Seasonal Worker Cell Culture Lab in Einbeck bei KWS Group

Seasonal Worker Cell Culture Lab (m/f/d) in Einbeck bei KWS Group

KWS Group

We are looking for interested and motivated people between May and end of October, in full time (8 hours per day) to support our cell culture and/or media production activities at our headquarters in Einbeck through the high workload period as part of a temporary seasonal contract. The position will be filled with in KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA.

We can offer you a great opportunity to work together and learn from experienced colleagues in one of the KWS leading laboratories. If you would like to find out more about sterile laboratory work and production of double haploids, we would like to hear from you.

Your tasks:

Carry out all sterile laboratory work steps in connection with the production of double haploid lines by using different tissue culture procedures
Support the preparation of the plant material for flowcytometry analysis to evaluate the ploidy level
Create sterile media for the KWS cell culture activities with advanced laboratory equipment
Documentation of all work steps by using LIMS applications

Your profile:

Ongoing or finished education in the field of natural sciences/horticulture/agriculture/biotechnology
is an advantage
Practical experience in laboratory work, in in-vitro culture, and working in sterile environment is desirable
High degree of commitment, willingness to learn and personal initiative
Good communication and teamwork skills
Basic level (A1-2) of German in combination with good level of English or good German knowledge is essential

Seeding the future start with us… What we offer to help you grow:

As a family-run company we are guided by the values of closeness, reliability, foresight and independence; this culture is lived in practice creating thus an open and friendly working atmosphere.
True to our motto Make yourself grow, we support employees’ professional and personal development.
We offer excellent work equipment (e.g. the newest laboratory equipment), a fully-fledged, subsidized canteen and sufficient free parking spaces at the KWS location.

We look forward to receiving your online application (CV, brief statement of motivation and your experience with sterile lab work) via our SuccessFactors application system! Please use the "Apply" function in the online advertisement for this purpose.

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About KWS

KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Over 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.8 billion in the fiscal year 2022/2023. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for 165 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugar beet, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants’ resistance to diseases, pests, and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than €300 million last fiscal year in research and development.

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