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A leading company in agricultural solutions seeks a Process & Systems Engineer. The role involves supporting the design and operational aspects of urban farms, developing innovative solutions, and improving performance throughout the farming operations. Ideal candidates possess a STEM degree and significant experience in farm operations.
Role Summary:
As a Process & Systems Engineer in the Farm Technology department, you will be supporting technological aspects of the consultancy, design, build , operations and urban farms, with a focus on farm operations, processes and systems. You will be collaborating with Archians in sales, project management, farm management and research & technology to deliver impactful agricultural solutions to our clients and partners.
Responsibilities:
Support technological aspects on the design, build and operations of farms, with a focus on operations, processes and systems. Provide ground support at all stages of our solutions.
Develop proposals for the deployment of farm solutions.
Design and conduct experiments to test ideas and solutions.
Develop novel farm solutions.
Evaluate and build relationships with suppliers, advise and consult clients
Develop and implement strategies to improve the performance of farms, farming operations and the entire value chain. Operational areas include farm production, nursery, seeding, transplanting, harvesting, packing, consumables, inventory, supply chain, deliveries, storage, logistics and maintenance operations.
Develop and implement tools to enable operational excellence of farms (eg. FMEA, risk analysis, philosophy, people, process, method and tools).
Requirements:
Degree/Masters in STEM or related field
Minimum 3 years of working experience in a farm operations role
Good scientific and/or engineering skills (literature review, hypothesis formulation, experiment design, data analysis)
Excellent at integrating knowledge and skills from multiple domains to create solutions
Able to understand and internalise technical knowledge
Good interpersonal skills, able to work well with people from different departments and seniority
Excellent command of English (both written and spoken)
Willing to undertake short-term overseas deployments to client farms when necessary