TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods is a great place to work. You can see it in our team members. The diversity of the team and their unique contributions set us apart from the competition. Our success is based as much on our future friendly team as the innovative technology solutions we offer.
Our team members include people like you – enthusiastic, innovative, passionate and energetic. We believe that you'll find our high-performance culture personally fulfilling, professionally challenging and financially rewarding.
Here’s the impact you will make and what we will accomplish together
TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods is leveraging our world-leading technology and innovation to tackle one of the most pressing social challenges of our time – achieving more efficient production while lowering the impact on the environment. We believe that by delivering data insights and digital solutions that empower and connect producers to consumers we can improve the quality, safety and sustainability of our food and consumer goods.
We offer an unmatched suite of innovative solutions and purpose-built applications for every participant in the supply chain, from seed manufacturers and farmers through to grocery stores and consumer goods companies. Our solutions are comprised of the latest technologies that enable our customers to optimize their businesses with more accuracy, efficiency and profit and create unified, trusted and sustainable food and consumer goods value chains.
This position entails conducting field tasks to forward TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Good's corporate vision. The successful candidate will have the ability to map a strong career path related to field tasks, cattle handling, and possibly data work, with the expectation of considerable transferable skills acquisition with experience at TAC. The successful candidate will gain a broad view of the company and business model, with significant knowledge acquired in research systems and field procedures. The company has a dynamic and strong corporate culture. This position requires the successful candidate to work from the Okotoks office and in the field (resident workstyle).
What you'll do
- Collaborate with the Research Manager, Research Team Management, company professionals (e.g., veterinarians and animal scientists), and other company and Research Team personnel to accomplish TAC research feed-related priorities
- Support the progress of TAC research studies, with a focus on field implementation of studies and communication with client-site personnel
- Work to optimize field data collection and management to promote high quality data
- Work on field projects related to studies conducted in areas such as animal health, feeds and nutrition, performance enhancement, procurement, and marketing strategies
- Help to troubleshoot and maintain specific feeding systems (such as GrowSafe) at local client sites
- Training on specific computer applications (e.g. Excel and Access) provided
- Field work (up to 100% of role) conducted at local commercial client sites (typically within 2 hours of the office although further travel may be required) throughout the year, with field overtime and scheduled weekend work expected and compensated.
- Field work may be heavily weighted for the fall time depending on the research priorities, and outdoor work expected.
- Field work will entail duties such as chute-side data quality control, cattle handling, and other field support (e.g., orts collection and sample collection [e.g., blood, fecal, nasal secretion, water, soil, feed, etc.])
- Field work includes feed delivery to study animals by feed truck and will require rotating weekend work throughout the year based on research pen animal occupancy and current department staffing.
- Work on feedlot data projects as assigned
- Performance of other research-related duties as assigned
What you bring
- Demonstrate effective field skills (through post-secondary degrees or relevant cattle industry experience)
- High attention to detail
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Self-motivated, with the ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
- Moderate computer skills, proficiency using Google Suite and Microsoft Office applications
- Ability to drive a feed truck is a significant asset
- Relevant cattle industry and research knowledge and experience a significant asset
- Previous experience with data an asset
- Conduct oneself professionally within the business environment and support a culture of cooperation, inclusiveness, tolerance, positivity, flexibility, and engagement
- Valid Class 5 Alberta driver’s license required
Join us
Collectively, our talented team and integrated solutions uniquely position us to transform collaboration within the industry at a global level, empowering and connecting producers to consumers for a more efficient, sustainable future.
Everyone belongs at TAC. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you do or how you do it, at TAC, your unique contribution and talents will be valued and respected. Because the more diverse perspectives we have the more likely we are to crack the code on what our customers want and our communities need.
Do you share our passion for enabling remarkable human outcomes?
Together, let’s make the future friendly.
Accessibility
TAC is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.
We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.