Enza Zaden in San Juan Bautista, California is looking for a highly motivated research professional to join our team.
Post-Harvest Researcher
Fulltime, with at least Master’s or PhD level

What are you going to do?

Using innovation and entrepreneurship, you will have ultimate responsibility for establishing and conducting research in the post-harvest field (shelf life, fresh cut quality, and flavor). By developing and implementing tools, protocols and measuring parameters for testing, evaluation and improvement of breeding material on post-harvest traits, you will carry out projects yourself, in close connection with the breeding and sales departments. You will obtain a deep knowledge of the post-harvest chain in lettuce, onion, pepper, brassica and processing tomato. You will strengthen the international cooperation on post-harvest research within Enza Zaden as well as strengthen contacts with external universities and institutes. The selection procedure may include an assessment and a small part of the introduction period will be spent at our head office in the Netherlands.

You will report to the Sr. Researcher, Biochemistry.

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 have a minimum Master’s or PhD education level with the capability of working independently and willingness to cooperate with other teams in our organization. You will have at least 3 years relevant work experience with additional knowledge of plant breeding, plant physiology, molecular biology and biochemistry. You are research minded and interested in working in the seed sector. You are skilled in managing Statistical Software, technical lab equipment and have strong project management abilities.

Our power

We are an independent vegetable seed company, breeding, producing and marketing our varieties all over the world. There's a good chance that you'll find our tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peppers, lettuce or other vegetables on your plate, no matter where you are. We are a company with a supportive, energetic culture. As an employee of Enza Zaden, you’ll have more than 1500 colleagues of 40 nationalities worldwide. Strong team players with an entrepreneurial spirit who easily take responsibilities is exactly what we like to see in our employees here at Enza Zaden. We offer you a positive working environment with ample opportunities for personal development, plus a competitive salary and excellent benefits. People are the heart and soul of our organization. We give people opportunities, freedom to operate and support their development.

Interested?

Please send your cover letter and resume to: resumes@enzausa.com, telling us why you are interested in this position and what you think you can contribute.