Bemmel/Huissen
Hours per week:
Full time
Description:
Are you a cultivation specialist with a passion for strawberries? Do you get energy from optimizing cultivation processes, analyzing data, and working on sustainable innovations? Then we have a wonderful challenge for you. At Royal Berry, we grow the best strawberries daily with respect for people, nature, and product. Craftsmanship and sustainable techniques are central to everything we do. Our mission? To collectively build a future where we can grow strawberries that are energy-neutral and residue-free. And you will play a key role in that.
about Royal Berry
About Royal Berry Royal Berry is a leading Dutch strawberry grower with locations in Bemmel, Huissen, and Egchel. Every year we produce over 11.5 million kilos of flavorful strawberries for customers both domestically and abroad. Our strength lies in innovation, quality, and collaboration. Take a look at our site for more information www.royalberry.eu
Your role:
Your role as a Cultivation Specialist As a cultivation specialist, you are responsible for the cultivation of quality strawberries at one of our production locations. After an internal training program, you will progress to an independent role where you manage and optimize the growing conditions. The rhythm of the seasons determines the dynamics of your work. The conditions in the greenhouse continuously change due to weather influences, and that is what makes the job challenging and varied. You oversee the entire cultivation process: from plant development to perfectly ripe strawberries. In doing so, you combine craftsmanship with data analysis and digital tools, ensuring that quality, taste, and yield are consistently brought to the highest level.
Your tasks:
What are you going to do? • Responsible for the cultivation of quality strawberries • Control of the climate within a production site • Optimising and monitoring the cultivation process (climate, water, nutrition, energy) • Analysing cultivation data and translating it into concrete improvement actions • Identifying deviations in growth, production, and quality • Implementing innovative and residue-free cultivation methods • Working with climate computers and digital registration systems • Directing and guiding a team of cultivation staff • Collaborating intensively with 2 colleague cultivation specialists • Weekly meetings with the cultivation team, external cultivation advisor • Close cooperation with production and quality departments Data plays an increasingly larger role in our decision-making. Therefore, we are looking for a cultivation specialist with: • Digital skills and an affinity for automation • Practical approach: you translate data into concrete actions in the greenhouse • Insight into climate computers and modern cultivation systems • Interest in further digitalisation and innovation You will work in a high-tech environment with modern greenhouses and tunnels, where data and craftsmanship come together.
What are you bringing?
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (preferably in horticulture, plant cultivation or agriculture) • Knowledge and understanding of the growth process of plants (required) • Experience in soft fruit cultivation is a strong advantage • Affinity for sustainable and innovative cultivation techniques • Knowledge of climate computers and automation • Proficient in Dutch and English • Willingness to be on call for a weekend every 4 weeks • Analytical skills and numerical insight
What do we offer you?
• Work for one of the largest and most modern strawberry companies in the Netherlands • 4 cultivation locations in Huissen, Bemmel and Egchel with a total of 75 hectares of greenhouses and 18 hectares of tunnels • A key role within an ambitious and innovative cultivation team • Internal training programme to become an independent crop specialist • A lot of personal responsibility and decision-making authority • Space for personal development, training and advancement opportunities • International working environment with short lines of communication • A full-time employment contract • Market-conform salary
Are you ready? Contact us!
Ready to grow your cultivation knowledge? Send your CV and motivation to hr@royalberry.eu Do you have any questions? Please contact our HR department at 06-81038343 We look forward to your response!
