Job Description
Posting Start Date:  3/13/26
Offer ID:  1831
Unit:  Hazera
Job Title:  Breeder assistant
Job Location:  Gilroy
Contract type:  Permanent
Job Description: 

Company Introduction

Hazera is a global leader in the seed industry. Hazera brings expertise, commitment and support, combining decades of experience with state-of-the-art technology. Hazera breeds, develops, produces and markets varieties and seeds in a wide range of vegetable crops around the world. Hazera's headquarters are situated in Israel and in The Netherlands, with subsidiaries in twelve countries and an extensive distribution network providing services in over 100 additional markets. In The Netherlands, Hazera is located in Made (headquarters), Rilland and Tuitjenhorn (research and development).

Job description

In this position you will assist our Breeder with line and hybrid development, for a Breeding program targeted at one of the global onion markets. You are part of and interact closely with a multidisciplinary, international team of breeders and researchers, with different disciplines. You will have close interaction with the local operational team and with colleagues in different departments and countries. You will report to the Onion Breeder and are based at our breeding facilities in Gilroy, CA.

Roles & Responsibilities:
- Organize and perform practical tasks related to the Breeding program, interacting and involving with operations. 
-A support function to the breeder in organizing on-sight and off-site trials including line development.
- Collect and analyze crop phenotypic data
- Manage and administer the Breeding database
- Assist the Onion Breeder in carrying out crosses, pollinations and molecular markers use
- Implement and monitor compliance of company policies on safety, health and environment
-Organize harvesting, threshing, seed cleaning, inventory, packaging, shipping, phytosanitary certificate
- Estimated work balance: 75% practical work - 25% administration work

What we expect of you

- BSc in agriculture or related fields within the Life Sciences, or equivalent by comparable working experience

- A hands-on attitude, flexible, and can-do attitude

- Excellent administrative and computer skills (Office: fluent in Excel; Databases)

- Well organized, proactive and able to multitask

- Experience in working in an agricultural environment

- Proficient in English, basic level of Spanish is a plus

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

- Able to endure sometimes harsh weather conditions, as well as seasonal peaks of activities (including travel)

HM.CLAUSE offers a strong compensation and benefits package to its employees:
•    Competitive salary
o    This position’s range is $70,500 - $73,500
Our total compensation and pay ranges reflect our market pay structures.  As such, individual salaries or hourly rates are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: local geographical market conditions, internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as job related skills, education, and experience.

Information at a Glance

Hazera is a global leader in the development of high-quality hybrid seeds. As part of the Limagrain Group, an international agricultural cooperative based in France, we have headquarters in Israel and the Netherlands. With 11 subsidiaries and a vast distribution network in over 130 markets worldwide. We represent a global community of experts and stakeholders, committed to making a positive impact on the present and future of agriculture. We take this responsibility seriously, striving to make a greater impact and recognizing the importance of every seed, person, and partnership.

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.