Insect Control Intern

About This Job 

We invite you to help us shape the future of agriculture. At Syngenta, we believe every team member has a role to play in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet. To support that challenge, the Vero Beach Research Center team is currently seeking an Insect Control Intern. As an intern, you will shadow and assist scientists while they conduct greenhouse, laboratory, and field research with emphasis in profiling new active ingredients. You will also participate in data generation and summaries to develop recommendations on the appropriate use of chemical and application technology. 

As an intern at Syngenta, you have the opportunity to work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry, and work on real projects finding real solutions. Work with us and you’ll get: 

• Competitive wages  
• Ongoing career development resources   
• The opportunity to work on meaningful, innovative projects that solve problems 
• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes professional development, and offers flexible work options to meet both your work and personal needs 

You will: 

• Assist in a trialing program that generates high-quality data  
• Perform timely and complete reporting of data, reports and summaries 
• Work as part of a cohesive team to provide research solutions 

Estimated Duration: May 2024 – August 2024 

What you must have: 

• Enrollment in a Master’s or PhD degree from an accredited university in Entomology or related agricultural disciplines  
• Fluent in English 

What you might also contribute to the team: 

• Experience in greenhouse, laboratory, and/or field research techniques, experimental design, and statistical analysis 
• Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities 
• Excellent analytical and people skills 
• Strong oral and written communication skills 
• Critical leadership capabilities 
• Communicative – clearly convey information and ideas; encourage open and continuous communication; keen to listen and learn 
• Team-Oriented – actively participate as members of a team to move the team toward completion of goals; collaborate effectively across organizational boundaries 
• Results-Oriented – deliver on commitments; set aspirational goals and work tenaciously to reach or exceed them 

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. 

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As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting.  From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.