Urban Farm Technician

☞ Square Mile Farms

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Update day: 01-06-2024

Location: London

Category: Agriculture / Forestry / Fishery

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Job type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £23,072 a year

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Square Mile Farms is on a mission to reconnect people with food. We put vertical growing systems in to urban areas, such as corporate offices, co working spaces and apartment buildings, so people can grow and consume their own zero miles, ultra fresh salad greens and herbs where they live and work. We are growing quickly and need help managing our urban farms. This is an exciting opportunity to join an environmentally conscious start up and work closely with plants growing in the city.

Within the farm operations team:

  • Support the management, maintenance and harvesting of our client farms across London working closely with our Farm Operations Lead
  • Access client buildings to carry out documented checks to ensure the farm system is working correctly and the plants are growing healthily
  • Top up the farm system with water if required
  • Be diligent to ensure the farm is looking as good as it can. Cleaning of the systems.
  • Transport and substitute new seedlings
  • Record data of each farm
  • Support with harvest events with the client communities
  • Represent SMF and interact with clients when on site
  • Liaise with rest of the team to give feedback and for general coordination of client sites

Requirements:

  • Have an interest in agriculture, horticulture and / or nature
  • Conscientious attitude and keen to learn
  • Diligence and attention to detail
  • Ability and willingness to be on your feet for most of the day and travel between client sites (within London)
  • Well organised
  • Be both happy to operate solo sometimes, as well as work well within the team
  • Previous experience or knowledge of horticulture or hydroponics would be ideal, but not essential
  • Driving licence ideal but not essential
  • Ownership of a bike preferred, not essential
  • Fluency in English

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £23,072.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Casual dress
  • Company events
  • Company pension

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
We follow COVID government guidelines

Application deadline: 25/03/2022
Reference ID: SMF UF 22

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Deadline: 16-07-2024

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