Plant Supervisor

Frontier Agriculture; Sandy; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in crop production and grain marketing is seeking a Plant Supervisor to oversee seed cleaning operations. The role entails ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, supervising staff, and maintaining operational efficiency. With a commitment to employee development, Frontier offers extensive benefits including training, health support, and vacation options.

Benefits

25 days holiday per year, with options to purchase more

Dedicated Learning & Development support

Employee Assistance Program

Increased parental leave benefits

Life Assurance scheme and pension contribution

Up to two days paid volunteer leave

Employee network groups

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Able to work unsupervised with health, safety, and quality control as priorities.
• Ability to adapt quickly to meet changing business needs.
• Attention to detail and ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Ensure grain cleaning operations run smoothly and safely.
• Supervise staff and communicate issues to Operations Manager.
• Maintain high housekeeping standards across the site.

Skills

Health and Safety Compliance

Quality Control

Adaptability

Attention to Detail

Customer Focus

Job description

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We are looking for a Plant Supervisor to join the Frontier team, based at Sandy on a permanent full-time basis.

You will be responsible for running seed cleaning operations within our peak seed production periods; to ensure Health, Safety, Environment and Quality standards are met in line with legal requirements. Accountable for ensuring the seed cleaning plant runs smoothly during the quiet hours whilst supervising temporary employees.

The Benefits

• 25 days holiday per calendar year with option to purchase up to 5 more days (subject to meeting eligibility requirements)
• Dedicated Learning & Development team to support you and your career
• Employee Assistance Program providing 24 hours support & advice in areas such as health and wellbeing for yourself, your family & friends (up to 5 people in total)
• Increased Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave benefits for eligible employees
• Life Assurance scheme and pension plan with employer contributions of up to 7%
• Up to two days paid volunteer leave per year (only applicable to permanent employees)
• The opportunity to join our employee network groups including LGBTQ+, Menopause wellbeing, Neurodiversity and Women’s network groups.
• Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers

About You

• Able to work unsupervised making sure health and safety and quality control are at the forefront of everything you do
• Ability to adapt quickly to accommodate changing business and customer needs, while providing a responsive customer focussed service
  
• Able to work under pressure and to deadlines whilst maintaining Frontier’s ICE values and creating a Great Place to Work
• Attention to detail providing high levels of accuracy

Your Role

As a Plant supervisor, your role will involve:

• Making sure grain cleaning operations run smoothly and safely
• Being responsible for other staff working alongside you
• Consolidating bagged product within the warehouse, ensuring there is available space for the day shift to use
• Communicating any issues to the day shift Operations Manager
• Following procedure if any breakdowns or maintenance is required
• Supporting the Operations Manager with other site tasks
• Maintaining a high level of housekeeping standards across the site

We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date as applications will be reviewed and interviews may be booked in before that date.

We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

About Us

Frontier is a successful and growing business. We are the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, with over 1,000 employees and a turnover of more than £1.5 billion. With a vision to be the first-choice employer in UK agriculture, we are committed to delivering a culture where people are at the heart of our success.

Our business approach is underpinned by our core values Integrity, Customer First and Expertise or ‘ICE’. These values support our whole philosophy and way of working and we are always looking to attract talented individuals with either industry knowledge or specialist skills that will help us deliver consistently to these values.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We have a clear commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity encouraging fairness and equality of treatment for all. As such we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

We recognise the value of a workforce in which people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to the business goals.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive environment with inclusive employment policies, such as progressive flexible working and parental policies.