Ref No. Job Reference No. - 30627
General Mixed Farm Worker / Main Arable Machinery Operator job - Shropshire
Arable, Sheep, Other
UK
SY6
West Midlands
Description

We are a family run 1000acre mixed farm near Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Our land is largely ring fenced and is in the heart of the Shropshire Hills AONB. The Farm consists of 800acres arable with the remaining land in grass for the 500 texel/mule breeding ewes. We also have 4 self catering holiday cottages on site complete with swimming pool gym and tennis court.

Cropping includes: wheat, OSR, barley and beans along with and SFI cover crops/herbay leys. We have an extensive range of John Deere tractors and machinery to carry out all arable operations in house.

We are looking for someone who is an experienced machinery operator and is motivated and willing to operate and maintain machines to a high standard and work alongside 2 brothers (33 & 28) This is a full time role which could be salary based or suit someone who wanted to remain self employed and work on a flexible basis depending on work load.

The role will include:


  • Cultivations (sumo/dtx)

  • Ploughing (5f KV vario)

  • Hedgecuttting (McConnell)

  • Straw stacking/carting (JCB 320s)

  • Fertiliser spreading (Kuhn axis 40.1 EMC-W)

  • Mowing/raking/tedding (JD/krone)

  • Topping - batwing & flail

  • Grain handling/drying

  • General digger work - 13t hitachi, 3t techuchi

  • General help with sheep work. (Lambing/electric fencing/working/weighing etc)

  • Machinery maintenance and cleaning/servicing

  • Fabrication/workshop jobs

  • Fencing

  • Some help at times with holiday maintainance/improvements.

The right candidate would also take on:


  • Drilling with Horsch pronto 4DC & Lemken 4m combi

  • Spraying - Housham self propelled

  • Combining - Lexion 760tt

  • Baling - Massey 2170

Job Length

Permanent

Dates

Start: 3/03/2025,
Finish: Not Specified

Pay

To be discussed depending on experience.

Hours

Full time - overtime in busy periods then flexible during quieter times.

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Accommodation
Accommodation

Yes

Accommodation Type

House/Flat

Accommodation Price

To be discussed

Other Accommodation Information

We have various options when it comes to accommodation from 1
Bed flats to multiple bedrooms houses for families. For the right candidate and if necessary there could be an opportunity for a partner to work within the business on the holiday cottage side with cleaning/changeovers as part of an existing team,

More Information
Distance from shops and amenities

Nearest towns - Church Stretton & Much Wenlock

Smokers Accepted?

No

Driving Licence Required?

Full UK Driving Licence

Other Information

We are only looking for someone who has very good experience with machinery operations and is capable of working by themselves or alongside our small family team.

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