Mobile Seed Assistant

Nova Talent is partnering with a leading UK agricultural supply company to recruit one full time and one part time Mobile Seed Assistant, working as part of a small team based at the depot in Great Ellingham. This is a customer facing role that involves regular travel to customer sites (utilising a company vehicle), supporting seed production operations and delivering excellent service on location.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with an agricultural background or a strong interest in the sector, to join a well established Seed Production Team.

Full Time - 45 Hours per week Monday-Friday, maybe required to work the occassional Saturday (7am-4pm) - £28,000pa 

Part Time - 27 Hours Thursday-Saturday (7am-4pm) -£14,000pa

Overtime available during Peak Season

Some of the perks for working as a Mobile Seed Assistant:

• Full Induction and training
• 33 days holiday, including bank holidays
• Enhanced Company Pension
• Private Medical Cover contributions
• Life Assurance
• Full time Salary of £28,000 & Part time Salary of £14,000

A typical day as a Mobile Seed Assistant:

• Operating the mobile seed plant and other machinery such as Fork Lift Trucks, ensuring adherence to health & safety.
• Intake testing to ensure product quality.
• Tipping the seed content in to the plant in preparation for processing.
• Treating seed through the chemical machine with accuracy.
• Bagging and labelling.
• Machinery clean down prior to working on different products.
• Equipment maintenance and installation of new equipment.
• Ensure stock records are kept up to date, and all stock requirements from the store must be in consultation with the depot supervisor.
• Clean as you go within the production area.
• Driving the company support vehicle

What we are looking for:

• Agricultural experience is desirable but not essential.
• Ideally experience of driving a Fork Lift Truck (Counter Balance).
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Practical and mechanically minded.
• Experience of working on processing plant machinery.
• PA1 & PA11 Desirable but not essential.
• Stock & Storage Management.