External Field Trials Technician

ASCENZA Portugal; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 20,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascenza Agro in Lisboa is seeking a trials coordinator to manage field trial contracts, data processing, and reporting. The role involves coordinating with CROs, handling invoices in SAP, and ensuring timely, high-quality trial results.

You will review ARM reports, upload data to the global database, and prepare data summaries with charts. English fluency is required; Spanish is a plus. This is a temporary project with potential for further opportunities.

Qualifications

• Degree in Agricultural or Agronomical Eng.
• Experience or interest in field trials spraying and assessment.
• Understanding of EPPO Standards (preferred).
• Familiarity with Good Experimental Practice regulations (preferred).
• Experience with ARM program (preferred).
• Statistics applied to agronomical trials.
• Fluent in English; Spanish a plus.
• Proficient in MS Office tools, especially Excel; Word and PowerPoint.
• SAP experience is a plus.
• Availability for a temporary project.

Responsibilities

• Contact agronomical trials companies (CROs) to contract efficacy trials and manage data flow.
• Review ARM reports to ensure data quality and evaluation against criteria.
• Upload ARM reports to the global data base.
• Prepare data summaries from trials data, including tables and charts.

Skills

Fluent in English

Agronomical practices understanding

Statistics applied to agronomical tria

Availability for a temporary project

Education

Degree in Agricultural or Agronomical Eng.

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

SAP

Job description

Date: Oct 1, 2026

Location: Lisboa, PT

Company: Ascenza Agro

Mission

Collaborate in implementing the field trials program by contacting trialing companies, processing all documentation related with contracting and payments & ensuring the delivery of trials reports by companies on time and to the desired quality.

Responsibilities

• Contact agronomical trials companies (CROs) to contract efficacy trials, ensuring delivery of data at the specified time and to the desired quality; (reserve slots, request quotations, provide protocols, send contracts, allocate trials according to plan, manage samples distribution, request data updates and manage invoices in SAP)
• Review of ARM reports provided by the CRO, ensuring that data is reported with the quality required by ASCENZA. Each trial will be evaluated and scored according to a set of predefined criteria
• Upload current and legacy ARM reports to global data base
• Prepare data summaries from trials data. For any given dataset, this involves gathering data from several trial reports, organize it, sort it and prepare summary data tables and charts

The talent we are looking for

• Degree in Agricultural or Agronomical Eng.
• Professional experience (preferred, but not required) of field trials spraying and assessment
• Understanding of agronomical practices and constrains
• Expertise in the life cycle and identification of pests, diseases and weeds
• Knowledge of EPPO Standards; (preferred, but not required)
• Knowing in detail the Good Experimental Practice certification regulations; (preferred, but not required)
• Skilled in ARM program; (preferred, but not required)
• Statistics applied to agronomical trials
• Fluent in English is a must have. Spanish is a plus
• Skilled in MS Office tools, Excel is a must have, Word and Power Point
• SAP experience is a plus
• Availability for a temporary project

What we have to offer

• An excellent opportunity to collaborate with a constantly growing international company.
• Remuneration and benefits according to experience.

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