Head Raspberry Breeder (Watsonville, California – USA)
Driscoll’s is a third-generation, family-owned company founded in 1944. Our Mission is to “continually delight berry consumers” by providing the highest quality berries in the world. To do this, Driscoll’s uses traditional plant breeding methods to create plants that produce premium quality berries. We then partner with independent farmers all around the world to grow Driscoll’s patented berry varieties. Driscoll’s holds significant market share in raspberries, partly due to the investments made in raspberry breeding over the last 30 years. The raspberry breeding program is one of the company’s greatest assets and the management of it is a critical position to the strategic success of the company. The program is well-funded and staffed with all the support necessary for success.
Apply Online: http://www.driscolls.com/about/careers.php or email resume to Margie Way: margie.way@driscolls.com / (1)831-234-0292.
Title: Head Raspberry Breeder Location: Watsonville, CA (USA)
Job Summary: Develop long and short-term strategies leading to new raspberry varieties for use in production areas in North America, Europe, South America and Australia. Coordinate with DSA Nursery and Research personnel in all geographies on the export of new varieties for trialing.
Qualifications: A Ph.D. in Plant Breeding/Genetics or related discipline with 5 years of plant breeding experience or professional experience that indicates ability to perform required duties. Ability to work as part of a team and collaborate with other scientists in achieving team goals. Passion for the practical side of breeding; working with growers to gain their interest in new varieties. Excellent organization skills required. Good communication skills with attention to details and accuracy. Spanish fluency preferred.
Responsibilities Include: Manage raspberry breeding programs worldwide. Design and implement appropriate hybridization and selection programs to develop new raspberry varieties for fresh markets. Acquire and develop new germplasm and supervise hybridization, seedling development, selection procedure, and testing of selections then provide data and recommendations to the growers. Collect, analyze and report evaluation data for selections to peers and the DSA growers. Coordinate with laboratory and nursery on propagation of selections. Develop basic cultural recommendations for new varieties to determine which varieties should be trialed and where. Assist in acquisition of Intellectual Property Rights for new breeds. Report to growers on developments and progress on a regular basis. Prepare budgets for Raspberry Breeding program and track performance to budget. Recommend and coordinate research to improve program efficiency. Other duties as directed by supervisor.
Posted: December 24th, 2009 under Plant Breeder.