Precision Ag Field Specialist Intern

Precision Agriculture Field Specialist Intern

Overview

At FMC, we are embarking on a new journey as we build our Precision Agriculture team. Precision Agriculture offerings give farmers and customers novel insights on how to protect their crops against a range of pest pressures. FMC’s digital solutions will allow growers to make faster, better, and more informed decisions than ever before. As the only global agricultural sciences company focused exclusively on crop protection, FMC is uniquely positioned to deliver best-in-class agronomic advice.

We believe that every farmer should have access to efficient and affordable scouting resources. To that end, the purpose of Arc™ farm intelligence is to enable growers and their advisors to operate more effectively and sustainably through the power of data and machine learning.

Responsibilities

The Precision Agriculture Field Specialist Intern will have the opportunity to work with the region Commercial Team, Precision Ag Market Lead, and cross functional teams to deliver on the ground insights as it relates to various insect pests by leveraging automated insect traps and FMC’s Arc™ farm intelligence digital scouting platform. The candidate will have the opportunity to share project status and accomplishments directly with growers, customers, and FMC Commercial and Precision Agriculture Leadership.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of strong attention to detail, comfort in a dynamic and fast-paced project environment, a high degree of organization, and a strong passion for the utilization of technology to advance agriculture. 

You will be part of a growing team that is adopting the mindset, agility and processes of a technology company while drawing on our 100+ years of experience in agriculture.

Expectations

• Under the direction of the North America Market Lead and regional commercial team members, the intern will act as the field lead on execution of Precision Agriculture Projects utilizing automated insect trap technology and Arc™ farm intelligence.
• In tandem with growers and other external partners, candidate will manage pest and crop data capture, ensure data quality is maintained, identify and triage outages, and ground-truth pest identification models.
• The candidate will be responsible for generating periodic customer agronomy reports with the guidance of the local Technical Service Manager and commercial team members.
• Provide training, guidance and assistance to FMC partners’ field staff and scouts
• The candidate is willing travel daily to provide field assistance.

Required Education

• Must be currently enrolled, or recent graduate from, an undergraduate or master’s program in Agronomy, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Crop Management, or Agriculture.

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently with little supervision
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Relevant experience involving crop scouting
• Candidate should have a clean driving record with ability to responsibly operate an FMC provided vehicle
• Ability to execute a scouting plan and articulate status to various internal and external stakeholders
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience with data entry

Additional Details

• Wage: $24/hr
• Vehicle Provided: Yes
• Location: TBD

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