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Job Title: Lab Assistant

Job Description

Perform day-to-day greenhouse/growth chamber activities including planting, pollinating, tissue sampling, pest/disease scouting, harvesting, threshing, discarding, chamber sanitation, general plant care, data collection, data entry, facility cleanliness, and maintaining safety standards. This role requires working within a greenhouse facility—there is no lab work involved. Responsibilities include working in new soybean growth chambers, collecting tissue samples from soybean plants for DNA analysis, watering, potting soil, and caring for all plants in the growth chamber. Additional duties include replanting samples after data review, assisting in operating the soybean threshing machine, plating samples for the Molecular Marker group, cleaning the facility, plant maintenance (trimming, training, and node cleaning), cross-pollinating, and plant discard. You will be working with soybean, wheat, pollen, and dust.

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in Johnston, Iowa.

Work Environment

Monday-Friday, typically from 7 AM to 3:30 PM, totaling 35-40 hours per week. Occasional weekend and holiday work may be required, with the expectation to work 2 weekends out of every 5 weeks (both Saturday and Sunday for 4 hours, 9 AM-1 PM). The manager will coordinate weekend scheduling, ensuring half-days off during the week leading up to and following the weekend worked. Working in a large, climate-controlled facility with 32 growth chambers. The environment is warm (80-85 degrees and sunny), and the role is physically demanding, requiring standing for 8 hours a day, occasional lifting of 50 pounds, and repetitive motions using tweezers.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent

• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection

• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes

• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com (%20actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com) for other accommodation options.