Agricultural Workshop Workers

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

If you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable company, please do not hesitate to apply.