Laboratory Assistant (Summer Role)

Bartholomews Agri Food Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job description

This is a summer-time opening starting in July to the end of September to help our Seed Analyst in Charge with the testing of commercial cereal crops collected from our farmer customers from farms all across the southern counties and brought to our testing facility at Chichester so that we can ascertain their commercial value.

Crops that we process include wheat, oats and barley, beans and oilseed rape which are harvested before making their way into commercial food production, for example milling wheat for bread making.

Working methodically and with accuracy, main tasks will include:

• Running samples of Grain and Seed through the various processes in the laboratory to include Hagberg, moisture, weight, germinations and searches for purity, with different tests for each crop. You will learn the steps for each test.
  
  
• Keeping accurate results and inputting results data into our Microsoft Dynamics database.
• Be able to cover the Intake Process when needed for seed crops and cereals which will involve collecting samples at the weighbridge from the open back of a bulk tipper lorry, running the appropriate tests through and checking on results before the load can be tipped into our store.
  
  

General housekeeping and cleaning of the laboratory and equipment.

Daily equipment checks.

About you:

An interest or experience gained in laboratory-based work, field trials work, sciences and combined with an interest in or experience gained within the agriculture industry would be preferred.

Enjoy working on tasks in a methodical way, you will need to have keen attention to detail and be happy to work on repetitive tasks without losing concentration.

You will be working with data input and will need to be familiar with Microsoft products, Outlook, Excel; if you have used Dynamics platform previously or other database entry, that would be advantageous.

Reliable and punctual and have some flexibility to your working hours as there will be some early mornings with 6am starts when we are busy.

About Bartholomews:

Leading in our field, developing a sustainable Agri Food Chain. We are a main contributor in the UK agri-foods sector, headquartered in Chichester, West Sussex and operating across the southern counties of England. We are a business built on perpetuity, first established in 1883 and we are continuing to grow and prosper.

We provide a range of agricultural services and essential supplies to the farming community including the sale and marketing of grain, the sale and supply of agricultural seeds, the manufacture and supply of fertilizers, crop protection products, animal feeds, bird-food and game feeds. We also provide technical advisory agronomy service to our farmer customers, and we are engaged in ongoing research and development through our extensive cereal crop trials.

Our facilities include a seed plant and crop research, technology, and multiplication center near Chichester and our dock-side sites of Shoreham Silos Services Ltd and Ultimate Fertilizers Ltd in Southampton. We have our own haulage company, Churchill Freight Services Ltd and multiple depots across the South of England. All these facilities and sites make our company proportionately the best resourced Agrifood business in the United Kingdom.

Our mission and as an integral part of the food chain, is to connect growers with UK and European consumers, adopting new technologies and always striving for sustainable food security.