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Job ID: 13105713
 
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Job Title:Biomass Feedstocks Specialist
Work Type:Work Days: Weekdays, Work Vary: No , Shift: First (Day), Hours Per Week: 40, Work Type: Regular
 
Salary Offered:Unspecified
Benefits:401(k) or other retirement, Dental Insurance, Health Insurance, Holidays, Sick Leave or PTO, Vacation or PTO, Vision Plan
 
Physical Required:Unspecified
Drug Testing Required:Unspecified
Education Required:
Experience Required:Unspecified
 
Required Skills:
The ideal candidate will hold a bachelor’s degree in agriculture, economics, business administration, environmental sciences, engineering or related field with a minimum of three years of related experience, including operating and maintaining basic ag-related process equipment. Other required qualifications are an understanding of anaerobic digestion systems, knowledge of fertilizer, biomass fuel and livestock feed requirements, synthesized knowledge of the MN agricultural environment and producer commodity groups, value added product development agricultural processing industry and marketing. Additional and preferred qualifications along with the position details are available on the position at http://www.auri.org/about-auri/careers.
Preferred Skills:
AURI offers a competitive salary. The position includes holiday, vacation, and health leave along with enrollment in the State of Minnesota Retirement plan and the option to contribute to a deferred compensation plan. This position is eligible for health insurance benefits.

Apply by email by sending a cover letter and resume to hr@auri.org. The position closes on January 2, 2023.

AURI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, sexual orientation, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other non-job-related characteristics.
 
Job Description:
The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI) is a thriving, culture-centered, Minnesota based nonprofit dedicated to fostering long-term economic benefit through applied research on value-added agricultural products, focusing on coproducts, biobased products, renewable energy, and food. The vision of the organization is empowering the commercialization of innovative value-added food and agricultural ideas. Our dynamic, mission driven staff assist entities across the agricultural value chain, from producers to entrepreneurs to corporates, to help overcome technical and commercialization challenges to create novel agricultural and food products and processes that increase commodity utilization and benefit Minnesota’s economy.

AURI seeks a Biomass Feedstocks Specialist to identify and evaluate biomass feedstocks opportunities to advance value-added agriculture for the purpose of rural economic development The Biomass Feedstocks Specialist is client and partner focused to develop and execute projects and initiatives resulting in the commercialization of new value-added products benefitting Minnesota agricultural biomass feedstocks such as manure, crop residues, food waste and other coproducts.

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