Job Description
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.Is your interest particularly focused on the field of food ingredients? We invite you to become part of our team as a Technical Assistant Food Ingredients Lab (m/f/d), actively contributing to the expansion of this area at KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA. The position is initially limited to 1.5 years (with the option to extend) as part of a parental leave replacement and full-time at our headquarters in Einbeck, Lower Saxony.
Here are the tasks awaiting you:
- Preparation and processing of samples for various food technology analyses.
- Isolation of plant proteins.
- Evaluation of the sensory properties of plant proteins in food products (independently following instructions).
- Planning and documentation of experiments (LIMS and ELN).
- Preparation of experimental results.
With this profile, you are a good fit for the position:
- Completed vocational training in the field of food technology, biotechnology, or an equivalent qualification.
- Ideally, you have initial practical experience in food technology and/or working with proteins.
- Proficient knowledge of MS Office applications and in the documentation of laboratory results.
- Excellent communication skills and a strong team player.
- Reliable, conscientious, and independent work ethic.
- Very good knowledge of English, knowledge of German desirable
Seeding the future start with us… 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 a company pension scheme, capital formation benefits, Christmas and holiday bonuses, special prices for company shares, childcare allowance and a job bike.
- Health & Safety are very important for us: our company doctor, company fire brigade / paramedics (with time credit) and company sports create a solid base for this.