Enza Zaden in Salinas, California is looking for a highly motivated warehouse technician to join our team.

What are you going to do?

As Warehouse Technician you are responsible for general warehouse activities such as receiving and storing incoming shipments. Seed enhancing such as cleaning/coating seed following the instructions to ensure Enza quality standards. Responsible for shipping and packaging of seed and other products. You will also be responsible for gathering of samples by lot/batch for germination updates, disease testing, and grow out.  Also assisting in physical inventory and cycle counts as requested, and other duties as assigned.

Your power

As Warehouse Technician 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 follow safety procedures. You have strong planning and organization skills. You can work independently, but you are also able to work in cross-functional teams and can connect with external vendors.

In short, you:

• Have High School Diploma
• 2 or more years of experience in the seed industry preferred
• Forklift certification is a plus
• Assertive and clear communicative skills (verbal and written), including active listening skills 
• Must speak English, conversational Spanish language skills are a plus
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications preferred (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• The ability to lift up to 50lbs
• Ability to work weekends and overtime
• You have a valid driver’s license

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.

Our goal is to grant people access to healthy vegetables. Anywhere in the world. Every day, more than 460 million people worldwide eat our vegetables. So, we are getting there ... but there is still enough work to be done! Of course, we look further than present needs. In 2050, when there will be about 10 billion inhabitants on our planet, we also want to make sure that people have access to healthy vegetables.
To achieve this, our vegetable breeders work with the best that nature offers. Supported by state-of-the-art technologies to speed up our breeding process. And that is really necessary, because currently the development of a new vegetable variety takes at least 6 years. We focus on higher yield, resistance to diseases and pests and climate extremes such as heat and drought. And on taste, shelf life and nutrients. 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. In short, sustainability is truly in our DNA.
Our head office in Enkhuizen is our home base, but we have colleagues all over the world. Enza Zaden is an independent family business, where around 2000 employees from more than 40 nationalities closely work together in international teams.

Interested?

Please click HERE to submit your cover letter and resume online