Syngentais a leading agriculture company helping to improve global food security by enabling millions of farmers to make better use of available resources. Through world class science and innovative crop solutions, our 28,000 people in over 90 countries are working to transform how crops are grown. We are committed to rescuing land from degradation, enhancing biodiversity and revitalizing rural communities.

Role Purpose:

• Independently design and execute automated experiments to produce small to medium-scale chemical libraries or to optimize chemical reactions.
• Provides scientific insight and advice to the Automation Chemistry lead.
• Understand basic reaction mechanisms in order to solve problems and ensure adequate safety measures.
• Independently carry out the purification of library compounds.
• Perform, document and review risk assessment according to Syngenta standards.

Accountabilities:

• Integrate and establish workflow with automation robots, such as liquid handler, solid dispenser, parallel synthesizer and high throughput analytical systems.
• Carries out experimental work safely and in line with all relevant HSE policies and processes, and actively seeks to improve HSE and housekeeping in their area.
• Be aware of the hazards of reagents used, know where to find hazard information when unsure.
• Represent full platforms service to projects and proactively seek out new opportunities to serve projects in Automation platform (Automation Partners).
• Propose new platform capabilities which serve the needs of project customers which are not currently delivered by equipment and workflows.
• Proactive application of new technologies and methodologies from the literature and communication to colleagues.
• Oversee maintenance of platform equipment and leads renewal/replacement initiatives e.g. CAPEX
• Involvement in project library design including expertise in digital tools (e.g. Spotfire, Stardrop, Library Design Tool).
• Solve difficult practical problems through suggestion of new reagents or techniques in own work or that of colleagues
• Take a rational and systematic approach to tackle synthesis problems using knowledge of organic chemistry and own experience.

• BSc, MSc in Organic Chemistry OR Vocational trained “Laborant” with more than 3 years of working experience, preferably with experience in Automation Chemistry
• Takes a pro-active role in own personal development.
• Champions collaborative ways of working, an ethos of continuous improvement and a positive attitude.
• Eager to continuously learn and advance own and others knowledge, incl. programming with relevant software packages.
• Organises own time to deliver work programs in a timely way and maximise personal productivity, in line with project/platform priorities; ability to work under time pressure.
• Demonstrate commitment and strong work ethics.
• Demonstrate openness to change, constructive challenge & feedback.
• Networking with colleagues to obtain suggestions for routes, reagent selections, reaction conditions, etc.
• Proficiency in searching literature andSciFinder or Reaxys to influence the routes to target compounds or reagent selection (alternative conditions, alternative reagents, etc.).

What we offer:

• Contribution to valuable and impactful work, in a stimulating environment -> #bringingplantpotentialtolife
• Work in interdisciplinary teams
• Continuous professional development and high scientific standards are foundations of our culture
• We offer flexible working hours, a campus with health, food and parking services
• You will profit from a competitive pension fund plan

Interested?We are looking for your application!

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Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Syngenta Group is one of the world’s leading agriculture innovation companies, with roots going back more than 250 years. Its 48,000 people across more than 100 countries strive to transform agriculture through breakthrough products and technologies that play a vital role in enabling the food chain to feed the world safely, sustainably and with respect for our planet. Swiss headquartered and Chinese-owned, the Group draws strength from its four business units – Syngenta Crop Protection headquartered in Switzerland, Syngenta Seeds headquartered in the United States, ADAMA headquartered in Israel, and Syngenta Group China – that provide industry-leading ways to serve customers everywhere
Our employees reflect the diversity of our customers, the markets where we operate and the communities which we serve. We invite you to help us shape the future of agriculture. At Syngenta, we believe every employee has a role to play in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet.

For our R&D location at our site in Stein AG we are currently seeking a

Technical Research Scientist (m/f/d)

We are currently looking for a Technical Research Scientist to join our research team in Stein AG, Switzerland. As a member of the team you will play an important role in developing chemical & biological solutions that support plants to mitigate abiotic stress (e.g. drought) and to secure yield. Research on crop plants is conducted in greenhouses and controlled climate chambers at our research site in Stein (Canton of Aargau, close to Basel and the borders of Germany and France).

Your responsibilities:

• Plan and carry out experiments with crop plants with high accuracy and with minimal supervision in the lab, climate chamber and greenhouse for Crop Enhancement / Abiotic Stress Management (CE / ASM) Research Biology
• Implement new methods and perform experiments using state of the art chemical application and plant phenotyping systems
• Lead and actively support the cultivation, maintenance and care of plants
• Capturing, analyzing and reporting of plant phenotype data related to abiotic stress mitigation
• Communicate widely with team members, peers and experiment requesters
• Active collaboration in scientific and operational cross-functional / cross indication activities and projects
• Support projects and run complex testing and analysis
• Employ own scientific know-how in order to define and carry out experiments and solve problems as they arise
• Fully responsible to independently plan and execute complex series of experiments or equivalent tasks
• Document experiments and test results, contribute to reports and propose appropriate follow up actions

What are we looking for:

• A Bachelor/Master degree or a completed professional training related to Plant Science, Biology or Agronomy
• Practical experience in plant cultivation and phenotyping of minimum 1 year
• Familiarity with laboratory, glasshouse and climate chamber working environments
• Knowledge in plant biology (preferentially crop physiology and abiotic stress tolerance)
• Open for routine work, including outdoor (e.g. pot filling, pot weighing, sowing, watering, maintaining)
• Fluent English skills mandatory, German is an advantage
• Ability to understand scientific publications in the field of plant physiology and agronomy
• Physical fitness to conduct experiments, e.g. to handle heavy pots with plants
• No strong allergy against pollen (especially against wheat, rice or corn) that would prevent working with flowering crop plants

What we offer:

• As a technical research scientist, you will enjoy a variety of tasks in an international environment
• Scientific and engineering excellence with well-equipped laboratories
• You can profit from numerous development opportunities according to your strengths and interests
• We offer flexible working hours, a campus with health, food and parking services
• You will profit froma competitive pension fund plan
• We offer a position which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and cross-cultural environment -> #bringingplantpotentialtolife

Do you have a green thumb and are interested in running plant phenotyping experiments? Join us now! We are looking for your online application including all relevant documents (CV, cover letter, diploma, certificates) – reference number18024955.

Please be aware that the job title may differ from the position title.

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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