Soil Technician Contractor

Frontier Agriculture Limited; Sudbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Frontier Agriculture Limited seeks self-employed contractors for an outdoor soil sampling role in Sudbury. Successful candidates will manage GPS sampling, customer orders, and must possess strong communication skills and an ATV. Full training provided, ideal for motivated individuals accustomed to outdoor work.

Qualifications

• Strong customer focus and communication skills both over the phone and face to face.
• Full UK driving license ideally with a trailer license included.
• Ability to work outside in all conditions, with own ATV.

Responsibilities

• Field services including GPS soil sampling.
• Management and planning of customer orders and schedules.
• Delivering exceptional customer service to stakeholders.

Skills

Customer focus

Communication skills

Attention to detail

IT literacy

Job description

Frontier Agriculture Ltd’s Precision Services team is the UK market leading precision crop production service provider, offering expert advice, services and support to growers to improve the economic, agronomic and environmental performance of their farm business.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Sudbury area to carry out soil sampling and associated in-field services for our farmer clients across Suffolk and Essex. This role is for self-employed contractors or individuals who are available to support us throughout the year, who own an ATV.

Often working alone, you will be self-motivated, organised and have previous experience involving customer facing activities to ensure we provide a professional and safe service to customers. This is a physically demanding role, and you must be accustomed to working outside throughout the year. Full training is provided.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong customer focus
• Strong communication skills both over the phone and face to face
• Full UK driving licence ideally with a trailer licence included
• Able to work outside in all conditions
• IT literate
• Own ATV
• Proven attention to detail
• Prior experience in a soil sampling role would be advantageous but is not essential.

Key responsibilities

• Field services including GPS soil sampling
• Handling of digital data and maps
• Management and planning of customer orders and schedules
• Understand and deliver exceptional customer service to internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent communication via phone and on-farm
• Active participation with the health and safety culture to fit with SOYL’s national policy.

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.