Biofuels Agricultural Crop Specialist - Posting No. 1499
Date Posted
March 23, 2009
Employer
BP Biofuels
Location
USA - Chicago
Job Description
The Biofuels business is seeking to appoint an Agricultural Crop Specialist to provide expert agricultural technical support on US lignocellulosic feedstocks. This role will lead the development of appropriate agricultural practices and ensure appropriate agricultural performance of the business' cellulosic feedstock investments.
The Biofuels business is seeking to introduce a new feedstock platform in the US and we are challenged to develop a compelling business model for farmers and land owners. Key to creating this model and ensuring farmer and land owner buy in is developing a keen understanding of various energy grass feedstocks.This includes having the appropriate feedstock performance data and production practice information as well as credible expertise to lead engagements with agricultural partners. Thus the role will be instrumental in the development and successful implementation of the model.
Accountabilities:
- Design and interpretation of crop performance, agronomic practice, harvest and storage trials to support feedstock supply strategy
- Working with partners to ensure delivery of trials that will provide information of an appropriate quality to support decisions
- Identify and promote agricultural/technical opportunities to reduce costs of feedstock production
- Become BP's technical expert on energy grass production
- Support the assessment of land options for the supply of energy grass feedstocks to future cellulosic biofuels facilities
- Support the negotiation of land options to create a pool of investment/partnership options
Job Qualifications
Essential criteria:
- Value Creator - Focuses their energy on the actions that will give the greatest return, showing pace, flexibility and resilience in doing so. Take appropriate risks and tries out new ways of solving problems.
- Great partner - Builds strong and enduring partnerships based upon excellence in what they do, sound decision making and strong negotiation skills.
- Develop Others - Gets the very best out of people in a fast paced and dynamic environment. Balances the pressure to focus on short-term development with the longer term need to develop the next generation of talent for the business.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to influence both technical and commercial individuals.
- Knowledge of US agricultural business.
Agricultural/technology degree
Must be fluent in English
Salary
Not Available
Contact Information
Martin Killeen, Senior Recruiter
Sustainability, Energy & Climate Change
Acre Resources | 1919 W Addison St | Chicago | IL
Phone - +1 773.327.0963
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Cell Phone - +1 312.327.8518
Email - martin@acre-resources.com
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