Graduate Trainees

If you are ready to take the first step in your career, we are looking for enthusiastic people like you to join our team at Syngenta.  

Based at our Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre in Berkshire, our graduate training scheme offers you the opportunity to develop your expertise across a range of disciplines that all play a critical role in the design of our products. Our endeavours help transform the way crops are grown and protected to bring about positive, lasting change in agriculture. Learn from and become part of a highly motivated and collaborative team of scientists dedicated to ensuring our products are safe for the plants they protect, the humans that use them and for the environment to achieve our purpose of “Bringing Plant Potential to Life”. 

Opportunities 

Several opportunities are available for candidates to join graduate training programmes in either our Product Safety or Product Technology and Engineering functions. 

These roles offer a 2-year development opportunity consisting of placements (3-6 months) in relevant teams with supporting training provision and work experience; full Syngenta competency training and broader exposure to the issues impacting global agriculture. Successful completion of the programme will culminate in an offer of a new role within our organisation with the opportunity for continued professional development supported by recognised experts; future roles will include engagement with other technical, regulatory and business disciplines within the organisation.  

To succeed you will need:

• A degree in a STEM subject or equivalent work experience with formal qualification or training. 
• Data literacy, logical reasoning, communication and numeracy skills. 
• To be curious and eager to learn. 
• To be inclusive and unconditionally respectful of others. 

Syngenta will offer:

• Competitive benefits package including 31.5 days flexible holiday scheme. 
• Onsite restaurant, gym and fitness classes.  
• Many opportunities for learning: formal & informal training, self-paced learning platform, onsite lectures and seminars.  
• The chance to be part of a diverse scientific community.  
• Ability to be active in the local community and join a wide range of social clubs.

Next steps 

Please apply using the job link to Syngenta Career site by Sunday 14th January, 2024

We will review your application and if successful we will request you to record a video interview (with the option to re-record). If you progress to the final stage, we will invite you to our International Research & Development campus in Bracknell for an assessment day.  

Successful candidates will be offered a position and we look forward to welcoming you to Syngenta in September 2024

Graduate opportunities to grow your career with Syngenta 

Is it time to take your scientific expertise to the next level and help us feed the world in a sustainable way?  

Syngenta Crop Protection  

Syngenta Crop Protection is a leader in agricultural innovation, bringing breakthrough technologies and solutions that enable farmers to grow productively and sustainably. We offer a leading portfolio of crop protection solutions for plant and soil health, as well as digital solutions that transform the decision-making capabilities of farmers. Our 17,900 employees serve to advance agriculture in more than 90 countries around the world. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, and is part of the Syngenta Group. 

We embrace and encourage diversity, and this is what drives our innovation and lets us outperform the market. https://www.syngenta.com/careers/working-syngenta/diversity-and-inclusion