Maintenance Person - FTC

Riverford Organic Farmers is seeking a Maintenance Person for a fixed-term contract in Buckfastleigh, UK. The role involves hands-on maintenance tasks, from construction to repairs, ensuring site safety and upkeep. Candidates should have a can-do attitude, attention to detail, and be IT confident for tracking maintenance jobs. Benefits include 33 days holiday, a generous pension scheme, and discounted meals. The position requires flexibility for weekend work and travel to other sites.
Work with us at Riverford, and join a thriving employee-owned business
• Be part of a supportive, down-to-earth and solutions driven Maintenance team
• Beyond the Veg Box - At Riverford, our passion for organic vegetables is unmatched. We’re not just about delivering veg boxes; we're dedicated to sustainable farming and community building. As a part of our team, you become a co-owner, sharing in our successes and contributing to a mission that goes beyond profit. We aim to make Riverford a fulfilling place to work, where our co-owners feel valued.
• Our HQ at Wash Farm in Devon is a beautiful place to work, surrounded by good people, good food, and plenty of fresh air. As a co-owner, you’ll benefit from 33 days holiday (pro rata, including bank holidays), an ethical & generous company pension scheme, and an annual profit share, where 10% of all profits are split equally among co-owners. We also offer heavily discounted organic breakfasts and lunches, free organic fruit and veg to take home and free parking.
• Grow with Riverford - Take the next step in your personal and professional journey with training tailored to help you grow and achieve your goals.

As our Maintenance Person, you’ll help shape Riverford’s future.

You will be joining the Facilities Team in Maintenance capacity, a great opportunity for someone who wants a varied, hands-on, practical role. At Riverford, we have a real mixture of operations and maintenance requirements which will range from construction projects to small repairs around the businesses to keep our co-owners safe and the site well maintained.

We are looking for someone who has a real can-do attitude and can work under their own initiative on a day-to-day basis or, as part of the wider team. This role will require someone to work in all conditions, occasionally at height and be physically capable of completing the required tasks. You’ll also be flexible and willing and able to travel to other sites to perform routine maintenance.

You will need to ensure your work is carried out to a high standard, have good attention to detail, and have a desire to see tasks through to their completion. You’ll be confident with IT as you’ll be expected to update our electronic maintenance job tracker and ppm schedules with the progress of your work, using your initiative to add additional jobs to the system that require attention.

All work that you undertake must be thought through to consider the safety of yourself and the others around you. We have comprehensive risk assessments and safe systems of work in place, but your input into these will be valuable.

 Joining the Facilities team, who are:  
• Engineering – fixing machines and maintaining production equipment. 
• Maintenance- General site-to-site tasks. 
• Cleaning – Cleaning sites and maintaining hygiene factors of the workplace. 
• Workshop – Farm tractor maintenance/servicing and fabrication. 

Salary: £14.85

Location - Based at Wash Barn, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0JU. 

Hours - 39 hours a week usually Monday to Friday 8.00 am to 4.30 pm (finish at 15:30 on Friday). You will need to be flexible and able to work some weekends and be on call. This is a 12 month fixed term contract.

What You’ll Bring…
• Painting, carpentry, plumbing and general grounds maintenance, including occasional cleaning duties.
• Ideally demonstrate manual handling and/or health and safety training (e.g. IOSH).
• Experience in using power tools, garden machinery, and workshop equipment.
• Additional carpentry/welding/mechanic/engineering skills beneficial.
• Full driving licence essential.

What We’re Looking For…
• Able to work in an accurate and methodical manner.
• Able to develop good working relationships with a variety of colleagues both internally and externally.
• Willingness to learn new things and attend courses to gain the necessary skills to complete tasks.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Outstanding attention to detail.
• Friendly & Approachable with a can-do attitude.

Application Process: We’re reviewing applications on a rolling basis and may close the advert early, so we encourage you to apply soon