Job Description
Posting Start Date:  10/22/25
Offer ID:  1096
Unit:  Limagrain Field Seeds Research
Job Title:  Breeder associate
Job Location:  Verneuil l'Etang
Contract type:  Permanent
Job Description: 

Function

The Junior Oilseed Rape Breeder plays a central role in the breeding program and serves as a crucial link between the technical teams and the breeders. With a deep understanding of the breeding program, the Junior Breeder is able to translate decisions into concrete field actions. This position is particularly involved in the characterization of varieties.

Main Goal

Job description

As a Junior Oilseed Rape Breeder, you act as the interface between technical teams and breeders.

You will contribute to defining breeding targets and strategies alongside other breeders. You will be responsible for implementing and monitoring field protocols from sowing to harvest, supported by the technical teams.

Throughout the year, you may be involved in and manage (among other things) activities such as sowing operations, molecular marker analysis, setting up hybridization structures, observing agronomic traits, harvesting, and quality analysis. You will have the continuous support of the technical team and seasonal labor for these tasks.

Your knowledge of the breeding program and available tools allows you to make decisions that align with breeder objectives.

Over time, you will develop an understanding of the breeding material and may take responsibility for advancing genetic material through generations.

As part of the Limagrain Field Seeds Research team, you will have the opportunity to collaborate and exchange with various teams, including those working on other crops.

What we expect of you

  • You hold an Agricultural Engineering degree or a Master’s in Plant Genetics or Plant Breeding.

  • Recent graduates are strongly encouraged to apply.

  • Experience in plant breeding (internship, apprenticeship, etc.) is a plus.

 

  • Knowledge in plant breeding, quantitative genetics, and agronomy.

  • Experience with hybrid breeding programs is an advantage.

  • Ability to use data analysis tools and present results to various audiences.

  • Required skills in statistics and data management.

  • Strong organizational and analytical skills; passion for fieldwork and observation.

  • Ability to manage seasonal workers; prior experience valued.

  • Fluent in both French and English.

Skills

Your benefits and working environment

  • A permanent contract (CDI – executive status) available immediately

  • A salary starting at €39,000, based on experience

  • Profit-sharing agreement

  • Single Company Retirement Savings Plan (PERU)

  • A dynamic role with growing responsibilities based on demonstrated skills

  • Company laptop and phone

  • Short decision-making chains internally

  • Hybrid working policy: up to 2 days remote per week

  • Full onboarding support including training, integration, and mobility assistance

Recruitment process

  • An on-site (or remote) interview with the hiring manager, followed by an interview with Rémy, our HR Business Partner

  • A site visit may be offered

  • Feedback will be provided to all candidates involved in the recruitment process
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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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