[Hiring] Agronomist @Orbia

Role Description

• 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.
• Manage and monitor trials, including the processes involved with developing a trial and also managing approved trials for their duration.
• Provide sound agronomic advice for the use of drip irrigation, assisting clients in the planning, operation, and maintenance of drip systems.
• Establish and facilitate links with those groups with an interest in agronomic information such as researchers, extension officers etc.
• Visit potential projects to provide advice on the principles of drip i.e: spacing, delivery, scheduling, fertigation.
• Accompany sales staff on client visits to provide advice on drip irrigation and its advantages.
• Regularly visit fertilizer companies and producers to discuss trends in the marketplace and determine ways in which Netafim and these companies can work together.
• Provide operation guidelines and after sales operation support to clients ie: scheduling.
• Represent Netafim Australia as required to present at seminars, symposiums, forums, and conferences.
• Provide written summaries of all activities undertaken for the purposes of developing a database of knowledge and communication between all relevant parties.
• Identify priority extensive crop segments and regions, assessing technical, economic, and water-use benefits to support market penetration and growth.
• Lead the development and execution of agronomic strategies to expand drip irrigation adoption in extensive crops across relevant states.
• Support pilot projects, demonstrations, and field trials in extensive crops to validate performance, build grower confidence, and enable commercial scale-up.

Qualifications

• Strong capability to provide technical agronomic support and advice to growers, dealers, sales teams and other stakeholders on drip irrigation systems and practices.
• Demonstrated ability to promote the agronomic principles and benefits of drip irrigation, supporting adoption and best‑practice use across diverse crops and regions.
• Proven capability to work collaboratively with Sales, Engineering, Technical Support and Dealer networks to deliver integrated customer solutions.
• Ability to support both existing markets and the development of new markets, identifying opportunities to expand drip irrigation adoption.
• 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.
• Strong communication skills to present agronomic concepts clearly through field days, workshops, presentations and on‑farm engagement.
• Capability to translate agronomic insights into practical recommendations that improve crop performance, water efficiency and system outcomes.
• Strong data and observation skills to monitor crop response, system performance and trial outcomes.
• Demonstrated commitment to sustainability, continuous improvement and knowledge sharing across the business.
• Alignment with Netafim values and a professional, service‑oriented approach to customer and stakeholder engagement.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in an agronomy, crop advisory or technical agriculture role (essential).
• Hands‑on experience applying irrigation agronomy, crop water management and soil–plant–water principles (essential).
• Experience working directly with growers and farming systems, supporting agronomic decision‑making (essential).
• Experience managing or supporting agronomic trials, demonstrations or research projects (desirable).
• Experience working in collaboration with sales, technical or engineering teams (desirable).
• Experience engaging with government, research or industry bodies (desirable).
• Tertiary qualification in Agronomy, Agricultural Science, Horticulture or a related discipline (essential).

Benefits

• We welcome purpose-driven dreamers, doers, and builders, recognizing that it takes difference to make a difference.
• Every voice matters; every community deserves respect; and every challenge is an opportunity.
• 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.