Jobbeschreibung
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.Working Student (m/f/d) – Sugarbeet Business Ventures
Would you like to gain practical experience in the field of weed control in sugarbeet, particularly with non-chemical solutions, within the area of Business Ventures. For KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA at the Einbeck location we are looking for a working student(m/f/d) to support the development of non-chemical weed control solutions in Sugarbeet by capturing data in the field/in field trials and processing them for further use. This position is for a limited period of 6 months from 01.04.2025 on a part-time basis (max. 20 hours/week).
We are looking forward to your start with us! What awaits you:
■ You will independently carry out annotation of pictures for image recognition in the context of non-chemical weed control
■ You will be actively involved in the assessment, processing, and quality assurance of collected field data, creating final reports & presentations.
■ You support the evaluation of the results in cooperation with International Agroservice & Phenotyping departments.
■ You will be a part of the KWS Sugarbeet Business Ventures team and will gain insights into our work.
This is what we want from you:
■ You are a registered student (m/f/d) in the field of agricultural sciences or in a comparable course of studies
■ Initial agricultural experience in plant cultivation and knowledge about weeds are an advantage
■ You are reliable and have good organizational skills, you are proactive and have an independent way of working
■ You have very good PC user skills in basic program such as the Office 365 package and the ability to familiarize quickly with new software and tech instruments
■ You have a fluent command of written and spoken English (German would be an asset)
■ Willingness to travel to visit field trials
■ Driving license (B/BE) is considered an asset
What we offer you:
■ Insights into Sugarbeet Business Ventures of a globally operating company in an international environment
■ Exciting tasks and future-oriented projects with a steep learning curve
■ The chance to advance your own development in an applied field under our coaching
■ Team spirit and an open corporate culture with a family atmosphereMehr