Do you want to contribute to the development of new Watermelon varieties? Are you passionate about plant breeding? Then you are the Breeder Squash we are looking for to strengthen our breeding team in Almería, Spain and working in an international trial network across Europe and North Africa..

Puesto:

How does your job as Breeder Squash at Rijk Zwaan?

You will be part of our Squash breeding team based in Spain in the station El Ejido (Almería). The main goal is to develop Squash varieties for many different market segments worldwide in close contact with the market specialists that are present in different parts of the world. As Breeder Squash you will be working on new traits, innovation concepts, disease resistances and fruit quality traits. In addition, you are involved in:

• Planning and execution of crosses.
• Designing and evaluating variety trials around the world in our stations and with clients.
• Phenotyping and data analysis to support decision-making within the breeding program.
• Close coordination with Crop Management, Plant Pathology,



Seed Production and internal stakeholders to ensure pipeline progress.
• Close collaboration with Crop Specialists and Crop Coordinators to define breeding objectives and support the introduction of new varieties in key markets
• Implementing last technology developments of the company.
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• Taking part in strategical discussions about the breeding program.

Requisitos:

What is your added value?

You are a real teamplayer and ability to communicate well in an interpersonal skills. You are proactive, creative, adaptable and solution oriented. You like to take initiative. You have eye for detail and are practical and pragmatic. You work in a structured manner and have excellent communication, organizational and administrative skills. Next to this we can find the following on your CV:

• A finished education on MSc level in plant breeding
• 2–5 years of experience in plant breeding (experience in cucurbits is an advantag

📌 Breeder Squash (Almería)
🏢 Rijk Zwaan Ibérica
📍 Almería