Greenhouse Technician – Bambey, Senegal

About the role

The Greenhouse Technician will ensure the smooth operation and maintenance of breeding and phenotyping greenhouse and screen‑house facilities at CIMMYT’s station in Bambey, Senegal. The role provides essential technical support to plant breeding, pathology and disease‑screening programmes, helping to accelerate genetic gain and improve crop resilience.

Key responsibilities

• Manage daily greenhouse and soil‑preparation operations, including workflow implementation and access control.
• Monitor and adjust environmental conditions, irrigation systems and plant health, and carry out seedling establishment, transplanting, plant maintenance and harvesting.
• Support research projects on sorghum, pearl millet and groundnut by assisting with greenhouse and field activities and maintaining experimental records.
• Prepare and sterilise growing media, mix substrates, pot plants and ensure proper disposal of residues.
• Perform routine maintenance of greenhouse infrastructure, diagnose basic electrical faults, carry out minor plumbing repairs and address water leakages.
• Maintain accurate inventories of supplies, equipment and substrates, and keep detailed usage records.
• Implement safety, biosafety, sanitation and waste‑disposal procedures and ensure compliance with greenhouse safety guidelines.
• Record and report operational, maintenance, sanitation and research‑support activities.

Required profile

• Experience in greenhouse or screen‑house management and plant research support.
• Ability to perform basic electrical troubleshooting and minor plumbing repairs.
• Attention to safety, biosafety and sanitation standards.
• Strong organisational skills for inventory and record keeping.

Required skills

• Greenhouse environmental control
• Irrigation system operation
• Soil preparation and substrate mixing
• Growing media sterilisation
• Equipment maintenance
• Basic electrical troubleshooting
• Minor plumbing repairs
• Inventory management