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Agricultural Workshop Workers

HARROWDEN TURF
Posted 23 days ago, valid for 6 days
Location

Thetford, Norfolk IP26 4AF, England

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Agricultural Workshop Workers position is located in Feltwell, Norfolk, with a salary dependent on experience.
  • The company is a well-established family-owned farming business, recognized as the largest grower and distributor of turf in the UK.
  • They are seeking a Workshop Manager and a Workshop Engineer, with prior agricultural or horticultural experience being desirable but not essential.
  • Candidates should have a passion for working outdoors and a driving license is essential for both roles.
  • The Workshop Manager will oversee a small team and manage workshop operations, while the Workshop Engineer will focus on servicing and maintaining agricultural equipment.

Agricultural Workshop Workers

Location: Feltwell, Norfolk

Salary: Dependent on experience

Our client is a well-established, successful and respected family-owned farming business with sites across the UK. They are the largest grower and distributor of turf in the UK and also run a successful arable enterprise as well as growing sedum and wildflower mat products.

The Role

They have a number of exciting opportunities at their Feltwell (Norfolk) farm and are looking for enthusiastic, hard-working individuals with a passion for working outdoors. Their small teams are multi-skilled – and able to perform manual work with the same energy and enthusiasm they apply to tractor work.

They are looking for an agricultural Workshop Manager and a Workshop Engineer to work in their purpose-built 900m2 on-site workshop at Feltwell, Norfolk.

Whilst prior agricultural or horticultural experience is desirable for both roles, it is not essential.

Workshop Manager:

The desired candidates will be required to manage a small team of engineers and fitters across the arable, turf and matting enterprises.  

You will be responsible for:

  • Organising the work schedule of a busy workshop,
  • Making commercial decisions regarding outsourcing repairs/maintenance or carrying these out in-house
  • Ordering parts and ensuring suitable stock levels of spares are held
  • Ensuring work is carried out to a high standard to meet expectations
  • Repairing & servicing machinery and equipment
  • The diagnosis & rectification of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic & functional problems with tractors and machinery
  • To maintain on-site vehicles and machinery fleet
  • To implement suitable Health & Safety Systems within the workshop and its functions
  • To work closely with the Turf, Arable and Matting Products Managers to prioritise jobs and ensure down-time of essential machinery is minimised
  • To ensure that all work/maintenance is recorded and carried out in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures
  • Schedule maintenance periods for all vehicle & mechanical equipment and maintain appropriate records

Driving license is essential

Workshop Engineer:

The desired candidates will be required to work within a small team of engineers and fitters across the arable, turf and matting enterprises.

Experience in Agricultural Engineering preferred.

This will be a varied role which will require a multi-skilled and practically minded engineer whose responsibilities will also include:

  • Attending breakdowns as well as servicing and maintaining their fleet of agricultural and estate equipment including:
    • Tractors
    • Turf equipment
    • Self-propelled machinery. 

Driving license is essential

To Apply

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