at all times.

Location(s): Yuma, AZ

Areas Of Responsibility

• Coordinate day-to-day field scouting and monitoring of IPM activity for Yuma farm production
• Conventional
• Organic
• Nursery/Transplants
• Conventional Crops
• Artisan Lettuce/Romaine/Broccoli
• Broccoli
• Cauliflower
• Cilantro
• Lettuce Fresh
• Green/Red Leaf
• Romaine
• Organic crops
• Artisan romaine
• Celery
• Cauliflower
• Broccoli
• Romaine hearts
• Responsible for all crop recommendations and applications with appropriate products.
• Ensure proper crop labeling for all commodities, along with reporting.
• Coordinate with the grower for the needs and timing of applications.
• Coordinate with harvest for re-entry Interval and clear the list
• Maintain current spray records and history
• Responsible for writing and completing 1080s and product use reports
• Coordinate with the internal spray department for day-to-day application and locations.
• Coordinate with IPM on the monitoring of the quality of the application work.
• Monitor, guide, and confirm as company standard applications.
• Work with industry and representatives for chemical compliance and product
• Work with Yuma/Imperial County and local extension services.
• Ensure current practices and new product development.
• Continued research on current pest and disease issues, determine the best course of action, and educate our growers on best control practices.
• Responsible for seasonal estimating of chemical products and quantities needed for yearly purchase.
• Pre-season and post-season usage data review
• Work with the company's in-house purchasing department for reviewing and creating a bid list
• Weekly tracking of needed vs applied material and monitoring of inventory
  

Preferred 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, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Education and/or Experience: Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from a four-year university preferred. Pest Control Advisor State License for Yuma/Imperial County. Four years of previous field scouting experience.
• Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Must also possess the ability to write simple correspondence and effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide by 10's and 100's. Must also have the ability to perform these operations using units of American currency, weights, volumes, and distances.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Promote a positive Company image, and support the Yuma Farm. Must be a team player with a can-do attitude and be goal-driven. Must work well with minimal supervision, take initiative, be a self-starter, have a sense of urgency, and be process-driven. Must have reliable, predictable attendance and punctuality. Must be able to work independently and in a team environment, have excellent communication and organizational skills, and have great attention to detail.
  
  

Other Qualifications

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear and communicate with other stakeholders at normal room levels, outside environments in person or on a cell phone. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, bend, stoop, twist, reach, and taste or smell. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is working in the following environments: warehouse, farm, nursery, and harvest sites, which are subject to inside and outside weather conditions (hot and cold temperatures), a moderate noise level, and wet and/or humid conditions.
  
  

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