Student worker

at  Oterra

MEET YOUR NEW TEAM!

We are looking for a talented student worker to join our growing team. Based in our Taastrup breeding facilities, you will join a dedicated team that develops plants used as raw materials for our natural food colors.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED

• The ideal candidate is a bachelor’s or master’s student in the beginning of their program and has some experience with lab work and analyses. • Personally, they should be responsible, hardworking, and a good team player who is able to work quickly and precisely in a dynamic and international environment.

WHAT WOULD YOUR ROLE LOOK LIKE?

As a student worker in the Breeding team, you will work with plants, growing and crossing them, performing chemical analyses, evaluating the pigment content, and assisting with extraction processes for testing various crops and breeding lines to develop food color prototypes.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The tasks and duties are diverse:

• Sowing plants in greenhouses and fields
• Taking care of, evaluating and harvesting the plants and seeds.
• Analyzing plant samples including sample preparation, measuring pigment level and composition and color shade to support breeding.
• Work on pigment extraction to produce food color prototypes.
• Data handling