PT Global Papua Abadi is an integrated sugar industry business entity which is included in the National Strategic Project (Proyek Strategis Nasional) for the Merauke food and energy development area, which operates in Merauke Regency, South Papua Province with an area of () 30,000 hectares as a form of real support for the Governments sugar self-sufficiency Governments programme in realising sugar & bioethanol self-sufficiency in the framework of Food and Energy Security.
Propagation Lead
SITE MERAUKE
Key Responsibilities:
- As Propagation Lead, you will be report directly to Varieties Manager
- Contribute to annual work plans and budget proposals for MNM mother plot management.
- Align objectives with R&D goals and field operations.
- Ensure that all MNM mother plots and propagation plots are planted using a nucleus of approved varieties that are disease free and true-to-type.
- Maintain strict quality-control and plant hygiene measures to protect the disease-free status and variety purity of mother plots from planting to seed harvest.
- Long range planning for site selection that ensures new propagation locations at MNM are well drained and fallowed for longer than 6 months with no volunteer cane present.
- Manage and maintain propagations and mother plots to a high standard to produce viable and clean seed cane.
- Follow nutrient and weed management plans set by management.
- Oversee any Hot Water Treatment facility planning, construction and operations planned for MNM.
- Maintain technical records of farm management inputs and activities. Fertilizer and herbicide applications.
- Liaise with agronomy consultants, variety trial staff and regulatory bodies. (e.g quarantine officials).
- Understand and practice correct in-field variety identification and training.
- Mentor and deliver training to increase team knowledge and skills.
- Ensure full PPE use and environmental safeguards (e.g., buffer zones near waterways) during farm operations.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Agriculture
- You hold a degree in a relevant agricultural discipline with at least 10 years of professional postgraduate experience in sugarcane farming.
- Experienced in sugarcane planting and a good grasp of disease risk and hygiene standards.
- Experience in mechanical farm operations is highly regarded.
- Competence in sugarcane crop management including nutrition, weed management and irrigation.
- Extensive experience leading sugarcane field operation teams including training and mentoring junior staff.
- Competence in good fallow management practices and break crop establishment.
- An understanding of the pests and diseases of sugarcane relevant to Indonesia.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with a track record of maintaining detailed technical data.
- Analytical mindset with strong problemsolving abilities.
- Proactive, collaborative, and safetyconscious approach.
