Long-term careers in one of the country’s leading agribusinesses
Careers at Openfield
Openfield is always interested in hearing from qualified and ambitious candidates seeking secure, long-term careers in one of the country’s leading agribusinesses.
For general career enquiries, contact hr@openfield.co.uk
Openfield is proud to be Britain’s only national grain marketing and arable inputs co-operative. We are owned by around 4,000 British farmers who work to supply British grain to some of the biggest and most well-known British food and drink brands in the UK. Openfield proudly supports British grain for British food and drink. Openfield proudly supports British grain for British food and drink.
Assistant Grain Store Manager: Full time - Boston, Lincolnshire (Lingrain)
Lingrain have an opportunity for a full time Assistant Grain Store Manager, based in Boston, Lincolnshire.
Working with the existing small team to oversee the intake and out loading of members grain, along with: • Drying grain, Color Sorting and sampling grain. • Loading lorries and ships. • General site repairs and maintenance.
Skills required:
- Good numeracy skills
- Effective communication skills
- Experience of managing a small team
- Engineering experience or mechanical skills desirable
- Good IT skills
- Good literacy skills
- Ability to work on own initiative.
Competitive package based on experience.
To apply, please email your CV and covering letter to nick.francis@lingrain.co.uk
Grain Store Operative: Full time - Boston, Lincolnshire (Lingrain)
Lingrain have an opportunity for a full time Grain Store Operative, based in Boston, Lincolnshire.
We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic Grain Store Operative to join our team, who has a ‘can do’ attitude. There is also an opportunity for career progression for the right candidate.
Key tasks include:
- Operating the SCADA control panel for the site, grain dryers and optical colour sorter
- Site maintenance and repairs
- Intake of grain
- Loading Lorries and ships
Skills required:
- Strong work ethic
- A ‘can do’ attitude
- Ability to work within a small team
- Self motivated and able to work on own initiative
- Good mechanical skills desirable but not essential with a willingness to learn.
Competitive package based on experience.
To apply, please email your CV and covering letter to nick.francis@lingrain.co.uk
Farm Service Co-Ordinator: Full Time - Colsterworth, Lincolnshire
We have a new opportunity for a full time Farm Service Co-Ordinator, based at our main site in Colsterworth, Lincolnshire in our HPL Operations team.
As the main point of contact for a specified group of farmers, Farm Business Managers and Stores, this role is key in ensuring that all communication regarding movement and execution is both accurate and timely.
This is a vital role and it’s essential in creating great relationships with our farmer members and helps deliver the best possible service to them. The role includes building and maintaining good working relationships by attending Farm Business Manager meetings, regional farmer meetings and relevant agricultural events as required.
The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate an understanding of what it takes to deliver great service, have a great communication style, attention to detail, time management and prioritisation skills and a proven track record of building good working relationships with stakeholders across Openfield.
Key responsibilities will include:
• Contract Maintenance: Dealing with all activities related to purchase contract maintenance for a group of farmers.
• Arranging farmer collections with the relevant Consumer Service Co-Ordinator.
• Discussing and agreeing allowances with farmers and ensuring these are entered correctly and accurately onto the relevant system.
• Working with Farm Business Managers to agree prices with farmers for surplus loads.
• Dealing with all day-to-day administration processes relevant to the forwarding department.
• To be a pro-active member of the Operations team with service, efficiency and accuracy being at the core of what we do.
• Being true to our Values and role modelling a Values led approach.
Desired skills and experience:
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proven ability to build good relationships with all stakeholders and drive operational best practice through engagement.
• Competency when using IT programmes.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Agile thinking able to function at a high level in a changing environment.
• Willingness to travel to other sites as and when required.
If you’re interested in applying for the role, please email your CV to HR@openfield.co.uk or to call Sarah Wood for an informal chat on 07836 351 472.
Openfield offers all colleagues:
An excellent Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Training and Development including Online Courses
We’re also positive about Mental Health and are a Mindful Employer
