Crop Worker Seed Production

1 week ago


Stellenbosch, South Africa Enza Zaden Full time

Do you have green fingers, a practical mindset and do you want to contribute to the Enza Zaden vision to grant worldwide access to healthy vegetables? As a Crop Worker you are part of the Greenhouse team in Stellenbosch and responsible for the care and treatment of crops and trials. Your job is diverse as you are working in the field (75%) and from your desk (25%). You have a thorough knowledge of processes in plants and the greenhouse. You will be responsible to harden off plants, growing, harvesting, seed extraction and shipments of seeds. On the admin part, you will process the data of the trials in Excel, Phenome and UTM. As the greenhouse is going to expand, you will be working in state of the art facilities. You work closely together with the Agronomist.

Enza Zaden is a vegetable breeding company that develops vegetable varieties. And produces and sells its seeds all over the world. We have made an animation to explain to you properly (and as briefly as possible) what we do.

The purpose of our work? To offer everyone worldwide access to healthy and varied vegetables. With more than 2000 passionate colleagues all over the world, we work together every day on the vegetables of tomorrow.

Would you like to know more about Enza Zaden as an employer? Then take a look at the Careers & Learning page or view our page on LinkedIn.

You are passionate about plants, have a fine eye for detail and work accurately. You have excellent planning skills and can keep setting timelines. You are flexible in switching between different responsibilities.

You enjoy working in an environment with high quality standards, are a real team player, deadline driven, and you are able to work independently with the supervision of a scientist. Experience in an R&D environment is a plus.

In short, you:

- have a relevant degree / National diploma in agriculture and 3-5 years relevant work experience; or 8 - 10 years experience working in greenhouses;
- work accurate and have excellent planning abilities;
- are competent in Microsoft Office suite, specifically Excel and Outlook;
- have a hands-on approach and green fingers;
- have good communication skills in the English language;
- have a valid driver’s license and own transport.

More information:
Annemarie Weening, Recruiter,

+31 62970 6834

Acquisition as a result of this vacancy is not appreciated



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