Description

Position Summary: The conservation agronomist is responsible for assisting the precision soils specialist, managing Nexus carbon program, and working with growers to adopt new on-farm conservation practices as well as facilitating and helping to fulfill EQIP funding and other grants.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Report for work as scheduled.
• Know and follow all company safety policies and procedures. Perform work in a safe manner.
• Provide technical assistance and sales support to farmers transitioning to climate-smart agricultural practices (E.g., cover crops, reduced tillage, precision nutrient management, and other regenerative farming practices) by providing technical and agronomic expertise.
• Provide farmers with education about the availability of public and private conservation funding programs.
• Develop and deploy targeted outreach and marketing efforts to encourage climate-smart practice adoption
• Plan and execute educational opportunities, like field days and workshops, highlighting climate-smart practices and considerations. Collaborate with Truterra’s Peer Network
• Coordinator to develop peer networks to facilitate farmer-to-farmer learning opportunities.
• Train ag retailer staff on climate-smart practice opportunities and revenue streams
• Become a TSP/Tech Service provider and maintain a CCA license.
• Stay abreast on carbon and develop Nexus “go to” plan for it.
• Work on conservation agronomy grants applicable to Nexus
• Interpret soil tests & develop N, P & K recommendations for Nexus and in turn for each customer and, in turn, timely processing of results and follow up recommendations
• Work with agronomist and growers on nutrient management plans as needed and annual updates as required by each state
• Soil sample fields for Nexus & grow the soil sampling business for Nexus
• Make soil sampling book only as needed – primarily share electronically
• Import soil test data into EFC & required into SMS and/or other platforms as needed
• Data management – be able to import planting, imagery, harvest data into digital platforms
• Provides timely feedback to manager

Other Related Tasks:

• Represent yourself and Nexus professionally at all times in action and appearance – positively enriching the culture of Nexus.
• Work in an effective and efficient manner.
• Follow up to ensure that work has been completed as approved.
• Attend safety and related job trainings as they become available.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by manager.

Requirements

Desired Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with employees, supervisors, customers and the general public.
• Positive attitude and professional customer service skills.
• Detail oriented.
• Self-starter that performs accurate work and meets deadlines.
• Be willing to put the team first in decision making and overall management.
• Good knowledge of Climate, EFC, SMS, SGIS, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, and all agronomy programs that are being used by NCC or other programs as deemed necessary.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to make independent judgments, which have moderate impacts on the organization.
• Good organizational skills with ability to prioritize tasks.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Requires physical strength and dexterity to walk, stand, bend, climb, reach, stoop, twist and lift/carry 50 pounds.
• Requires the ability to use a soil probe and penetrate the soil to the proper depth to obtain a good soil sample
• Vision, hearing and speech essential.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Hand coordination to use computer.
• May require a valid driver’s license. While traveling may have contact with hazardous materials and drive/travel and work in adverse weather conditions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, hear and use hands.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Employee is mostly exposed to an environment-controlled office/building
• Employee can also be exposed to outside weather conditions that include but are not limited to heat, cold, humid conditions, dry conditions, rain and snow.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.

This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.