Harvest Supervisor - Farming

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Wehave an exciting opportunity for apermanent Harvest Supervisor to join Agrial Fresh FarmsinColchester. You\'ll be a key member of our dedicated farming team supplying the freshest salad leaves to market! You will have experience of agriculture and harvesting, ideally in outdoor wholehead crops, and you understand the full process required from start to finish. You\'ll have experience in supervising members of staff across various backgrounds and can lead and motivate a team to success.
Pay:£Competitive based on experience
Working hours: Scales based on season. Mon-Fri during November-March and Mon-Sat during April-October
Main Responsibilities

• Day to day supervision of the harvesting teams. Report any staffing, quality or quantity issues to the Harvest Manager.
• To ensure that the harvest teams are working within company guide lines and all hygiene and dress code rules in the field are being adhered to.
• To ensure all Health & Safety is adhered to as a matter of principle in line with all company policies.
• Crop walking and attention to detail of all outdoor crops for quality and availabilities, assisting the Harvest Manager on a day to day basis.
• Check that all weekly and monthly start up sheets and record sheets are complete and up to date, along with the daily Tractor and Rig maintenance sheets as well as daily cleaning sheets.
• Achieve good control of productivity for the day to day field harvest operations, attempt to keep yields as close to budget or better if possible.
  

SkillsandExperience Required

• Good understanding of Outdoor Wholehead Crops.
• Previous harvesting and operational skills across any product harvests.
• Experience of leading teams, ideally up to 20-30 people at once.
• Desirably multi-lingual, though not required.
  

What You Will GetInReturn
A competitive salary and a range of employee benefits youd expect from a market leading business, including:

• Life Assurance:3x your basic salary paid to your nominated beneficiary.
• Employee Assistance Programme:Providing a Remote GP service along with a 24/7 helpline for financial, legal, medical and life issues.
• Annual leave entitlement:33 days annual leave per annum inclusive of UK Bank Holidays which increases with service, as well as an option to purchase an additional working week of holiday.
• Training and Development:Personalised induction as well as regular training and development courses and schemes.
• Benefits Platforms:Employee discount platform for multiple retailers as well as salary finance schemes for bicycles, gyms, and financial assistance.
• Other:Recognition awards, Regular Employee Engagement days, attendance incentives, an annual volunteering day, and much more.
  

About Us
Florette is one of three UK food manufacturing factories within Agrial Fresh Produce, which is an autonomous part of the larger 22,000 employee strong French co-operative group, Agrial.
The business operates mainly under it\'s recognisable Florette salad brand and we are one of the UKs leading producers in the industry. Under the well-known Florette brand, our site processes and distributes pre-packed, ready to eat, fresh salad bags and bowls to some of the UK\'s most well-known supermarkets and retailers, as well as your favourite restaurants and fast food vendors. In total, we sell around 600,000kg of products every week - an unbe-leaf-able amount!
Agrial has operations across 18 regions, with 280 farming outlets and 5 different divisions, which comprise Beverage, Dairy, Meat, Fresh Produce & Agricultural operations; its not just about lettuce! As well as the 3 factories we also have a farming operation Agrial Fresh Farms. All UK sites operate under the name of Agrial Fresh Produce Limited and fall under Agrial\'s vegetable division. We have a recipe for success through our EPIC values and working together as one team.
Next Steps
Its an exciting time to join our business as we look for new starters to join us in innovating in everything we do! Were looking for positive and driven people to join our professional team. If you have the skills andexperiencewe are looking for, and want a fresh challenge we would love for you to join us on our journey!
Please apply directly or alternatively contactWill Kaye, Recruitment Officerfor a totally confidential discussion.
Agrial Fresh Producereservetherightto close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
VISA Sponsorship:Agrial Fresh Produce is not a licensed UK VISA sponsor, and therefore cannot employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Our recruitment process will ask you to provide evidence of your unlimited Right to Work in the UK.
Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd is an Equal Opportunities employer.In addition, as part of Responsible Recruitment, Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd believes in the Employer Pay Principle. No worker should pay for a job the costs of recruitment should be borne not by the worker but by the employer.
We are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all of our staff. Thats why weve taken the Mental Health at Work Commitment and are currently delivering a programme of activities to ensure that everyone can have open and honest conversations about their wellbeing in the workplace and feel supported. We encourage applications from persons with experience of poor mental health and are committed to supporting our employees to fulfil their potential and perform at their best in work.
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