Plant Pathology Technician

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Create Your Own Chemistry: What We Offer You

At BASF, we create chemistry through the power of connected minds. By balancing economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility, we are building a more sustainable future through chemistry. As the world’s leading chemical company, we help our customers in nearly every industry meet the current and future needs of society through science and innovation.

We provide a challenging and rewarding work environment with a strong emphasis on process safety, as well as the safety of our employees and the communities we operate in and are always working to form the best team—especially from within, through an emphasis on lifelong learning and development. 

And we are constantly striving to become an even better place to work. BASF has been recognized as one of Canadas Best 100 Employers in 2019. Come join us on our journey to create solutions for a sustainable future!

Plant Pathology Technician (Full Time) Job Opening in Saskatoon.

Where the Chemistry Happens…

We are seeking a professional like you to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for evaluating transgenic and traditional canola breeding lines for resistance to common diseases, screening and phenotyping breeding generations during resistance introgression into elite lines and developing accurate and efficient protocols for evaluating germplasm with various genetic backgrounds for resistance to economically important diseases of canola.

Formula for Success: You Will…

Your education requirement must be a BSc or MSc degree in Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Applied Microbiology, Plant pathology or equivalent.

Your knowledge and/or experience with plant pathogens or plant genetics will facilitate your handling and evaluation of canola lines for resistance against multiple diseases.

Your familiarity with pathogens and isolation technics will serve you well during the process of characterizing strains of different pathogens that cause diseases on canola.

Your knowledge or familiarity with various methods used in disease evaluations or rating scales, will help you to complete disease ratings more efficiently.

Your knowledge or experience with field plot research will be essential in conducting field experiments in different locations while evaluating parental lines, hybrids and exotic germplasm against different canola diseases.

Your ability to work independently as well as contributing to a teamwork will be essential in our diverse and multi-departmental work environment.

Demonstrating your understanding and knowledge of statistics and experimental design will be beneficial to generating reliable disease resistance data sets.

Utilizing your knowledge of various computer programs and databases including, Microsoft Suite, Prism etc., you will make data summaries for various diseases.

Qualifications

Ingredients for Success: What We Look for in You…

·   BSc or MSc degree in Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Applied Microbiology, Plant pathology or equivalent.
·  Knowledge and/or experience with plant pathogens or plant genetics 
·  Familiarity with pathogens and isolation technics
·  Knowledge or familiarity with various methods used in disease evaluations or rating scales
·  Knowledge or experience with field plot research
·  An understanding and knowledge of statistics and experimental design
·  knowledge of various computer programs and databases including, Microsoft Suite, Prism etc Create Your Own Chemistry: What We Offer You

Adding value to our customers begins with adding value to you. You@BASF is the suite of benefits, perks, programs and unique opportunities we offer to support you—the whole you—in all stages of your life and career. With you@BASF, you create your own chemistry.

The total rewards that you receive as a BASF employee go way beyond a paycheck. From competitive health and insurance plans, to robust retirement benefits that include company-matching contributions, to making sure you never stop learning, we believe investing in you is investing in our success. Working for a large, global organization, you’ll have a chance to grow professionally and personally, expand your network and build a rewarding and dynamic career.

BASF provides interesting and challenging learning and development opportunities to help you make the most of your talents and your job.