Junior Field Person

Valeo Foods; Norwich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural company in East Anglia is seeking a QA Technician/Fields person to work mainly outdoors, collecting data on fry quality and tuber defects. The role involves independent travel to field sites and requires strong organizational and communication skills. A clean driving license is essential. This position offers excellent career opportunities and various benefits including a matched pension scheme and staff discounts.

Benefits

Excellent Career Opportunities

Matched pension scheme

Death in service

Cycle to work scheme

Retailer discount platform

Staff discount

Plenty more

Qualifications

• Comfortable working outside & indoors.
• Experience in agriculture or the potato sector is useful but not required.
• Effective communication skills are essential.
• A valid, clean driving license is essential.

Responsibilities

• Collect data on fry quality, tuber defects & yield.
• Manage own workload to provide samples for the QA Lab.
• Input records into QA database.
• Travel independently to field & farm locations.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Communication skills

IT skills on data entry

Job description

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As a QA Technician / Fields person you will be working closely with both the Factory & their grower supply base to collect and report data on fry quality, tuber defects & yield.

You will mainly be field/farm based collecting samples to return to the lab, and then assisting in the QA process. During summer months this will be mainly in field, and autumn/winter months you will be visiting potato stores regularly for quality checks across East Anglia.

There may be opportunities in the future to progress the role further into developing grower facing relations, seed management, trialling of new varieties and potato store management, training for BASIS and FACTS Qualifications.

• Working alongside the QA Team and KFL’S supply chain coordinator and standing in as required during holidays etc
• Reporting to the Ag Team for day-to-day instruction.
• You will manage your own daily workload to provide samples for the QA Lab.
• You will be comfortable with travelling independently in a company vehicle to field & farm locations to collect samples.
• Aid inputting of records into QA database.
• To ensure accurate and complete information flow on both growing crop, harvesting and stored crop QC data – the role will need solid IT skills on data entry and excel, flexibility during peaks of work is required, specifically July to November when harvesting is taking place.

Job Description

As a QA Technician / Fields person you will be working closely with both the Factory & their grower supply base to collect and report data on fry quality, tuber defects & yield.

You will mainly be field/farm based collecting samples to return to the lab, and then assisting in the QA process. During summer months this will be mainly in field, and autumn/winter months you will be visiting potato stores regularly for quality checks across East Anglia.

There may be opportunities in the future to progress the role further into developing grower facing relations, seed management, trialling of new varieties and potato store management, training for BASIS and FACTS Qualifications.

• Working alongside the QA Team and KFL’S supply chain coordinator and standing in as required during holidays etc
• Reporting to the Ag Team for day-to-day instruction.
• You will manage your own daily workload to provide samples for the QA Lab.
• You will be comfortable with travelling independently in a company vehicle to field & farm locations to collect samples.
• Aid inputting of records into QA database.
• To ensure accurate and complete information flow on both growing crop, harvesting and stored crop QC data – the role will need solid IT skills on data entry and excel, flexibility during peaks of work is required, specifically July to November when harvesting is taking place.

Qualifications

• Previous qualifications are not necessary, but the role would suit somebody who is comfortable working both outside & indoors, has an eye for detail and has good organisation/communication skills.
• Experience of the potato sector or agriculture would be useful, but not required as training will be given.
• Effective communication skills are essential
• A valid, clean driving licence is essential.

Additional Information

What we offer you in return

• Excellent Career Opportunities
• Matched pension scheme
• Death in service
• Cycle to work scheme
• Retailer discount platform
• Staff discount
• And plenty more