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R&D Trainee(s) (February 2025-October 2026)

Are you eager to kickstart your career with broad and international R&D experience in breeding and vegetable seed production? Enza Zaden is offering unique opportunities for upcoming scientists in the field of plant sciences, life sciences, biology or related disciplines to join our R&D trainee program.

What are you going to do?

With Enza Zaden’s trainee program, we invest in new talents that have a keen interest in advanced and innovative breeding and research methods and have the potential to become leaders in their professional field. During the 19 -month traineeship, you will immerse yourself in three different Enza Zaden locations (in EU) and departments, and work with multidisciplinary top-scientists on relevant industry topics in different crops.

The trainee-tracks will consist of three R&D projects that combine breeding and research activities in different expertise areas: plant breeding, phytopathology, molecular biology, seed pathology, seed physiology and cell technology. During the course of the traineeship you will become an all-round Enza Zaden R&D professional with a solid network in place and the experience that will guide you to your next career moves in our company.

The ’25-’26 R&D trainee program offers four unique tracks, each around one of the following topics:

·       Integrated insect management in seed and crop production

·       Producibility of vegetable seeds

·       Heat tolerance to mitigate climate change

·       Genetic diversity to boost crop breeding

In this position, you frequently have feedback sessions with your direct supervisor (a Senior Researcher/Breeder). Structured learning will be offered throughout the period.

Your power

You are passionate about working in the lab and/or are highly interested in advanced  innovative plant breeding research methods and techniques. As a R&D Trainee  you are a practical, analytical, dedicated and open-minded person that likes to work in a dynamic and fast pace environment. You function well in an international team to apply and share knowledge with your colleagues, but you also feel comfortable to work independently.

This job requires perseverance while you have to deal with complex challenges. You are able to adapt and respond to change. Through setting clear goals and based on substantive arguments you are able to persuade and influence others. In order to achieve your goals you own excellent planning and organising skills.  

To be (s) elected for this position you need the following requirements:

·       Master degree in plant sciences, life sciences, biology or comparable;

·       Demonstrable knowledge of plant breeding and/or phytopathology and/or molecular biology and/or seed pathology and/or seed physiology and/or cell technology;

·       Demonstrable experimental lab skills;

·       Flexible in working in different countries;

·       Fluent in English, both verbal and written. Dutch is beneficial;

·       Excellent interpersonal skills;

·       You must be a citizen of an EU country or have an EU work permit.

You are available for this traineeship from February 1st 2025 until October 1st 2026.

If we are happy with each other at the end of the traineeship, we would love to offer you a contract for indefinite duration. Whether we are able to by then will depend on the circumstances at that time.

Our Power

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

The goal of our work? Giving everyone worldwide access to healthy and varied vegetables. With more than 2,500 passionate colleagues around the world, we work together every day on tomorrow's vegetables.

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

Interested?

Send your application (CV and motivation letter) to our Recruitment Department via the Apply button before 30 October 2024.

More information:

Annemarie Weening

Senior Corporate Recruiter

+31 62970 6834

a.weening@enzazaden.nl

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated