Job Description
Posting Start Date:  9/19/25
Offer ID:  1289
Unit:  HM Clause
Job Title:  Quality control technician
Job Location:  HMC India - Mechdal (Hyderabad) (Headquarter of HM.Clause India)
Contract type:  Permanent
Job Description: 

Function

Quality Control

Main Goal

For conducting seed health testing on PCR, ELISA, Dilution plating, Blotter test and other diagnostic methods, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in pathogens diagnostics and reporting. Seed sampling for laboratory testing follow ISTA/ISHI standard method. Activities of document management and quality assurance as per company standard.

Job description

1.Conduct Seed Health testing activities including viruses and viroids detection by PCR and ELISA, Bacteria detection by dilution plating and PCR, Fungi detection by blotter test and other diagnostic methods, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in pathogens diagnostics and reporting.
2.Conduct seed sampling for laboratory testing as per ISTA standard method.
3.Preparing samples for each lab test methods as per standard operating procedures.
4.Planning and conducting for inter-lab and intra-lab, follow up the result, analyze and summarize of data.
5.Maintaining Masterfile, lab records and result reports in standard format.
6.Activities to monitor temperature in various incubators, growth room and chambers to ensure that the tests are conducted accurately and consistently.
7.Inventory management of chemicals and lab supplies and maintain lab in clean and safe manner.
8.Monitor lab environments to prevent contamination in SHT working area.
9.Ensuring that all seed health testing activities are performed in compliance with global standard.
10.Uphold safety, compliance, and company standards in all lab processes.

What we expect of you

Functional Knowledge: Extensive knowledge in specialized functions. A wide and comprehensive acquaintance with, and understanding of, both general and specific aspects of the job and their practical application to complex problems and situations ordinarily encountered.

Required Skills: Plant pathology, ELISA, PCR, Microsoft office suite, Lab management, Lab consumable inventory management, Process improvement, KPI management.

Behaviour Skills: Communication, teamwork, collaboration, adaptability, problem-solving, empathy, and emotional intelligence.

 

Skills

Collaboration
Communication
Computer Skills
Customer Focus
Interpersonal Skills
Listening Skills
Managing for Results
Managing Technology
Negotiation Skills
Planning
Problem Solving/Analysis
Proficiency in the role
Quality
Respect
Results Focus
Sense of Urgency
Strategic Thinking/Management
Technical Skills
Work Environment/Safety

Your benefits and working environment

  • Career Growth
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Gender Equality
  • Employee Wellness
  • Training and Development
  • Safer Workplace
  • Rewards and Recognition

Recruitment process

HM.CLAUSE committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive 

  • Profile Screening
  • Phone screening
  • Interviews - 2 rounds
  • Offer Discussion
  • Offer Letter Issue
  • Background Verification
  • Pre Employment Medical Checkup
  • Onboarding
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Information at a Glance
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HM.CLAUSE, Business Unit of Group Limagrain, is an innovative global leader in the development, production, and commercialization of vegetable seeds. HM.CLAUSE belongs to the top 5 vegetable seed entities in the world. With over 2,000 varieties in more than 20 vegetable crops, HM.CLAUSE provides innovative solutions to growers worldwide. HM. CLAUSE is a company committed to diversity and inclusion.

Limagrain is a global company with deep local roots. Our parent company is an agricultural cooperative based in the Limagne-Val d’Allier plain, in the heart of Central France’s Auvergne region, while we are an international seed and agri-food group with some 9,600 employees working in 53 countries. As the 4th largest seed company in the world, we achieved sales of 2.522 billion euros in 2023-2024, with additional sales of 729 million euros from activities carried out in collaboration with our strategic partners.
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