Gardener EFZ in Plant Production (m/f/d)

Company Description

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers produce enough safe, nutritious, and affordable food for everyone - by promoting the minimization of land use and other agricultural inputs.

Syngenta Crop Protection ensures the protection of plants from sowing to harvest. Crops must be protected from weeds, insects, and diseases. Droughts, floods, heat, and cold are other factors that significantly affect plant health.

The headquarters of Syngenta Crop Protection is located in Basel, Switzerland.

Job Description

For our gardening team in Stein AG we are looking for a

Gardener EFZ in Plant Production (m/f/d) 

As a gardener in research biology, you grow plants from seed to delivery size for colleagues in research and thus contribute to ensuring research activities in Stein.

 Tasks:

• Growing high-quality plant material as a basis for excellent and reproducible biological experiments
• Performing all gardening tasks such as sowing, pricking out, repotting, and watering, including all ancillary work.
• Independently and regularly monitoring and checking plant cultivation for the occurrence of disease and pest infestation
• Optimizing existing cultivation methods for crops in consultation with the team leader
• Periodic Sunday and public holiday duty
• Opportunity to supervise smaller technical projects
• Respecting all safety-related work regulations
• Working in a small and efficient team

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Completed training as an ornamental or potted plant gardener or equivalent training
• Ideally experience in growing various crops under greenhouse conditions with very high quality requirements
• Good powers of observation
• Openness to new things
• Good German skills as well as at least basic knowledge of English in spoken and written form
• Good Microsoft Office user skills

Additional Information

Additional information

• Valuable work in an international environment
• Flexible working hours and modern remuneration
• Open, pleasant working atmosphere
• Internal development opportunities #togetherwegrow
• Contribution to food security -> #bringingplantpotentialtolife
• Exclusive employee discounts and benefits

Do you feel addressed? We look forward to receiving your complete online application including CV, cover letter, diplomas, and certificates.

Syngenta is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

The Health Promotion Switzerland recognizes Syngenta's commitment to the health and well-being of employees and awards all Swiss locations with the "Friendly Work Space" label. At Syngenta, the health and well-being of employees are the key to business success.