Technical Assistant

vor 2 Monaten

Einbeck, Deutschland KWS Group Vollzeit

**Are you ready to contribute to the development of methods for the monitoring of plant pests and diseases in the agriculture of the future?**
- If so, we have a place for you as a** Technical Assistant (M/F/d) Pest and Disease Monitoring** at the headquarters of** KWS SAAT SE & Co KGaA **in Einbeck, Germany.
As a member of Phytopathology, you will provide technical support to implement plant pest and disease monitoring protocols. This involves collecting samples, documenting observations, setting up and supervising insect traps, annotating pictures, and other diverse field, lab or desk tasks.

This is a **full-time, permanen**t position to be filled as soon as possible.

**Your responsibilities**:

- Support with monitoring and sample collection of insects, fungi, viruses, and bacteria in the field and greenhouse in Germany and Europe during the season
- Setup and supervise insect traps and environmental sensors
- Support with data management, documentation, and reporting of procedures and observations
- Proactive communication with different teams across the company

**Bring in your strengths**
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in agricultural or related biological sciences with basic knowledge of entomology and plant diseases
- Fluency in English, and good knowledge of German
- Driving license and willingness to travel extensively especially during spring to autumn (50%)
- Independent, proactive, and capable of handling multiple tasks simultaneously
- Flexibility, a problem-solving attitude, empathy, and intercultural awareness
- Effective customer-oriented communication and excellent teamwork skills

**This is what you can look forward to**:

- As a family-run company we are guided by the values of closeness, reliability, foresight and independence - this culture is lived in practice creating thus an open and friendly working atmosphere.
- True to our motto "Make yourself grow", we support employees’ professional and personal development.
- We offer excellent work equipment, a fully-fledged, subsidized canteen and sufficient free parking spaces at the KWS location. We offer a company pension scheme, capital formation benefits, Christmas and holiday bonuses, special prices for company shares, childcare allowance and a job bike.- Screen readers cannot read the following searchable map.

About KWS

KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Over 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.8 billion in the fiscal year 2022/2023. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for 165 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugar beet, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants’ resistance to diseases, pests, and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than €300 million last fiscal year in research and development.

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