Job Description

Position Title: Agronomist - Othello Washington

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID: 44816

Regional Agronomist

Othello Washington

In every role McCainers are ambitious curious and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role .

The Regional Agronomist executes the regional agricultural strategy developed with regional leadership and translates McCains innovation priorities into practical on-the-ground results. This role leads grower adoption of new potato varieties regenerative practices and emerging technologies while providing proactive crop risk intelligence. Working closely with growers field teams interns and internal partners the Regional Agronomist strengthens grower outcomes in yield quality cost sustainability and supply reliability.

What youll be doing .

• Execute the regional innovation strategy to improve yield quality cost sustainability and supply outcomes.
• Lead the regional commercialization and adoption of new potato varieties by validating field and storage performance against McCain standards and demonstrating economic value to growers.
• Implement regenerative agriculture initiatives with adoption-ready growers address agronomic and economic barriers conduct field trials and capture grower feedback.
• Pilot emerging agronomic technologies and production practices assess real-world viability cost-benefit trade-offs and scalability and provide field-level insights to leadership.
• Translate regional R&D priorities and recommendations into field and storage applications with grower partners identifying and resolving adoption challenges.
• Build trusted grower relationships and serve as McCains primary technical advisor and problem-solver for assigned grower partnerships.
• Lead crop monitoring and intelligence activities escalating emerging crop weather pest disease storage quality or supply risks with supporting field data.
• Evaluate digital agriculture tools such as remote sensing soil monitoring predictive analytics and AI-enabled solutions to improve monitoring and decision support.
• Manage and develop assigned interns and support staff through clear expectations on-the-job training coaching and feedback.
• Develop subject matter expertise facilitate peer learning share regional insights across the Agronomist network and represent McCain professionally in industry organizations and grower networks.

What youll need to be successful .

• Bachelor of Science degree in Plant Science Soil Science Agricultural Production or a related agricultural discipline.
• Strong agronomic knowledge including crop production systems and potato production practices.
• Demonstrated ability to build productive relationships with growers and agricultural stakeholders and communicate across technical and business audiences.
• Sound technical judgment with the ability to assess agronomic risk interpret field-level data evaluate trade-offs and make practical recommendations.
• Strong facilitation project and activity management stakeholder coordination and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multi-year adoption and monitoring activities track execution metrics coordinate resources and manage multiple priorities across a geographic region.
• Curiosity and willingness to adopt AI and digital agriculture tools to improve efficiency data quality monitoring adoption tracking and decision support.
• Valid drivers license and willingness to travel within the assigned region.
• Certified McCain Agronomist (CMA) certification within the first year of employment.
• Professional Agrologist certification required for Canada-based roles; Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) certification preferred.

About the team .

Reporting directly to the Regional Agronomy Manager the Regional Agronomist is part of McCains regional Agronomy organization. The role works closely with growers McCain Field teams supply chain partners R&D teams and regional leadership. It also provides day-to-day leadership and development for assigned interns and support staff and contributes to the broader Agronomist network through peer learning and knowledge sharing.

About McCain .

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Leadership principles .

At McCain our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers collaborate as a team and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs driving
innovation empowering people and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

AI & Digital Capabilities .

At McCain AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture.

The McCain experience .

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted inauthenticity and trust empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here youll find opportunities to learn grow and thrive. Join us and experience why were better together.

Compensation Package :$65500.00 - $87400.00 * USD annually Bonus eligibility

The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience skill set education and training and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Benefits: At McCain were on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do every day. We understand and appreciate that each persons needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical dental vision prescription drug) retirement savings benefits and leave support including medical family and bereavement. Well-being programsinclude vacation and holidays company-supported volunteering time and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with applicable law and can vary by work level location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.

Your well-being matters to us and were here to provide you with the necessary resourcesto support you in being your best self at work and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity resilience and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex age veteran status disability or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms) pleaselet us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family: Agriculture
Location(s): US - United States of America : Washington : Othello

Company: McCain Foods USA Inc.

Required Experience:

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Job Tags

Full time, Work experience placement, Remote work, Work from home

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