Breeding Station Technician

Breeding Station Technician

Field of Work:  Research & Development
Location: 

Monselice, 34, IT

Legal Entity:  KWS ITALIA S.P.A. (0086)
Contract Type:  Regular
Is Full Time?:  Yes
Onsite/ Remote: 
Job ID:  15334

KWS Italia SpA is looking for a Breeding Station Technician for our Monselice office. This position is full-time and permanent.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

 

  • Advice the farmers or contractors in charge of running agricultural activities such as soil preparation, fertilization, irrigation, phytosanitary control, etc. in the fields under her/his responsibility.
  • General control and supervision of the production fields, including all the evaluations needed and requested by the breeders.
  • Plan, organize and control the activities executed by the employees under own responsibility.
  • Stecks harvests and transplanting.
  • Prepare regular reports and presentations as and when required by the Management for activities under own responsibility.
  • Support ad-hoc activities as and when required by the Management.
  • Ensure all operational activities are executed and personnel under own responsibility works in line with company’s health and safety regulations.

 

Key competencies and background required:

 

  • Residing in Monselice.
  • Technical diploma or certificate in agricultural fields.
  • Experience in agriculture and preferably in seed production.
  • Efficient user of MS Office programs.
  • Having a valid driver's license.
  • Having a valid forklif driver license (or will be able to obtain).
  • Fluent in Italian, and preferably in English.
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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. For more information: www.kws.com/career. Follow us on LinkedIn® at https://linkedin.com/company/kwsgroup/.

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