Breeder Fields Person

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Full time
Location: Eye
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Job offered by: Pilgrim's Europe
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Category:
BQP (Part of Pilgrim’s Europe)

Join our Breeder Fields Team

Be part of a leading Agricultural business

Based in East Anglia with company car (full driving licence is required for role)

BQP is the largest pig producer in the UK working with over 350 partnership farmers to supply high welfare, quality pork products to premium markets. Part of Pilgrim’s Europe, we are a totally integrated business and are proud of our ‘farm to fork’ approach. The Agricultural team based at Stradbroke in Suffolk is made up of our team of vets, fields staff, technical and support staff working together to ensure that our supply chain from beginning to end operates within the highest standards of welfare, quality and efficiency.

Delivering business success through our people, we have an exciting opportunity within our Breeder Fields team who are responsible for supporting our partnership farmers producing piglets for our Outdoor Bred high welfare farms that supply quality product to our premium retail customers.

As a fields person you will be working closely with our farmers, building a strong relationship to continually improve herd health, welfare and production efficiency. Part of the role would also be to engage new farmers in supplying our industry leading business. You will also be working closely with other colleagues across the agricultural business, including Vets, Grower Farms team, Technical and Logistics on projects to drive operational excellence across our business.

We are looking for either people who have experience of working with farmers who have a sound knowledge of practical outdoor pig breeding production or a recent graduate with some previous experience who is passionate about high welfare pig production and looking to forward their career in our industry. You must be able to demonstrate excellent communication and influencing skills and have confidence to work on your own initiative as well as be a key team member. A full driver’s license is required, and you will either be qualified by experience or have an agriculturally biased or relevant degree with the ambition and drive to learn and develop within an industry leading business.

What We bring to the table

As an international organisation, we pride ourselves in creating high quality food and exceed many recognised industry standards, particularly in high animal welfare.

We care about our people and offer an excellent package including:

Competitive salary & holiday entitlement

Life Assurance & Pension

Learning & Development opportunities

Discount & Wellbeing schemes

Mobile phone and laptop

If you are passionate about the highest standards of pig welfare and want to be part of a leading agricultural business this role may be for you.

Pilgrim's Pride Limited is a division of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, our business is part of the second largest food company in the world, whose team farm, process, prepare, package and deliver fresh, frozen and value-added food products for sale in more than 100 countries.

We are proud to partner with more than 1,000 UK farmers who share our belief in the highest standards on animal welfare, efficiency, and quality. Our own farming operation is 100% RSPCA Higher Welfare, making us the largest producer of higher welfare pork globally, delivering 25% of pig meat to UK consumers.

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