Soil Technician
| Posting date: | 24 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 August 2025 |
| Location: | Bracknell, Berkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Cawood Scientific Ltd |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | NI1 |
Summary
Job description
NRM, part of the Cawood Group, is the UK’s largest independent provider of agronomic and environmental waste analysis for land-based industries. We offer water, soil, manures, fertilisers and plant tissue analysis to farmers, growers and agronomists for improved farm productivity, as well as land-based environmental services including composted waste, anaerobic digestate, effluents and industrial renewables.
NRM are currently looking for a Soil Technician to join their team on a full time, Fixed Term basis , based in Bracknell. These roles will be until April 2026.
We can provide full training for this position.
Role and Responsibilities:
· Unload and move heavy batches of samples to the Grinder room.
· Handle samples and place them into drying trays as preparation for grinding.
· Prepare and grind samples to required standard into batch trays ready for extraction.
· Sort samples into order and manually stamp with unique ID number. Attention to detail is essential to ensure no errors in sorting.
· Empty heavy sample bags and extraction buckets into allocated bins on site.
· Perform maintenance on the equipment when required.
· Weigh dry samples and record data onto LIMs system and calculate the Dry Matter Percentage.
· Understand and follow the Standard Operating Procedures provided.
· To work in other preparation roles within the company as the workload dictates.
· Maintain Cawood credibility by always portraying a positive image, keeping equipment and PPE clean.
· Respect company equipment and use as per guidelines. Report any damage to management as soon as possible.
· Work as a team and maintaining morale and actively offer help and assistance wherever possible.
· Responsible for keeping safety at the forefront of lab work and being proactive ensuring accidents and near misses are always reported straightaway to Managers in line with our company accreditation and policy.
Skills, qualifications, and experience:
· Enthusiasm, energy, and ability to handle high levels of workload which include heavy lifting.
· Must be able to work effectively and collaborate within own team and other sections.
· Must take initiative and have the ability to conduct hands-on work.
· Strong communication skills
· Must possess the ability to handle multiple tasks with high attention to detail.
· Highly organised and excellent time management skills.
· Excellent team player with the ability to work alone.
· Ability to work unsociable hours.
· Experience working with high-volume turnover of work in a busy environment.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
NRM, part of the Cawood Group, is the UK’s largest independent provider of agronomic and environmental waste analysis for land-based industries. We offer water, soil, manures, fertilisers and plant tissue analysis to farmers, growers and agronomists for improved farm productivity, as well as land-based environmental services including composted waste, anaerobic digestate, effluents and industrial renewables.
NRM are currently looking for a Soil Technician to join their team on a full time, Fixed Term basis , based in Bracknell. These roles will be until April 2026.
We can provide full training for this position.
Role and Responsibilities:
· Unload and move heavy batches of samples to the Grinder room.
· Handle samples and place them into drying trays as preparation for grinding.
· Prepare and grind samples to required standard into batch trays ready for extraction.
· Sort samples into order and manually stamp with unique ID number. Attention to detail is essential to ensure no errors in sorting.
· Empty heavy sample bags and extraction buckets into allocated bins on site.
· Perform maintenance on the equipment when required.
· Weigh dry samples and record data onto LIMs system and calculate the Dry Matter Percentage.
· Understand and follow the Standard Operating Procedures provided.
· To work in other preparation roles within the company as the workload dictates.
· Maintain Cawood credibility by always portraying a positive image, keeping equipment and PPE clean.
· Respect company equipment and use as per guidelines. Report any damage to management as soon as possible.
· Work as a team and maintaining morale and actively offer help and assistance wherever possible.
· Responsible for keeping safety at the forefront of lab work and being proactive ensuring accidents and near misses are always reported straightaway to Managers in line with our company accreditation and policy.
Skills, qualifications, and experience:
· Enthusiasm, energy, and ability to handle high levels of workload which include heavy lifting.
· Must be able to work effectively and collaborate within own team and other sections.
· Must take initiative and have the ability to conduct hands-on work.
· Strong communication skills
· Must possess the ability to handle multiple tasks with high attention to detail.
· Highly organised and excellent time management skills.
· Excellent team player with the ability to work alone.
· Ability to work unsociable hours.
· Experience working with high-volume turnover of work in a busy environment.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract