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Job Title: Lab AssistantJob Description

Perform day-to-day greenhouse/growth chamber activities including planting, pollinating, tissue sampling, pest/disease scouting, harvesting, threshing, discarding, chamber sanitation, general plant care, data collection, data entry, facility cleanliness, and maintaining safety standards. This role involves working within a greenhouse facility with no lab work.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day greenhouse/growth chamber activities

• Collect tissue samples from soybean plants for DNA analysis

• Water, pot soil, and care for all plants in the growth chamber

• Replant samples after data review

• Assist in operating the soybean threshing machine

• Plate samples to be tested by the Molecular Marker group

• Clean the facility and perform other basic duties as assigned

• Maintain plants including trimming, training, and node cleaning

• Cross pollinate plants

• Discard plants as necessary

• Work with soybean, wheat, pollen, and dust

Essential Skills

• Experience in horticulture, greenhouse, plant care, agriculture, botany, biology, or plant genetics

• Knowledge of tissue collection, transplanting, biotechnology, growth chamber operations, harvesting, and threshing

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Associates or Bachelors degree in Life Science (Horticulture, Agriculture, Agricultural Studies) or 6 months of greenhouse or field experience

• Willingness to work in a greenhouse environment with no lab work

• Ability to stand for 8 hours a day and lift 50 pounds occasionally

• Comfortable working in warm conditions (80-85 degrees and sunny)

• Ability to perform repetitive motions using tweezers

Work Environment

Work in a large, climate-controlled facility with 32 growth chambers where soybean plants grow inside. The job requires standing on your feet for 8 hours a day and lifting up to 50 pounds occasionally. The environment is warm (80-85 degrees and sunny) and involves repetitive motion tasks. The dress code is casual, with jeans, work-appropriate shirts, and closed-toed shoes. The position is an open-ended long-term contract opportunity with a typical Monday to Friday schedule from 7 AM to 3:30 PM, totaling 35-40 hours per week. There may be occasional weekend and holiday work, with the expectation to work 2 weekends out of every 5 weeks, with half-days off before and after the weekend shifts to avoid burnout. Consultants are paid for 6 major holidays and accrue one week of PTO for every 400 hours worked.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $18.00 - $20.00/hr.

• Medical, dental & vision• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)• Short and long-term disability• Health Spending Account (HSA)• Transportation benefits• Employee Assistance Program• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Johnston,IA.

Application Deadline

This position will be accepting applications until Dec 10, 2024.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent

• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection

• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes

• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com (%20actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com) for other accommodation options.