What are the responsibilities and job description for the Expert Grower, Recipe Development position at Oishii?
We grow the world’s BEST Strawberries & our Expert Growers are a major reason why!
As part of our Research & Development Team an Expert Grower at Oishii contributes to our exceptional product development, and plant health by working cross-functionally to ensure the success of short term and long-range goals in both production farms and R&D farms. Expert Growers serve as subject matter experts to our production teams monitoring & problem solving for plant health, diseases, pest, environmental stresses, quality and yield opportunities and often oversee projects or experiments in various farms to improve growing systems and to characterize plant responses in controlled environments.
The role is hands-on and strategic with a large portion of time spent in the farm with our plants.
What You’ll Be Responsible For
As part of our Research & Development Team an Expert Grower at Oishii contributes to our exceptional product development, and plant health by working cross-functionally to ensure the success of short term and long-range goals in both production farms and R&D farms. Expert Growers serve as subject matter experts to our production teams monitoring & problem solving for plant health, diseases, pest, environmental stresses, quality and yield opportunities and often oversee projects or experiments in various farms to improve growing systems and to characterize plant responses in controlled environments.
The role is hands-on and strategic with a large portion of time spent in the farm with our plants.
What You’ll Be Responsible For
- Lead experiments analyzing cultivation data, timelines and outcomes to identify growth characteristics and root causes, contributing to recipe improvement on a daily and weekly basis
- Own defining and prioritizing cultivation challenges and plan experiments accordingly as it relates to yield and quality targets (KPIs)
- Oversees experiment execution by directing team members, recording plant status weekly, assessing experiment continuation, and wrapping up findings in ~2 weeks
- Maintains full compliance with safety and IPM protocols throughout all operations
- Under minimal supervision, tests and proposes optimal parameters (light, fertilizer, irrigation, CO2, etc.) by cultivar and irrigation method, and proposes base recipes
- Facilitate cross-functional projects (e.g., equipment retrofits) with Engineering, Maintenance, etc., including planning, to-do management, and coordination
- Manage and develop the senior growers, junior growers and R&D operators that report to you
- Develops 1–2 year experiment roadmap under guidance, and leads optimization of recipe development processes and strategic workflows
- Ability to lift up to 30 lbs
- Ability to climb a ladder
- Ability to crouch or kneel
- Ability to reach and stretch
- Hand dexterity
- Comfortable in an active, non-sedentary role for lengths of up to 5 to 6 hours at time
- MUST NOT be allergic to bees
Salary : $90,000 - $100,000