About Orbia:
Orbia Advance Corporation is a Purpose-led company with big aspirations. We are out to advance life around the world while maximising value to our shareholders, customers and employees. The Company is passionate about the topics that define how people will live and thrive tomorrow: the future of cities, buildings, agriculture, and materials. Orbia Advance Corporation has five business groups which offer innovative solutions across multiple industries including building and infrastructure, data communications, chemicals and more. In 2018, Orbia Advance Corporation bought a majority stake in Israeli-based Netafim, the world’s leader in drip irrigation, and is helping the world ‘grow more with less’ as it helps to solve food and water scarcity. Orbia Advance Corporation has operations in 41 countries with more than 22,000 employees.
We started as a producer of commodities and have evolved to become a provider of innovative solutions that address the global issues of rapid urbanization, water and food scarcity, and a growing and aging population. We’re already a global leader in Polymers, Fluor, Building & Infrastructure, Datacom, and Precision Irrigation. We have embarked on a CEO-led transformation, as part of our journey to become a truly purpose-led, future fit company. To learn more, visit: orbia.com
Key Responsibilities:
Promote the agronomic concept, principles, and practices of drip irrigation to all parties involved in the irrigation business (Extension Officers, Co-ops, fertilizer and Private Agronomists).
Foster strong working relationships with relevant government bodies, research institutions, fertilizer companies, and relevant private corporations.
Provide sound agronomic advice for the use of drip irrigation, assisting clients in the planning, operation, and maintenance of drip systems.
Visit potential projects to provide advice on the principles of drip i.e: spacing, delivery, scheduling, fertigation.
Represent Netafim Australia as required to present at seminars, symposiums, forums, and conferences.
Identify priority extensive crop segments and regions, assessing technical, economic, and water-use benefits to support market penetration and growth.
Support pilot projects, demonstrations, and field trials in extensive crops to validate performance, build grower confidence, and enable commercial scale-up.
Research:
Requirements:
Capabilities
Strong capability to plan, manage and evaluate field trials and demonstrations, including trial design, implementation, monitoring and reporting.
Ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships with growers, research institutions, government bodies, industry partners and private agronomists.
We welcome purpose-driven dreamers, doers, and builders, recognizing that it takes difference to make a difference. If you’re ready to bring your skills, talents, and perspective to moving your career, the company, people, and the planet forward, we’d like to hear from you.
We believe that every voice matters; every community deserves respect; and every challenge is an opportunity and united by empathy, we are stronger for our different perspectives. We are dedicated to building a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace that supports the needs of all our employees regardless of their role, location, identity, and background.
