Senior Technician - PEQ at Ministry for Primary Industries, Auckland CityRole type: Full time, fixed term – six months
Location: Auckland – Tamaki Campus and/or Mt Albert Campus
Salary band & range: General Salary Range G: $66,331 to $88,193 depending on skills and experience
This is an exciting role which will embrace your horticultural skills with your passion for biosecurity.
We are looking for a talented and highly motivated Senior Technician to join our Post Entry Quarantine team.
You will assist in caring for various horticultural crop plants in the nation's only PEQ L3B greenhouse facility; and help commission the new greenhouse facility at Mt Albert. You will differentiate plants suffering from biotic stresses (invertebrate pests, bacterial, fungal, phytoplasma and viral) and abiotic stresses (nutrient deficiency and water-stress); address any urgent work/surge capacity, and on rare occasions support biosecurity and compliance investigations and responses by way of technical advice and coordination of identifications as well as carry out audits.
Opportunity to support the delivery of Post-Entry Quarantine clearance of high-value, high-risk plantsWorking on high-profile projects within a collaborative team structureHelp New Zealand achieve its goal of keeping harmful organisms from coming into the countryOur team is dedicated, diverse and highly supportive and works in a busy and varied environment to deliver our core work programme supporting New Zealand's biosecurity system. This role will offer you the variety and the challenge to develop and enhance your scientific technical skills, whilst driving innovation that will shape our future way of working.
You will bring your relevant skills, initiative, and ability to manage relationships, internal and external to MPI. You will be a high performer, highly productive, articulate, and focused, and you will have the ability to get things done.
You hold at least a tertiary degree in Biology or related discipline or equivalent qualification (e.g., New Zealand Diploma in Applied Science – Level 6) with relevant technical experience proven by GrowSafe accreditation on the use of agrichemicals.
You have skills in:
Working in PEQ.STD accredited facility is desirable.Managing complex day-to-day operations combined with professional ability in carrying out biological indexing assays.The ability to work independently and continually improve processes and systems while meeting tight deadlines.An outgoing personality with a strong desire to engage with internal and external customers and stakeholders across a large, complex business environment.Taking initiative and performing in an often rapidly developing environment.You do not need to meet all of the role requirements to apply. We offer a breadth of development and learning opportunities and will welcome an application if you think you could make a great fit.
Please note, given this position is safety sensitive the preferred applicant/s for the position will be required to undergo a drug and alcohol pre-employment screening test.
Applications close at 11:59pm 2 December.
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