Agricultural Placement

Thriplow, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

https://www.mncjobs.co.uk/company/kws-saat

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Job Description

KWS UK Ltd. is looking for a talent to join our breeding station for a 15-Month Industrial Placement starting from July 2026 to September 2027. This opportunity will be based in Thriplow near Cambridge.
Want to see your knowledge applied in the real world? Our talented team is willing to train you and develop your skills!
Your student placement experience will be varied, interesting and intensive, giving you the opportunity to work across a wide range of crops.
You can expect us to:

Help you maximise your opportunity to learn and develop
Provide a bespoke, extensive training programme, which may include industry qualifications such as NPTC Pesticide application courses
Train you in the use of a range of agricultural machinery and equipment
Give you the opportunity to gain an insight into a successful plant breeding company

You are:

Studying for an agriculture/plant breeding related degree
Enthusiastic and interested in agriculture, preferably plant breeding
Appreciative of our brand values (Closeness, Independence, Foresight, and Reliability)
Committed to learning, the placement and contributing to our success
A flexible team player
Holder of a full driving license

Interested? Please apply by submitting your application (cover letter, CV) on our career portal.
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About KWS
KWS is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies. Nearly 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around EUR1.68 billion in the fiscal year 2023/2024. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for almost 170 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for sugarbeet, corn, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants' resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than EUR300 million last fiscal year in research and development. For more information: . Follow us on LinkedIn at .
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