Job Description

SOYL, a division of Frontier Agriculture Ltd, is the UK market leading precision crop production service provider, offering expert advice, services and support to growers to improve the economic, agronomic and environmental performance of their farm business.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Lothians / Borders region to carry out soil sampling and associated in-field services for our farmer clients across the region. We are interested to hear from self-employed contractors or individuals who are available to support us throughout the year.

Often working alone, you will be self motivated, organised and have previous experience involving customer facing activities to ensure we provide a professional and safe service to customers. This is a physically demanding role, and you must be accustomed to working outside throughout the year.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong customer focus
• Strong communication skills both over the phone and face to face
• Have own ATV
• Full UK driving licence ideally with a trailer licence included
• Able to work outside in all conditions
• IT literate
• Proven attention to detail
• Prior experience in a soil sampling role would be advantageous but is not essential.

Key responsibilities

• Field services including GPS soil sampling
• Handling of digital data and maps
• Management and planning of customer orders and schedules
• Basic ATV and hardware/software maintenance
• Understand and deliver exceptional customer service to internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent communication via phone and on-farm
• Active participation with the health and safety culture to fit with SOYL\'s national policy.

Why work for SOYL?

At SOYL, we believe in rewarding our people for a job well done. As an employee you will have access to the following benefits:

• Opportunities for flexible working
• Helping you plan and save for the future with a contributory pension plan offering you a choice of contributing levels of up to 7% which is matched by us
• We know that time out is important for us all that\'s why as standard we offer 25 days holiday (per annum) in addition to bank holidays with the opportunity to purchase up to an additional 5 day holiday per year
• Benefits supporting you and your family such as Life Assurance of 3x Salary
• You and your friends and family (up to five people) will have access to our Employee Assistance Programme which provides 24hour support and advice on a variety of topics including financial and wellbeing.
• Access to money saving discounts at selected retailers through our Employee Discounts Programme and our Cycle to Work scheme
• We have dedicated Learning and Development specialists to ensure our commit to your ongoing development
• Access to free eye tests across all roles
• Complimentary parking on site

About Us

SOYL are a division of Frontier Agriculture. We are the UK market leading precision crop production service provider, offering expert advice, services and support to growers to improve the economic, agronomic and environmental performance of their farm business.

Award winning for our commitment to people, we have been recognised by Great Place to Work since 2012 and we are proud to have been ranked in the top 30 UK best large places to work.

Our business approach is underpinned by our core values - Integrity, customer focus and expertise. These values support our whole philosophy and ways of working and we are always looking to attract talented individuals with either industry knowledge or specialist skills that will help us deliver consistently to these values.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At SOYL we have a clear commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity encouraging fairness and equality of treatment for all and as such we would encourage applications from backgrounds outside the agriculture sector.

We recognise the value of a workforce in which people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to the business goals.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive environment, inclusive employment policies and flexible working arrangements are in place to support this.

Frontier Agriculture