About this role
<p>Would you like to play an active role in the development and improvement of modern cereal varieties and support the breeding process from the very beginning?<br>Then join our team as a <strong>Seed Breeding Employee Plant Breeding & Field Trials (m/f/d)</strong> at <strong>KWS Lochow GmbH</strong> at our breeding station in <strong>Bergen-Wohlde</strong>.</p> <p>This is a <strong>permanent</strong>,<strong> full-time </strong>position to be filled as soon as possible.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>What you can look forward to:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Operating tractors and harvesting machinery on trial and production fields</li> <li>Carrying out maintenance work in breeding nurseries</li> <li>Processing and preparing seed for trial and seed multiplication areas</li> <li>Data collection and crop assessments in the field, storage facilities, and greenhouse</li> <li>Cleaning and inspecting cereal seed multiplication plots </li> <li>Performing crossing activities in the greenhouse and in the field </li> <li>Supporting projects and assisting with documentation</li> <li>Training and supervising seasonal workers during the season</li> <li>Occasional national and international business travel (approximately 10%)</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Bring your strengths:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Completed vocational training as a farmer, plant technician, or a comparable qualification</li> <li>Valid Class B driver's license; additional license categories (BE, CE, or T) are an advantage</li> <li>Confident use of MS 365 and common PC applications</li> <li>Reliable and independent working style, strong teamwork skills, and a high level of responsibility and initiative</li> <li>Good German language skills, both written and spoken</li> <li>Willingness to perform practical field work under changing weather conditions and to work additional hours during the peak season (May to October)</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Start your future with us! What we offer to help you grow: </strong></p> <ul> <li>As a family-run company, we live by the values of closeness, reliability, vision and independence - a culture, which is also lived in practice, e.g. through an open and friendly working atmosphere</li> <li>Bergen-Wohlde is located in a rural setting in the beautiful Südheide region of Celle in Lower Saxony</li> <li>The values of a family-owned company are actively lived and reflected at this KWS site, which is characterized by collaborative team of around 75 employees</li> <li>This position also offers an attractive salary package (incl. company pension scheme, capital-forming benefits, Christmas and holiday bonus, preferential shares, childcare allowance, job bike)</li> <li>According to the motto: "Make yourself grow!" we promote individual professional and personal development </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Make a real <strong>impact </strong>and <strong>grow </strong>with us!</p> <p>We look forward to your <strong>expertise </strong>and <strong>enthusiasm </strong>– and happy to receive your digital application via our job portal. </p>