Inside/Outside Research Worker (Urgent Hire)

Title-Inside/Outside Research Worker
Location-Princeton,IN,USA,47670
Duration- 3 weeks contractStart ASAP
Weekly Schedule (how many hours/days): Flexible – would love to have someone willing to work close to 40 hours
Shift Times: 7:30-4:00 pm is normal – but could be up to 5 pm depending on that day's workload and availability of staff
Any exposure to common allergens? Plant allergens (Corn/Soybean/Wheat)

Critical skills:

• Must be detail orientated
• Basic computer knowledge & navigational skills
• Have a basic understanding of written and spoken English preferred
• Communicate effectively with supervisor.
• Ability to follow standard operating procedures
• Ability to follow safety procedures

Other information:

• Employees will have one 15 minute break for each 4 hours worked
• Lunches are limited to 30 minutes per full shift.
• This assignment is not a temp-to-hire position.

Duties & Responsibilities (may include any or all of the following):

• Harvest plant material according to defined protocol
• Research Plot Maintenance
• Discarding Seed
• Field Data Collection
• General Housekeeping

Expectations of employment:

• Able to complete repetitive tasks for long periods of time
• Be self-motivated and possess a positive attitude
• Must be 18 years or older
• Willingness to travel
• Willingness to work more than 8 hours a day (part of your day will be spend traveling to offsite locations)
• Have schedule availability (Must be able to work from early morning until the evening)
• Ability to work around soybeans, corn, pollen, and dust for long periods of time
• Ability to work outdoors in different weather conditions
• Work well with team members
• Ability to walk/stand/crouch for several hours at a time
• Need to be able and willing to walk on uneven ground
• Need to be able to work at different height levels (overhead and ground level)
• Workers are expected to be on time when scheduled
• Must have a reliable means to work
• May be asked to work with seed treatments
• May be asked to lift up to 50 Lbs.
• Must be able to stand 8 hours a day
• Employees will be asked to make/receive personal phone calls during their breaks unless it's an emergency
• Workers are expected to meet minimum performance standards.
• Workers will follow all defined COVID protocols

Other preferred skills:

• Display a competency to perform accurate work in a repetitive motion environment

Inside Research Worker (Typically Winter/Spring)

• Duties & Responsibilities (may include any or all of the following):
• Receiving and sorting incoming seed
• Hand or machine counting seed by experiment prior to planting
• Sorting seed packets for planting and for shipping
• Shelling/Threshing crops
• Conditioning seed
• Ability to use Research equipment
• Applying seed treatment
• General housekeeping

Other preferred skills:

• Display a competency to perform accurate work in a repetitive motion environment Experience using Barcode Scanners preferred
• Warehouse, distribution, shipping, or inventory experience helpful

Pay: $17.50 - $18.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 40.0 per week

Work Location: In person

Salary : $18 - $18