We are seeking a proactive, hands-on
Digital Farming New Technologies Specialist to drive the implementation, adoption, and maintenance of new technologies across our station network in the UK and in the USA. This role focuses on ensuring the effective use of new field technologies to create value for KWS.
The position is to be filled with a permanent contract and is full-time, located in Thriplow, near Cambridge in the UK.
Your Key Responsibilities:
- Plan, introduce, and implement precision agriculture technologies (e.g., FieldExplorer, Phenotyping, Field Machinery, NIRS, Environment) within KWS fields.
- High presence in research fields to support users, solve problems, identify opportunities and foster close collaboration
- Network within and beyond the station landscape to identify synergies in the region and across departments
- Serve as a consultant for new technologies, assisting with cost and investment planning
- Organize local technology tests and manage country-specific permissions in collaboration with public agencies
- Enhance user capabilities by providing regular training, technical expertise, and support materials for field activities across all crops. Maintain a strong field presence
- Monitor technology adoption and usage in collaboration with key stakeholders (station managers, station experts, developers, and other functions)
- Troubleshoot and main contact with internal developers and external providers particularly during sowing, season management, and harvesting
Your Profile:
- University degree in agricultural engineering, agronomy, or a university degree in machinery engineering with a strong affinity for the agriculture industry
- Knowledge and Experience of agricultural equipment and steering systems (e.g., tractors, planters, harvesters)
- Experience with GIS, field mapping, drones, and other digital farming technologies.
- Willingness to travel up to 30% (to our stations in the USA and be present in field activities in the UK and in the USA)
- Fluency in English
- Experience in training and supporting staff
- Basic leadership skills to moderate workshops with end-users
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ideally, basic knowledge of process improvement and project management
To help you grow with us... What can we offer you?
- 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- Highly competitive Pension Scheme with 16% Company contribution and 1.2% minimum employee contribution
- Life Assurance, of three times annual salary
- Income Protection Plan at 75% of salary for long-term illness and disability for a period of three years
- Private Health Care Plan
- Profit Related Bonus Scheme, targeted at 10% of annual salary
- Membership of Lifestyles discount scheme
- Reduced diesel prices from the company's fuel pump
- A fun working environment where we take care of each other. We also organize social events such as a Summer Staff BBQ, a Christmas party and charity fundraising events
Next Steps: Apply directly via our career site. If selected, your first interview will be conducted by our recruitment team in Berlin via phone or Microsoft Teams.
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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 €1.68 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 €300 million last fiscal year in research and development. For more information: www.kws.com/career. Follow us on LinkedIn® at https://linkedin.com/company/kwsgroup/.
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