Seasonal Farm Workers

We are looking for Seasonal Farm Workers to join our team on a temporary basis at Florette/Agrial Fresh Farms in Colchester, Essex, CO7 7HG.

With some of the best light levels in the country, Agrial Fresh Farms is perfectly placed to grow salad throughout the year, with over 100 hectares of land and 28 hectares polytunnels. With key leaves such as Spinach and Rocket being grown all year round, Agrial Fresh Farms has the ability to reduce food miles, having a positive impact on the environment. The role is to harvest the crops, primarily baby leaf, grown under cover in poly tunnels and in outdoor fields. 

Previous work on a crop farm would be advantageous. The work is on a temporary contract from April until October. Live in accommodation on our farm in Frating, Essex is available.

Pay: £11.50 per hour

Working Hours: 32 hours per week

About Us 

Agrial Fresh Farms is one of three UK food manufacturing factories within Agrial Fresh Produce, which is an autonomous part of the larger 22,000 employee strong French co-operative group, Agrial. 

The business operates mainly under it's recognisable Florette salad brand and we are one of the UK’s leading producers in the industry. Under the well-known Florette brand, our site processes and distributes pre-packed, ready to eat, fresh salad bags and bowls to some of the UK's most well-known supermarkets and retailers, as well as your favourite restaurants and fast food vendors. In total, we sell around 600,000kg of products every week - an unbe-leaf-able amount!

Our Agrial Fresh Farms site is an Integrated farming operation based in Colchester, Essex. The salad farm provides baby leaf year-round to the UK, grown in polytunnels, and whole head and outdoor crops throughout the summer. The produce is supplied into our UK sites for processing and distribution. We have a recipe for success through our EPIC values and working together as one team. 

Agrial Fresh Produce reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
 
VISA Sponsorship: We are unable to provide VISA sponsorship, and therefore cannot employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Our recruitment process will ask you to provide evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.

Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd is an Equal Opportunities employer. In addition, as part of Responsible Recruitment, Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd believes in the Employer Pay Principle. No worker should pay for a job – the costs of recruitment should be borne not by the worker but by the employer. 

We are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all of our staff. That’s why we’ve taken the Mental Health at Work Commitment and are currently delivering a programme of activities to ensure that everyone can have open and honest conversations about their wellbeing in the workplace and feel supported. We encourage applications from persons with experience of poor mental health and are committed to supporting our employees to fulfil their potential and perform at their best in work.