Plant Industry Specialist 13 (Pesticide Training and Quality Assurance Specialist)

State of Michigan•To Be Determined - TBD, MI

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position has statewide responsibility and oversight of MDARD’s pesticide inspector training activities and pesticide section’s quality assurance program. This position acts as the statewide specialist for pesticide inspection staff training and performs a range of professional duties requiring analyses, planning and procedure development, development of long-term training objectives and goals, and other decision-making related to training of field staff. This position contributes to the development and delivery of pesticide-related training materials and is responsible for managing workshops and other training-related events for the pesticide section. This position is responsible for maintaining the pesticide program’s quality assurance plan and ensuring the compliance monitoring program is operating in accordance with the quality assurance plan, including the maintenance and implementation of the complaint response policy. This position requires thorough knowledge of pesticide-related laws and regulations and environmental enforcement principles, and comprehension of the full scope of Michigan’s pesticide program. This position requires frequent in-state travel. The position will have a home workstation.

Requirements

Possession of a bachelor's degree in agronomy, agriculture technology, agriscience, biology, horticulture, botany, crop science, entomology soil science, horticulture, forestry, landscape architecture, plant biology, plant pathology, plant science, or plant physiology.
Four years of professional experience in the plant industry equivalent to a Plant Industry Field Scientist.
Two years of professional experience equivalent to a Plant Industry Field Scientist P11.
One year of professional experience equivalent to a Plant Industry Field Scientist 12.
Thorough knowledge of pesticide-related laws and regulations.
Thorough knowledge of environmental enforcement principles.
Comprehension of the full scope of Michigan’s pesticide program.

Responsibilities

Statewide responsibility and oversight of MDARD’s pesticide inspector training activities.
Statewide responsibility and oversight of the pesticide section’s quality assurance program.
Acts as the statewide specialist for pesticide inspection staff training.
Performs professional duties requiring analyses, planning and procedure development.
Develops long-term training objectives and goals.
Makes decisions related to training of field staff.
Contributes to the development and delivery of pesticide-related training materials.
Manages workshops and other training-related events for the pesticide section.
Maintains the pesticide program’s quality assurance plan.
Ensures the compliance monitoring program is operating in accordance with the quality assurance plan.
Maintains and implements the complaint response policy.