Lead Agronomist/Animal Scientist

Benefit Summary:

Full-Time employees within Eocene are eligible for:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision 

• 401k and 401k match opportunities 

• ESOP (so long as you meet eligibility requirements)

• Paid Time Off 

• Volunteer Time 

• Bereavement Time

**Preferred animal agriculture experience within the dairy industry or dairy related industry**

FLSA Status: Exempt, Salary

Reports To: Agriculture Project Manager

Job Type: Full-Time, Regular

This position is open to in office, hybrid, or remote work. Candidates must be located within the United States.

About Eocene Environmental Group:

Our team has spent the past two decades providing environmental, utility vegetation management (UVM), software and sustainability services. We are fortunate to be a part of the Wright Service Corp. family, which has helped us establish a strong foundation for continued growth and success.

Through a strategic alignment of values and goals, four Wright Service Corp. entities joined and integrated into one, operating as Eocene Environmental Group. These four entities are:

• Forestry & Utility Division

• Environmental Division

• Technology & Innovation Division

• Sustainability Division

JOB SUMMARY: Lead Agronomists/Animal Scientists at Eocene Environmental Group contribute to a positive experience for both clients and farmers by leading client projects, which includes items like, development of content for a variety of reports, discussing sustainability goals, and other deliverables. Lead Agronomists/Animal Scientists work collaboratively across the organization on various aspects of projects.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions:

• Manage a team of Agronomists/Animal scientists

• Manage dairy and row crop client data onboarding

• Oversee and organize on-farm communication

• Responsible for agronomic and livestock data verification and data checks

• Assist with the development of content for client reports

• Manages producer relationships with dairy and row crop producers throughout a project

• Communicate scientific explanations to various audiences

• Develop detailed presentations, dashboards, and other project-related materials

• Contributes to various projects within the Eocene client base

• Collaborates and communicates effectively with all levels of employees, both technical and non-technical

• Perform other related duties as required or assigned

• Maintain regular and punctual attendance at work and meetings

• Support, actively participate, and act in accordance with Wright’s and Eocene Environmental Group’s culture of safety and employee ownership

• Comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations; maintains knowledge of and follow all company policies and procedure

OTHER DUTIES:  Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• Position may require up to 25% outside travel at times - to conduct site visits and meetings

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelors or master’s degree in Agronomy, Soil Science, Animal Science or a related field

• At least three years of industry experience working within animal agriculture or row crop production

• Preferred animal agriculture experience within the dairy industry or dairy related industry

• Previous supervisory experience strongly preferred

• Travel to client offices, farms, industry conferences, and meetings

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Ability to review environmental analysis data, soil tests, and other agricultural analyses for scientific evaluations

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Proofreading, editing, and attention to detail

• Able to independently prioritize and complete tasks and manage time efficiently to help ensure project deliverables

• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite products

• Tremendous organizational skills and tendencies

• Ability to adapt to a dynamic, fast-paced, and ever-changing environment

• Excellent leadership skills

• Ability to travel for meetings with clients and site visits and to industry conferences as needed

• Ability to read, write and speak English sufficient to perform job duties and to interact and communicate with employees and vendors

Eocene Environmental Group, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.