Summer Harvest Sampler

We are looking for Seasonal Harvest Samplers to join us over the summer - usually from the 3rd week of July, through August and into the start of September.

this is to be part of our sampling team, supporting our farmers customers during the busy cereal harvest across the South of England and covering farms in Sussex, Kent, Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset.

This role is to cover farms in and around East Sussex and the western Kent border.

You will be traveling to farms across the region and relevant to your home address. You will be allocated with a company van to collect crop samples of wheat, barley and oats, and return them to our laboratory in Chichester for quality testing.

Full training, equipment, a daily work schedule and van are provided.

This is a handson, outdoor role involving walking fields, climbing grain piles, confidence in driving is essential and polite and professional interaction with our customers.

This year, you will also help us build up a record with what3words location coordinates to help us support efficient collections and deliveries.

You will need:

A full UK driving licence and confidence planning you routes to be able to complete your

A practical, safetyfocused approach to work

A professional and friendly manner with customers

Flexibility and willingness to work during peak harvest periods

If you enjoy working independently, being outdoors, and playing a key role in the UK harvest supply chain, we would love to hear from you.

About Bartholomews:

Our vision is 'Leading in our field, developing a sustainable Agri Food Chain' and as an integral part of the food chain, our mission is to connect growers with UK and European consumers, adopt new technologies and always strive for sustainable food security.

As a main contributor in the UK agri-foods sector, headquartered in Chichester, West Sussex, operating across the southern counties of England we are a business built on perpetuity, first established in 1883 and we are continuing to grow.

The business provides a range of agricultural services and essential supplies to the farming community including the sale and marketing of grain, the sale and supply of seed, the manufacture and supply of fertilisers, crop protection products and animal, birdseed, and game feeds. We also provide technical advisory agronomy service to our customers, and we are engaged in ongoing research and development through our crop trials and programs.

Our new center at Merston near Chichester combined with those of Shoreham Silos Services Ltd, Ultimate Fertilizers Ltd and Churchill Freight Services Ltd makes us proportionately the best resourced Agrifood business in the United Kingdom.