Enza Zaden Research USA is looking for a highly motivated research professional to join our team in San Juan Bautista, CA.

What are you going to do?

As a Junior Breeder for Enza Zaden you will acquire all breeding knowledge and skills to become a successful Breeder in a specific crop. You will develop knowledge and skills to be able to plan all activities of a breeding project, by observing, assessing, selecting crops and reporting results to the Senior Breeder. You may provide technical directions and information to the Breeding Technicians and crew members and help manage the crop during the growing season.

You will support the R&D team dynamics at the station, ensuring the culture of the local station is in line with Enza Zaden's values and principles.

Your power
You are a dynamic person who takes initiative, recognizes opportunities, and has a creative, analytical, and systematic method of working. You are a natural communicator and connector. You are organized and follow safety procedures. You are research-minded, have a strong agriculture background, and have developed skills in planning, organization, and management. You can work independently, but you are also able to thrive in cross-functional teams and intercultural project teams. You are a horticulturist interested in working closely with plants and spending time in the field.

In short, you have:

• Bachelor of Science is required. Master of Science is preferred.
• 2+ years of experience in plant breeding and genetics.
• Knowledge and practical experience of horticultural practices associated with growing successful vegetable crops.
• Ability to work on Saturdays and holidays as necessary.
• Strong organizational and management skills.
• A thorough understanding of English, both verbal and written.
• The ability to speak and understand some Spanish is highly desired.
• The ability to work independently.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
• Ability to work under varying climate conditions indoors and outdoors.
• Domestic travel required (10-20% of working time); occasional travel internationally.

Pay Range: $55K - $77K annually.

Our power

Enza Zaden is a vegetable breeding company that develops vegetable varieties. We produce and sell the seeds of these varieties all over the world. Both for conventional and organic growers. In order to explain this properly (and as briefly as possible) we have made an animation.

For more than 80 years we are working with the best that nature offers. We support this with state-of-the-art technologies to speed up our breeding process. That is necessary, because currently the development of a new vegetable variety takes up 6 to 10 years.

The results? Strong, healthy, tasty, and climate-proof vegetable varieties with higher yield per square meter and less need of crop protection products or fertilizer.

Our strength? More than 2000 passionate colleagues worldwide working together on the vegetables of tomorrow. Therefore, we continuously invest in knowledge and skills with our Enza Academy.