Harvest Supervisor / Farm Section Leader & Crop Supervisor

Harvest Supervisor / Farm Section Leader & Crop Supervisorwith a good knowledge of health and safety procedures and requirements and the ability to multi-task and handle a heavy workload is required for a well-established and expanding family-owned, food and farming business.

PLEASE NOTE: Candidates MUST have their own transport as you will be travelling from field to field

SALARY: £30,000 to £33,000 per annum

LOCATION: Fosdyke, Lincolnshire and surrounding areas as you will be expected to travel from field to field to carry out your duties

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent

JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Harvest Supervisor / Farm Section Leader & Crop Supervisor with a good knowledge of health and safety procedures and requirements and the ability to multi-task and handle a heavy workload.

Working as a Harvest Supervisor / Farm Section Leader & Crop Supervisor you will be required to actively work on the rigs and planting (in the off season) through all of the crops, ensuring safety quality and cost is controlled.

As a Harvest Supervisor / Farm Section Leader & Crop Supervisor you will also be required to cover the role of Rig Operative as necessary and stepping up as Harvest Manager and assuming their duties as necessary to provide support and act as holiday cover when required.

DUTIES

Your duties as a Harvest Supervisor / Farm Section Leader & Crop Supervisor will include:

• Act as a working supervisor on the rigs or planting team, ensuring safety, quality and cost is controlled

• Coordinate the daily harvest plan, volumes, size grading and quality

• Manage labour to standard head count, coordinating with the agencies to ensure the required headcount is available to meet demand

• Ensure all staff are compliant with H&S, Technical and PPE standards

• Monitor daily attendance, record labour via time sheets or Harvest Master (crop dependant), monitoring hours so as not to exceed 120 in a 2-week period, control monitor and log holidays (60 per week)

• Monitor and report on the daily/weekly performance

• Report and investigate accidents, near misses, damage or faults in an effective timely manner

• Coordinate and communicate field to yard logistics, assist the Harvest Manager with the planning of the logistics. Assist with the loading and unloading of the rigs and equipment as necessary

• Ensure GMP standards within the field, canteens, field housekeeping, parking and access is maintained

• Coach and train and develop the team, ensure the team are compliant with the organisations training and that the records are kept up to date

• Assist in the planning and moving of the harvest rigs during field moves

• Liaise with the factory to ensure load times are achieved

• Investigate and communicate pay queries

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• A "can do" attitude

• Self-motivated and flexible

• Have a "right first-time" approach

• Effective communication skills

• Able to multi-task a heavy workload

BENEFITS

• Highly competitive rewards package
• Training and Development
• Employee assistance programme
• Excellent career progression prospects

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JOB REF: AWDO-P12900

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