Agricultural Technology Advisor
Grand-Sault/Grand Falls, NB
Green Diamond Equipment is your Maritime John Deere Dealership with 15 locations to serve you, and we are proud to be one of Canada's Best Managed Companies of 2024!
We are currently looking for a skilled, dedicated person to fill the position of Agricultural Technology Advisor at our Grand Falls NB location.
Precision Agriculture (Precision Ag) is a method of farming that uses technological innovations – including GPS guidance, drones, sensors, soil sampling and precision machinery – in order to grow crops more efficiently. With precision ag, John Deere is the industry leader in providing farmers with the tools they need to monitor, manage, and maximize their farm operations. From machine performance to field management to data analysis, customers are always connected to their machines, operators, and technology. The cloud-based platform makes it possible to pull valuable agronomic data out of every operation.
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Purpose:
Provide expertise at the dealership surrounding crop production systems and agronomic best practices and build credibility with customers.
Responsibilities
- Work with the Integrated Solutions Manager in the delivery of the dealership’s John Deere agricultural technology services.
- Assists in leading the organization in the area of John Deere precision farming products and agronomic knowledge
- Ensure understanding of John Deere agricultural technology solutions in sales, service, parts, and all other departments
- Serve as the internal and external technical specialist for new technology farming products
- Work directly with customers to optimize technology solutions for their operation.
- Record, analyze and monitor yields and data during plant/harvest.
- Creating field boundaries and maps with customers, automated steering, manage data
- May also support the dealership efforts with third-party providers
- Remains current on production practices, latest trends, and changes in industry
Experience, Education, Skills and Knowledge
- 2+ years' experience in an agriculture-related role
- Bilingual
- Dealership sales, service, integrated solutions, training, or other related work experience with agricultural technology offerings preferred
- Certified Crop Advisor Certification considered an asset
- Above average comfort level with standard desktop applications such as Microsoft Office and internet functions
- Demonstrates leadership, organizational, project management, interpersonal, analytical and communication skills
- Ability to work flexible hours and travel to store locations, customers, and customers' other advisors
- Bachelor's degree in Agronomy, Agriculture Business, Agriculture Mechanization, or equivalent experience preferred
What We Offer:
We offer full-time employment, an opportunity for advancement within a progressive organization and a competitive compensation package which includes salary, family health benefits and company pension plan.
We are now offering a personal finance training program through Enriched Academy for all our employees (https://www.enrichedacademy.com/).
Please submit your resume today!
Green Diamond Equipment
Our company is like the John Deere equipment we sell; held together by integrity, experience, pride, quality, and customer service. Each of our over 300 people across 15 Maritime locations live these values every day. We are proud to have been selling equipment to homeowners, farmers, landscapers, construction companies, golf course owners etc. for over thirteen years as Green Diamond Equipment.
As a Maritime owned and operated company, under the leadership of CEO Tina Sears, we have grown quite a bit since 2007. We started out as a joint venture with PEI Farm Equipment and Planter's Equipment. We have added new stores and acquired MacLeod's in Nova Scotia and merged with Reddin Equipment in PEI to bring us to our total of 15 branches across the three Atlantic provinces to serve you.
With the merger between Green Diamond Equipment and Reddin Equipment in 2016, we inherited the Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) line and now have 3 dealerships that are combination John Deere and BRP stores: Stratford and Summerside, PEI and Grand Falls, NB as well as a stand-alone BRP store in Sydney, NS. www.greendiamondpowersports.ca
Our steady growth across the Maritimes shows our ongoing commitment to our customers, our team and John Deere. We have the right people, in the right roles, working with clear direction and focusing on continuous improvement.
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