Soils and Agriculture Consultant

Description

• Assisting, as appropriate to grade, with managing the technical and financial performance of projects to meet budgets and deadlines;
• Carry out soil surveys, including augering and excavation using hand tools;
• Support with undertaking the analysis, evaluation, interpretation and presentation of soils data, including preparing reports and management plans;
• Participate in the health, safety and well-being culture of the team;
• Organise and carry out desk studies.
• Support liaison with project managers and clients on the delivery of soil and agricultural land components of multi-disciplinary tenders and projects;

Requirements

• Communicate effectively and professionally with your line manager, other members of the team and related land-based disciplines; and
• Confidence to speak to farmers, other landowners, and land agents, including meeting in-person;
• Ideally, hold a degree (or equivalent) in environmental science, agriculture or soil science, although equivalent practice-based experience may substitute;
• Report writing skills, with experience in producing a range of reports and management plans.
• Compliance with internal business management procedures, including in relation to health and safety and technical quality of all advice and outputs including self-check of work.
• Experience of soil surveying, ideally for the purposes of agricultural land classification;
• Adaptable and flexible approach to provide time in the field working away from home (travel/overnight stays), working sometimes in inclement weather; and

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance