Agricultural Technology Maintenance and integration Specialist (m/f/d)

KWS Group; Einbeck; Vor Ort; EUR 40.000 - 56.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading company in plant breeding is seeking an Agricultural Technology Maintenance and Integration Specialist. This full-time position involves ensuring optimal operation of near-infrared spectroscopy systems and providing support to external customers. Candidates should have a degree in electronics or mechatronics, strong analytical skills, and fluency in German and English. KWS promotes individual development and offers a supportive team environment.

Leistungen

Company pension scheme

Flexible working time models

Christmas and holiday bonus

Qualifikationen

• Experience in troubleshooting and repairing electronic systems.
• Fluency in German and English mandatory.
• Willingness to travel frequently, mainly during harvest season.

Aufgaben

• Ensuring functionality of NIRS systems.
• Providing technical support to breeding stations and customers.
• Participating in planning and developing new concepts for field trials.

Kenntnisse

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Ausbildung

Diploma or degree in electronics or mechatronics

Jobbeschreibung

Agricultural Technology Maintenance and integration Specialist (m/f/d)

As a Agricultural Technology Maintenance and Integration Specialist (m/f/d), your main tasks will be ensuring the functionality and operation of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) systems for all crops and associated harvesting machines. Leading both regular and planned maintenance as well as troubleshooting in an emergency are part of your area of responsibility. Furthermore, you can contribute your ideas to the interdisciplinary new development of KWS tailor-made agricultural technology.
This position is offered within KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA on full time and permanent position and is based at our headquarters in Einbeck and expected to be filled as soon as possible.

Your new challenge

• Ensuring analytical process of optical spectrometer systems on harvesters
• Technical support of KWS breeding stations as well as external customers in application of spectrometer processes
• Supporting strategic development of NIRS systems according to the specifications of analytical scientists
• Supporting coordination of yearly maintenance of electronical and spectrometer systems of harvesters according to requirements of internal stakeholders
• Supporting continuous improvement of processes related to hardware and software according to the internal requirements of quality issues
• System diagnosis and evaluation of faults with supervisory control systems
• PLC programming for small-scale systems
• Participation in the planning and development of new concepts in the area of field trials
• Setting up and maintaining relevant documentation of the systems

Contribute your competences

• Diploma or degree in electronics, mechatronics, or a related field
• Experience in troubleshooting and repairing electronic systems is required, experience with agricultural machinery would be appreciated but not a must.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment
• Willingness to travel frequently mostly during harvest season ((up to 15%) and work flexible hours
• Fluency in German and English are mandatory

Sow your future with KWS

• Make a real contribution to modern and efficient field trial activities at KWS
• We are an agile, young team with a great affinity for new technologies and prove that it is possible to take unconventional paths even in a large company like KWS.
• As a family-owned company, we live a culture with the values of closeness, reliability, foresight and independence.
• According to our motto: "Make yourself grow!" we promote your individual professional and personal development.
• We offer a company pension scheme, capital-forming benefits, Christmas and holiday bonus as well as flexible working time models.

We look forward to receiving your online application (short cover letter, resume, relevant certificates) via our application system SuccessFactors!

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About the company

KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. In the fiscal year 2019/2020, more than 5,700 employees in 70 countries generated net sales of EUR 1.3 billion. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for more than 160 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugarbeet, cereals, rapeseed, sunflowers and vegetables. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to increase farmers’ yields and to improve resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than EUR 200 million last fiscal year in research and development.

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