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Technical Officer

Queensland Government -
Toowoomba QLD

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Job Details

Temporary
10 hours ago

Qualifications

Research laboratory experience
Forklift Licence
Driver Licence
Diploma

Full Job Description

The opportunity:

As our TO2 Technical Officer you will:
- Collaborate with local project leaders and other team members, providing technical support on a range of research projects focusing on genetic improvement and participate in the local planning within the team.
- Ensure timely planting, spraying, harvesting, data capture and monitoring yield and disease trials, both in field and glasshouse environments.
- Assist with computer files for printing pot tags, packet labels and seed packets.
Help maintain a central database of experimental results in preparation for statistical analysis.
- Assist with seed handling procedures, glasshouse research activities and field research activities.
- Communicate well and be able to work individually with supervision. Actively participate as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.

As our TO3 Technical Officer you will:
- Collaborate with local project leaders and other team members, providing technical support on a range of research projects focusing on genetic improvement and participate in the local planning within the team.
- Coordinate and conduct a mixture of crop breeding activities at onsite and offsite field locations, glasshouse and laboratory environments.
- Apply innovative thinking to solve complex problems, foresee and overcome technical difficulties encountered in field trials in a variety of situations (sometimes remote).
- Manage and curate electronic inventory databases and genetic data files.
- Manage and participate in seed handling procedures.
- Oversee and participate in glasshouse and laboratory research activities.
- Undertake field research with minimal supervision. Monitor weather patterns and lead times for land allocation and pre-season preparations for the timely planting, spraying and harvesting of large successful field trials.
- Oversee and participate in field research activities at trial sites located both onsite at Warwick and offsite.
- Communicate well and actively participate as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. Supervise support staff and resources allocated to the project.

Technical Requirements of the role:
- Ability to (or ability to learn to) implement experimental designs and procedures.
- Skills in (or ability to learn) laboratory, glasshouse and field research operations and techniques relevant to plant breeding and pathology.
- Experience in conducting successful field and glasshouse experiments.
- Ability to communicate effectively with a multi-disciplinary breeding team as well as farmers, private agronomists, trial contractors and DPI facility staff.
- Ability and willingness to live regionally, work outdoors and to travel (including overnight).

There are some qualifications and licences that we see as essential. You must possess a:
- Diploma or equivalent qualification in Applied Science or similar field from a recognised tertiary institution.
- Hold a current 'C class' driver's licence.
- Desirable to hold, or an ability to acquire:
o Queensland chemical commercial operator's licence.
o Australian forklift licence.
o Australian heavy truck licence.
o AMA accredited mungbean agronomist.

Why work for us
Learn why our people choose DPI and more importantly why they stay.
- Work with passion and purpose
- Have a tangible impact, for today and tomorrow
- Enjoy interesting, diverse work
- Follow your path wherever it leads
- Get the flexibility and support you need to thrive
- Be part of our one, diverse DPI
Visit www.dpi.qld.gov.au to learn more about us and what we do.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/694819/26
Closing Date: Thursday, 23 July 2026<space>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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