Job Description

Our client, United Utilities, is looking to recruit an Agricultural Advisor the role will be based at their Warrington site

Job Purpose

As part of dynamic high-performing team, the Agricultural Advisor (AA) plays a key role in Bioresource (Biosolids, Water sludge and other products) recycling and disposal. Working in a defined geographical area, AA is responsible for the development and maintenance of the United Utilities landbank for Bioresource products. Developing and maintaining a proactive relationship with the farming customers and providing excellent customer services is a key part of the role. It is anticipated that the marketing and promotion of Bioresource may involve selling the product to customers in the future. AA also coordinates the recycling logistics with haulage contractors and liaise with wider stakeholders including public, customers, regulators (Environmental Health, Environment Agency etc.) and other UU colleagues.

Job Accountabilities

• Manage and develop UU landbank within a given geographical area to ensure sufficient land available for compliant recycling of Bioresource products.
• Develop and maintain a proactive relationship with the farming customers.
• Provide excellent customer services to UU farming customers including tailor made Bioresource product and agronomic advice relevant to their farming practices.
• Selling and marketing of Bioresource products as the UU marketing plan directs.

• Ensure the compliance of Bioresource recycling and disposal operations with the UU Code of Practice and all relevant regulations and best practices.
• Co-ordinate and supervise recycling operations carried out by in-house staff or contractors to ensure the operations follow agreed quality standards and procedures.

• Carrying out periodic operational and health and safety audits on contractors to ensure the compliance with all regulations.

• Liaison with wider stakeholders including public, customers, regulators (Environmental Health, Environment Agency), NFU etc.

• The risk management of all recycling activities.
• Managing and reporting pollution incidents.

Knowledge and Skills

• Fundamental understanding of farming practices in the UK.
• Substantial farm advisory or sales experience in agriculture or related industry.
• FACTS qualified/trained or equivalent, or capable of achieving the FACTS or equivalent qualification within one year of appointment.
• Well-developed knowledge on the regulations and Codes of Practices that surround the recycling of products to agriculture.

• Well-developed IT literacy in Microsoft Excel, Word and mapping software ArcGIS etc.

• Proven excellent communication skills.
• Excellent negotiating skills.
• A full UK driving licence.

Desirable Criteria

• Degree or relevant qualification

Additional Information

Role holder should be able handle below challenges and issues:

• Resilience is required when dealing with the ever changing environmental conditions, farm sales and when dealing with customer complaints
• Adaptability to changing working practices; leading and motivating team to ensure change.
• Compliance to the changing legislation; leading and motivating team to ensure change. Effective management of activities in order to comply with: ESA\'s, SSSI\'s, RAMSAR, NVZ\'s, special Areas of Conservation and Interest, and many more new and changing environmental legislative and regulatory standards.
• Effective daily communication with customers, contractors, and other United Utilities colleagues.

Should your application be successful, and you are offered the role, a number of pre-employment checks need to be carried out before your appointment can be confirmed. Any assignment offer with our client will be subject to a satisfactory checking report from Disclosure Barring Service.

This vacancy is being advertised by Rullion Resource acting as an employment business.

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.

Speak to Toni Wrigley today

Account Consultant at Rullion

Further Details

Contract

Engineering, Process

Water,

Ref: 21433

Date posted: 13 September 2023

Rullion