# Field Seed Technician - Grinnell, IA

**Company**: Bayer
**Location**: Grinnell, IA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $25.68-$32.28
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Manufacturing
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152051

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## Description

At Bayer, we're visionaries driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and strive for a world where 'Health for all, Hunger for none' is a reality.

As a Field Seed Technician in Grinnell, IA, you'll focus on field production activities across the full seasonal production cycle, including grower contracting, field selection, and crop development.

**Responsibilities:**

- Operate equipment in production sites, leveraging real-time data to maximize existing procedures

- Perform preventive maintenance and inspections, troubleshooting problems with equipment, processes, and systems

- Support continuous improvement practices and programs, such as 5S, Lean, and Six Sigma

- Utilize Focused Improvement techniques to initiate process and standard work improvements

- Provide coaching and training to seasonal workforce, area trainees, and peers

- Ensure upstream activities, such as field inspection and grower contracts, meet company standards and business requirements

- Cultivate partnerships with key business partners, including growers

- Use SAP and Digital Field Systems to support administrative procedures and document key information

- Maintain key process documentation, including operating procedures and process flow diagrams

- Adhere to Bayer's Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality Assurance/Quality Control standards

**Requirements:**

- High school diploma or GED

- Basic knowledge of IT, including internet, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

- Valid driver's license

- Ability to lift 60 lbs

- Ability to work varying shifts, including days, nights, weekends, and overtime

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Advanced education, such as technical, associate's, or bachelor's degree

- Intermediate computer skills, including experience with SAP and PLC

- Manufacturing experience, preferably in chemical or row crop manufacturing

- Experience working in a 24/7 rotating shift schedule

**Benefits:**

- Competitive hourly rate: $25.68-$32.28

- Bonus or commission opportunities

- Health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, and sick leave benefits

## Skills

### Required
- equipment operation
- preventive maintenance
- troubleshooting
- continuous improvement
- coaching
- SAP
- Digital Field Systems

### Nice to have
- advanced education
- intermediate computer skills
- manufacturing experience
- PLC

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