Canola Breeder: Elevate Hybrid Germplasm & Trials

Advanta Seeds; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Seeds invites a Canola Breeder to join our R&D team in Toowoomba, working across field, greenhouse, lab and office environments. You will help develop elite germplasm and a pipeline of high-performing canola hybrids, collaborating with the Senior Canola Breeder and using modern breeding technologies.

You will contribute to crossing programs, design and run breeding trials across Australia, and manage data in breeding databases.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or doctorate in agriculture, horticulture, plant breeding, plant science or related field.
• Experience with crop breeding concepts, data recording, and trial design is preferred.
• Ability to work across field, greenhouse, lab and office environments.

Responsibilities

• Support crossing programs and germplasm development, manage canola germplasm resources.
• Plan and deliver breeding nurseries, yield and disease trials with internal teams and contractors.
• Capture and maintain agronomic, yield and quality data; prepare trial reports with databases and statistics.
• Coordinate phenomics, genomics and pathology activities, including sampling and testing.
• Assist breeder seed development and seasonal operational breeding tasks.

Skills

Field trial coordination

Data management

Statistical software

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Master's or PhD in agriculture/plant breeding

Tools

Excel

Breeding databases

Genomics tools

Job description

Pacific Seeds invites a Canola Breeder to join our R&D team in Toowoomba, working across field, greenhouse, lab and office environments. You will help develop elite germplasm and a pipeline of high-performing canola hybrids, collaborating with the Senior Canola Breeder and using modern breeding technologies.

You will contribute to crossing programs, design and run breeding trials across Australia, and manage data in breeding databases.