Field Scientist Job Description

Field Scientist Job Description

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Field scientist provides oversight of SGS SOPs needed to effectively execute all field R&D activities in support of sponsor R&D needs.

Field Scientist Duties & Responsibilities

To write an effective field scientist job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included field scientist job description templates that you can modify and use.

Sample responsibilities for this position include:

O­­ ­Identify pain points and generate solutions or potential projects for clients
O­­ ­Work with internal R&D teams as appropriate
O­­ ­Work/Travel with the broader Industrial and BioProduction account managers
O­­ ­Develop response on technical questions about products and potential service solutions
O­­ ­Provide technical education to other selling members and share the dynamics and current status of the market with the BioProduction commercial team
­ ­Participation in the execution of BioProduction services
O­­ ­Provide project scope transfer to the operational team
O­­ ­Participate as much as possible in the project team meetings
O­­ ­Be a client advocate and general technical consultant to the project
O­­ ­Participate in insuring total customer satisfaction

Field Scientist Qualifications

Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.

Licensing or Certifications for Field Scientist

List any licenses or certifications required by the position: HAZWOPER, OSHA, TTP, PM2.5, LEAN, AHERA, EPA, PM10, IAI, PWS

Education for Field Scientist

Typically a job would require a certain level of education.

Employers hiring for the field scientist job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Science, Environmental Science, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Biology, Genetics, Life Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Cell Biology

Skills for Field Scientist

Desired skills for field scientist include:

Local agricultural crops and cropping practices
Phytopathology
Field trials techniques
ARM and other sponsor-specific software
Ensuring implementation across all studies
GLP requirements
OECD regulations
Regulatory guidelines
SGS SOPs
Stay apprised of any changing EPA

Desired experience for field scientist includes:

O­­ ­Provide leadership, guidance and selection of venue for scientific content
O­­ ­The Senior Field Application Scientist will take on “Special Initiatives”, tapping their specific areas of expertise that will contribute to the further development and growth of the cell culture business
­ ­Self-starter with the ability to create and execute plans with minimal supervision
­ ­Ability to articulate and evaluate multiple complex ideas and align others around a recommended course of action
­ ­Bachelors or Masters degree in Marketing, Business, Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry or related discipline
Bachelor's Degree (B.S./B.A.) in a scientific discipline (molecular biology, genetics or biochemistry preferred)

Field Scientist Examples

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Field Scientist Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of field scientist. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for field scientist
  • Work with product marketing managers and sales staff to ensure provides excellent customer support for our Genetic-analyzing systems
  • Establish contacts to key opinion leaders in the field and develop local references
  • Provide feedback to local and European Sales & Marketing on competitive activities and technologies, market conditions, customer needs, and product opportunities
  • Provide trainings on site in house lab facilities, participate in pre-sales discussions, conferences, meetings, workshops
  • Travel up to 50% of time servicing customers and accounts on the West Coast
  • Develop standard operating procedures and macro based workflows train and support customers during the implementation phase
  • Primarily undertaking vegetation audits on Western Powers SWIN network
  • A range of other environmental projects
  • Assist in developing educational content for company hosted websites, videos, seminars, applications reports
  • This role is primarily field based and will also be a part of a dedicated professional call center team to remotely support technical queries
Qualifications for field scientist
  • Over 5 years of customer support experience in the responsible product line categories
  • Strong experience in MS, GSMS, LC, GC, ICP, IR, TEA and UV/Vis applications
  • Understanding cutting edge technologies and applications
  • Demonstrated excellent written, presentation, and verbal communications skills including strong public speaking
  • Ability to multitask a variety of assignments and proven ability to meet strict deadlines
  • Aptitude to understand and communicate scientific concepts, applications, and methods
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Field Scientist Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of field scientist. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for field scientist
  • Samples will be collected from onboard a ship in the Bay of Valdez
  • Operate Alyeska owned vehicles
  • Design and implement the ​regional key account ​marketing strategy ​and promotion ​for cell biology ​and protein detection ​products
  • Develop new applications for segment products and discovery new opportunities from segment applications
  • Coordinate new installations through channel partners, including facility inspections, assay validation and customers training
  • Manage and collaborate with partners in projects that include demonstrations, feasibilities studies, and new product evaluation
  • Collect product feedback from customers and make recommendations for improvements on the products to international marketing to improve customer satisfaction
  • Monitor progress and report to sales team
  • Assist the sales team with local customer visits providing the technical expertise
  • Using advanced and continually expanding knowledge of our Cell Culture and Cell Therapy products & services and the biopharmaceutical development & production process to provide effective recommendations to the customer on Cell-line selection, media selection and optimization, feed & process selection and optimization, and adoption of Gibco BioProduction Service
Qualifications for field scientist
  • Master or comparable education in appropriate science subject with relevant experience
  • Ability to drive a company-provided car is an essential qualification of this position
  • Doctoral trained professional (PhD, PharmD, MD) with an emphasis in health services research, health economics research, public health, health services, or related field
  • A Masters level degree will be considered if degree is specific to health economics or outcomes research, with appropriate clinical background and years of experience
  • Minimum five years of previous work experience in the pharmaceutical, managed care, or consulting industries with a primary focus on Market Access (public or private payers) with specific experience conducting health economics and outcomes research in all stages of the research process
  • Demonstrated expertise in health economics and outcomes research, candidate should include their publication list
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of field scientist. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for field scientist
  • Participates actively at project review meetings
  • Produces required biology package for registration, and addresses any plant protection issues that may arise during evaluation
  • Gives technical support for existing products, regarding technical transfer, labels
  • Contributes to the collection of registration resources requirements to creation of regulatory Work-plan
  • Follow up submissions and obtains approvals within project milestones
  • Stays abreast of and communicates regulatory, legislative and secondary approvals developments in own geography, which may impact the project concept or product lines, and the ability to maintain commercial freedom to operate
  • Operation of various types of equipment
  • Summarizing data from own trials data from other field scientists and provides key observations and recommendations on product performance to the Program Leader in IFS and cross functional product development teams
  • Measuring and documenting field performance, understands resistance issues, and identifies trends and issues relative to current and emerging competition in the assigned territory
  • This full-time position will be located in Wyoming, IL
Qualifications for field scientist
  • Must possess the ability to understand, interpret and make recommendations concerning the evolving US healthcare marketplace and comparative effectiveness research
  • Must have a proven ability to build customer relationships
  • Demonstrated strong problem solving and communications skills
  • The amount will depend on geographic location of customers & home base
  • Master’s degree in Chemistry or Biochemistry is required
  • Must be willing to keep oneself abreast and improve on knowledge base, including product information other relevant scientific knowledge
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Field Scientist Job Description

Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a field scientist. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for field scientist
  • This full-time position will located in Brookings, SD
  • Summarizes data from own trials data from other field scientists and provides key observations and recommendations on product performance to the Program Leader in IFS and cross functional product development teams
  • Perform duties as Field Team Lead on field teams for wetland delineations
  • Perform natural resource surveys (e.g., wetlands, streams, vegetation, and vernal pools)
  • Potential to assist or perform other natural resource surveys (e.g., wildlife, habitat, functional assessments, aquatic resources, RTE species, and invasive species)
  • Perform and oversee data entry, data analysis, and report compilation
  • Support local, state and federal project permitting
  • Draw on available resources as needed to achieve objectives
  • Work closely with LSG commercial counterparts and distributor reps to develop specific account growth strategy, account mapping and penetration
  • Maintain accurate and up to date records of customer interactions in CRM system
Qualifications for field scientist
  • Completion of an advanced degree in science is strongly desired
  • Bachelor’s in Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology or higher degree
  • 1+ years of hands on LCMS experience with proteomics LCMS workflows and associated informatics is required, 2+ years experience with MS degree is preferred
  • Experience with Orbitrap instrumentation and Liquid Chromatography is highly desirable
  • Ability to travel up to 70% within North America will be required
  • 2+ years of hands on LCMS experience with metabolomics LCMS workflows and associated informatics is required, 2+ years experience with MS degree is preferred
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Field Scientist Job Description

Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a field scientist. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for field scientist
  • Identifies and mitigates competitive barriers by staying current on scientific/industry trends and innovations
  • Provide bi-weekly and other ad hoc reporting as required
  • Conduct customer demonstrations on the aforementioned products in conjunction with the associated geographical Sales team
  • 5+ years of related experience with a Bachelors degree or 3+ years of related experience with a Masters degree or 1+ years of experience with a Ph.D
  • 3+ years hands-on experience with LC-MS systems is required
  • Solid competency in proteomics, metabolomics, biomarker discovery, and small molecule characterization
  • A proven track record to work independently and a strong work ethic is critical
  • Ability to travel 50% within North America required
  • Live in or willingness to relocate to the West Palm Beach Florida area
  • Travel, including overnight travel, within EPA Region 3 (MD, DC, DE, VA, WV, and PA) is required
Qualifications for field scientist
  • A proven track record of analytical and problem solving skills must be demonstrated
  • Ability to travel up to 70% throughout North America will be required
  • Whilst a Degree in a Life Science, or equivalent, is nice to have, of equal value is strong experience
  • Developing level scientific professional responsible for conducting analyses of component portions of projects
  • Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science or related science field
  • Follow safety rules, guidelines and standards for projects

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