Seed Process Operator, Warehouse

Enza Zaden in Salinas, California is looking for a highly motivated professional to join our team.

What will you do?

• Correct and timely execution of the process in accordance with established protocols.
• Setting and operating equipment/installations according to directives and regulations.
• Execution of the process in accordance with established protocols and following up safety instructions.
• Quality control and sampling.
• Active participation in projects within the department.
• Contribution to process optimization.
• Flexible deployment within the entire Processing department.

Your power

You are a self-motivated person who takes initiative, recognizes opportunities, and has a systematic method of working. You can work independently, but you are also able to work in cross-functional teams. You promote and follow safety procedures.

• Associate degree or vocational education in related field. 
• 3 plus years of relevant work experience.
• Proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• A thorough understanding of English, both verbal and written is required.  
• The ability to speak and understand some Spanish is highly desired.    
• Knowledge in the field of seed types.
• Knowledge of relevant processing machines.
• Forklift certification will be required and can be obtained once employment begins. 
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
• Willing to travel national and international (10%).

Our power

Enza Zaden is a vegetable breeding company that develops vegetable varieties. We produce and sell the seeds of these varieties all over the world. Both for conventional and organic growers. In order to explain this properly (and as briefly as possible) we have made an animation.
For more than 80 years we are working with the best that nature offers. We support this with state-of-the-art technologies to speed up our breeding process. That is really necessary, because currently the development of a new vegetable variety takes up 6 to 10 years.
The results? Strong, healthy, tasty, and climate-proof vegetable varieties with higher yield per square meter and less need of crop protection products or fertilizer.
Our strength? More than 2000 passionate colleagues worldwide working together on the vegetables of tomorrow. Therefore, we continuously invest in knowledge and skills!.

Interested?

Please submit your cover letter and submit via this link.