Technical Assistant

We are looking for a **Technical Assistant (M/F/d)** for the area of **media production/cell service** as soon as possible, initially for a limited period of two years with the prospect of extension. The assignment will be full-time for 2 years, at the **Einbeck** site of **KWS SAAT SE**.

**Your tasks**:

- Coordination and planning of media orders
- Carrying out work to produce solutions and media for the customers
- Handling laboratory equipment, chemicals and working in a sterile environment in accordance with QM rules
- Carrying out all sterile laboratory work steps in connection with the production of double haploid lines using various tissue culture methods
- Involvement in QM and active participation in occupational health and safety regulations

**Your profile**:

- Completed vocational training in the natural sciences/horticultural field is an advantage. Applicants from other fields are also welcome to apply
- Practical experience in sterile laboratory work, handling chemicals and laboratory instruments are an advantage
- Good level (at least B2) in German and at least an intermediate level in Englich language (B1) are mandatory
- High level of commitment and willingness to learn
- Communication and teamwork skills

**What we offer to help you grow**:

- 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 (e.g. the newest laboratory equipment), a fully-fledged, subsidized canteen and sufficient free parking spaces at the KWS location.
- We offer capital formation benefits, Christmas and holiday bonuses.
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About KWS

KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Nearly 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.68 billion in the fiscal year 2023/2024. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for almost 170 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for sugarbeet, corn, 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.