Scientist, Lawn Care Biology (Weed Scientist) with Scotts MiracleGro Company in Marysville, OH

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Join a company with a strong belief in giving back to the communities where we live and work. We have a shared passion for service and volunteerism and believe participating in community service benefits our communities and strengthens our team.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Leads, plans and implements field and greenhouse biological research, including trial setup & initiation, data collection, data analysis, and preparation of reports to be used to support product claims for regulatory agencies. 

• Collaborate closely with colleagues in R&D, marketing, regulatory, sourcing, and manufacturing to ensure alignment on project goals, effective use of resources and explore innovation possibilities. 

• Provide technical assistance to R&D, marketing, regulatory, sourcing, quality, and manufacturing when appropriate. Contribute to the Product Development Team to raise overall team contributions and performance. 

• Interacts with industry and university collaborators to understand and mine new technologies, new biological research methods, and consumer trends and communicate this information to category leads and sales/ tech service.

• Develops and follows R&D Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

• Communicates scientific concepts and research to senior leadership (including Directors, GM’s VP’s, COO, CEO and Board Members); demonstrates outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

• Critical in support of state and EPA registration dossiers, potential partnership or acquisitions, competitive analysis and cost-out initiatives.

Requirements:  

• Ph.D. in Weed Science is preferred or a related field (agronomy, soil science, etc) is required. 

• Experience in a related field, such as sports/commercial turf, golf turfgrass maintenance, or academic research/extension program. 

• Demonstrated ability to design and lead research programs to answer specific questions and/or solve problems and experience in conducting biological research to commercialize turf products or technologies.

• Possess a broad awareness of consumer lawn and garden products and practices; hands-on experience is desirable. 

• Strong aptitude for weed science/turfgrass management, chemistry, conversions and mathematics.

• Experience performing Statistical Analysis using ARM, MiniTab, JMP or similar software programs. 

• A high degree of original thinking and intellectual curiosity is required. The scientist must design research protocols that address key questions and hypotheses for a combination of variables as Scotts Miracle-Gro attempts to optimize the complete solution for homeowners across all product categories.

• Willingness to function as part of a hands-on scientific team and mentor/develop other team members (biology technicians/interns).

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Please note that the Scotts Miracle-Gro company does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement, and specific approval to submit resumes to an approved requisition, the Scotts Miracle-Gro company will not consider or approve payment regarding recruiter fees or referral compensations.