Controlled Environment Lead - Plant Biology Institute

The role

The Controlled Environment Lead at the Plant Biology Institute of Ellison Institute of Technology is responsible for overseeing plant growth and phenotyping facilities, ensuring the delivery of controlled growth environments, and contributing to the design and execution of experiments.

What you'll do

• Ensure the delivery of steadily controlled, reproducible, clean and precisely tracked growth environments
• Grow impeccably healthy plants, scouting and proactively solving abiotic, pest and pathogens issues
• Oversee activities including planting, transplanting, watering, fertilising, trimming, measuring, pollinating, tissue sampling, seed collection, and pesticide application
• Contribute to the design of and oversee/contribute to the collection of technical phenotype data
• Own pathogen and pest scouting and pesticide application, paying careful attention to safety and regulatory requirements
• Create and maintain a tightly organised, well-scheduled and perfectly recorded inventory of materials

What it takes

• PhD in horticulture, plant science, plant pathology, agronomy or other relevant role
• At least 5 years hands-on experience growing plants within a research or production greenhouse or controlled environment facility
• Deep practical expertise in research greenhouse and controlled-environment operations
• Strong plant-health capability: scouting, diagnosis, IPM, sanitation, pesticide application/recordkeeping and facility hygiene/biosecurity
• Experience growing and evaluating crops in a research or production environment, ideally including transgenic/gene-edited plants, breeding materials, or other identity-preserved material
• Direct experience planning, running, and troubleshooting replicated greenhouse, chamber, and field experiments

What you'll bring

How we treat you

Competitive salary (dependent on experience) + travel allowance + bonus, Enhanced holiday, Pension - Employer contribution 7.5%, minimum employee contribution 5%, Life Assurance, Income Protection, Private Medical Insurance as standard for you, your partner and any dependents. Including hospital Cash Plan, Employee discounts, Electric car scheme, Nursery Salary Sacrifice scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, Family Planning, Neurodiversity support including advise and assessments, Coaching & Therapy services

How to apply

Apply directly on Ellison Institute of Technology's site. We link straight through — no resume parsing, no profile to fill out.

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