Job Description
Posting Start Date:  3/10/26
Offer ID:  1937
Unit:  Limagrain Field Seeds Research
Job Title:  Breeding Technician
Job Location:  Rustenhart
Contract type:  Permanent
Job Description: 

Function

You will join our multicultural corn breeding team (French German) and participate in operational activities related to field observations and breeding logistics. You will contribute to the development of new corn parents with international reach

Main Goal

  • Participate in the preparation and sowing of nurseries and trials.
  • Contribute to data collection: scorings, measurements, and field counts.
  • Participate in seed production operations (hand-crosses, harvest).
  • Participate in seed logistics: packaging, labeling, inventorying, seed shipping.
  • Will supervise temporary staff to carry out various activities.

What we expect of you

  • Bachelor's degree  Bachelor's in agronomy.
  • Driving license.
  • Rigor, team spirit, proactivity, and organizational skills.
  • Basic computer skills (Microsoft Office).
  • French & English communication skills (B1 oral and written); German is a plus.
  • CACES 3 certification is a plus.
  • Previous experience in plant breeding or experimentation.
  • Good knowledge of the agricultural sector appreciated.
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Information at a Glance
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Limagrain Field Seeds, with its international multi-crop LG brand is the global Feld Seeds division of Group Limagrain. Limagrain Field Seeds covers all continents with subsidiaries in over 40 countries and sales in 77 countries. Limagrain Field Seeds supplies LG branded seeds of Maize, Wheat, Sunflower, Winter Rape and other regional crops to all farmers large or small. A strong commitment to progress through technology ensures that plant variety improvements arrive continually from 84 research sites and are adapted for maximum local performance.

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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