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Skilled Maintenance & Farm

Location: Berkeley, Gloucestershire
Hours: Full Time

About the Role

We're looking for a skilled and practical Maintenance Person to join our team at our Farm Park, Wedding Venue & 500-head beef Farm. The ideal candidate will have a good range of maintenance and practical skills, alongside previous farm experience and confidence operating tractors and agricultural machinery.

This is a varied, hands-on role where you'll play an important part in maintaining our attractions, buildings and grounds, while also helping to develop exciting new projects across the site. From constructing new attractions to carrying out essential repairs, no two days are the same.

You'll work on a wide variety of projects, both indoors and outdoors, helping to ensure our site remains safe, attractive and enjoyable for our visitors. Working as part of our Maintenance Team, you'll help maintain our buildings, attractions and infrastructure to a high standard, ensuring a safe and welcoming environment for the thousands of visitors who come to us every year.

Key Responsibilities

Maintenance

• Carrying out routine inspections, maintenance and repairs to attractions, equipment and facilities throughout the Farm Park

• Maintaining buildings, structures and infrastructure across the site

• Assisting with the construction and installation of new attractions, buildings and improvement projects

• Undertaking a variety of carpentry, plumbing, fabrication and general building tasks

• Carrying out groundworks and general grounds maintenance

• Ensuring all work is completed safely and to a high standard

Farm

• Working with livestock

• Operating tractors and a variety of agricultural machinery

• Assisting with general farm duties and machinery operations

• Maintaining farm buildings, grounds, fences and surrounding areas

About You

We're looking for someone who is practical, punctual and reliable

You'll have:

• Previous experience working on a farm or agricultural business

• Confident and skilled at operating tractors and other farm machinery

• A broad range of practical building and maintenance skills, ideally including carpentry, plumbing and groundworks

• Welding, fabrication & mechanical maintenance experience is desirable

• A full UK driving licence and relevant machinery/equipment certificates

• A good understanding of health and safety practices

• Excellent practical problem-solving skills and attention to detail

• The ability to work independently as well as part of a team

• A proactive, flexible approach with a willingness to turn your hand to a wide variety of tasks

• Flexibility to work additional hours when required

This is a full-time, permanent role based in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. Salary will be dependent on experience and qualifications.

Our Maintenance Team works weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis, so flexibility is essential.

We are looking to recruit an experienced Part Time Duty Manager to support with the smooth day-to-day running of Cattle Country Farm Park. The role typically works 16 hours per week in termtime with up to full time hours available in school holiday periods.

Working closely with the Farm Park Management team and other Duty Managers, you’ll be responsible for the daily running of the Farm Park, managing both staff operations and visitor experience, to deliver an excellent day out for our customers and a happy working environment for our staff. You will also play a key role in preparing the park for days it is open, as well as planning and delivering special events throughout the year

Key areas of training and responsibilities

• Lead and motivate the Farm Park Team on days the park is open, being the main point of contact during opening hours

• Deputise for the Farm Park Managers in their absence, working alongside other Duty Managers to ensure the smooth running of the park and key operations within it such as Graze Café and Animal Barn

• Ensure the Park is well maintained and ready to open

• Delegate daily tasks and ensuring that a high standard of customer service is delivered at all times

• Assist with training new starters and team members

• Maintain high standards of hygiene and cleanliness, setting an example to the wider team

• Assist with the set up and delivery of special events throughout the year

• Look for ways to enhance the customer experience with new ideas, operational improvements, and the day-to-day running of the park

• Key holder with responsibility for cashing up and end of day procedures

• Deal with complaints and questions

• Supervise parties and school visits

Job requirements

• You must have previous experience in a similar or relevant environment such as retail, leisure or a visitor attraction at Duty Manager level

• Excellent customer service and communication skills

• Have a smart and professional appearance

• Be flexible and able to work additional hours when required

• Be highly organised and able to use initiative to solve problems

• Confident managing a large team

• Calm when working under pressure

• Highly organised with a can-do attitude

• First Aid training and experience

• You must be able to work one day at the weekends, and during school holidays where additional hours are available

Full training will be provided to the successful candidates