General Farm Assistant
Location
not specified, essex
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Primary Industry
Posted
May 31, 2026
We're recruiting for a General Farm Assistant for a farm in Essex, CM5.
The exciting and varied role has been created for someone to become a key team member at a progressive mixed-farming business in Essex between Ongar and Chelmsford.
They grow over 300 ha of combinable crops and offer further contract farming services, including umbilical slurry/digestate application.
They also have a 600-sow indoor unit with progeny, finished on the same site and another site in East Anglia.
The business also has a few diversifications: food manufacturing, renewables, property, woodland, and countryside stewardship.
Job description:
- Tractor driving - mucking out, hedgecutting, slurry pump work, and some arable operations at peak times
- Grounds maintenance - cutting grass, cutting hedges, strimming, pressure washing, painting ...