Seed Health Quality Control Analyst

The role is responsible for conducting seed health testing activities, including scheduling, processing samples with NSHS-based methods, and confirmation testing for vegetable seeds. This effort in cooperation with other seed health staff is to support Quality Control testing for basic and commercial seeds to deliver customer focused world class supply.Duties:Provide leadership for HSE compliance and continuous improvement for all QC testing activities.Conduct the NSHS-based testing for pathogen detection on vegetable seeds in the seed health laboratory to meet demand levels and ensure optimum capacity is met.Provide support for other seed health testing activities.Implement staff training programs to support staff cross training across seed health methods and ensure HSE compliance within each process.Inventory management of laboratory supplies associated with routine testing.Following all Syngenta Biosafety/APHIS rules for handling diseased tissue samples or seed.Provide technical support and analysis in making quality decisions related to inventory disposition that is compliance with Syngenta’s risk management policies, standards, and KPIs.