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Growing Assistant

Employer
Korn Ferry (Fischer Farms)
Location
Norwich, Norfolk
Salary
Competitive salary
Closing date
11 Feb 2022

Fischer Farms began in 2017 in Tristan Fischer’s home as an experiment and is now poised to be the leader in Vertical Farming, a revolutionary approach to growing short leafy green plants. 

From the first trials in a shipping container, Fischer Farms now has Farm 1, 3,200 sq meters of automated growing space. This has acted as a live trial to perfect the process before launching Farm 2, 25,000 sq meters, producing 6.5 tons of food per day. It is one of the largest vertical farms with rights to expand to 75,000 sq meters farm and become the world’s largest.

The unique advantages of vertical farming are suddenly coming into sharp focus for manufacturers, suppliers and retailers. So much so, Fischer Farms are now making multiple key appointments to take us through our next massive growth phase.

As a team of Growing Assistants and Operators you will be responsible for the operation of the processing and packaging plant equipment, as well as supporting the Technical Team in the maintenance of the growing tunnels and crops. This position will require a strong working knowledge of crop specification as well as good manufacturing practices. Data collection and auditing are important elements of these roles.

As a post graduate horticulturalist, practical and hands on, this is a development role for someone ambitious but loyal with excellent behaviors. You will ideally have a proven history of becoming involved beyond the minimum during your studies. 

Key Responsibilities

  • Highly efficient output of crop to the customers.
  • Collection and entry of data into the company’s database.
  • Identification of crop issues.
  • Maintaining and cleaning all of the harvesting and facility equipment.
  • Being part of a small team.
  • Ongoing sampling, testing, reporting and calibrating.
  • Working at all times to the stringent H&S and Food Safety standards.

Candidate Requirements

  • Commercial high care food production OR working with fresh produce in an agricultural background.
  • Ability to identify and communicate issues quickly and honestly.
  • Great team work but also capable of working independently as required.
  • Ability to work in a hygienic environment
  • Ability to follow procedures.
  • Reliability as you are part of a small team.
  • Thorough and accurate in your work.

We truly value the ideas and input of all our team and looking for like-minded pioneers to join us on our journey.

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