CALS- Senior Field Coordinator- Annual Crops Steward- Field Research Unit- Agritech

Senior Field Coordinator- Annual Crops Steward

The Opportunity

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About the College

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University embraces diversity and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty, and staff of all identities and backgrounds. We strongly encourage individuals from underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply.

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) is a pioneer of purpose-driven science and home to Cornell University’s second largest population of students, faculty and staff. We work across disciplines to tackle the challenges of our time through world-renowned research, education and outreach. The questions we probe and the answers we seek focus on three overlapping concerns: natural and human systems; food, energy and environmental resources; and social, physical and economic well-being.  CALS is fundamentally invested in improving the lives of people, their environments and their communities both in New York state and around the world.

The Field Research Unit (FRU) provides services to faculty, staff and students engaged in field research at Cornell AgriTech.  FRU manages all land, field facilities, and equipment used in support of field research.  FRU provides basic services for research conducted in Cornell AgriTech field plots including but not limited to site preparation, fertilization, and pesticide applications. 

What We Need

The Annual Crops Steward is within the Field Research Unit (FRU) - at the Cornell AgriTech, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) in Geneva, NY. Providing direct support for faculty, staff, and students engaged in field research. FRU manages all land, field facilities, and equipment used in support of field research. FRU provides field and research support services for research conducted in Cornell AgriTech field plots.

The Annual Crops Steward is responsible for collaborating with Project Investigators and their staff, FRU staff, and the FRU Farm Manager to accomplish field research needs. Operating within a team setting, the Annual Crops Steward will take the lead in coordinating FRU resources to provide research support efficiently and on schedule.

Responsibilities of farm stewardship and field trial management include, but are not limited to the following: delivering expertise on diverse research-specific agricultural practices, general equipment maintenance and modifications, small-plot research preparation, land preparation, planting, fertilizing, pesticide application, cultivation, crop scouting, irrigation, drainage installations, cover crops and maintaining a soil fertility management plan, etc. Apply data management practices to maintain a central land-use database and track field operations (work requests, time, and materials) to ensure reliable, prompt billing. Keep up to date with new advances in technology and initiate the application of that technology within farm operations. Work often involves inclement weather conditions. 

Communicate with other coordinators and staff within FRU to resolve issues, utilize equipment, and schedule labor to accomplish the mission of the FRU. Atte