AGRICULTURAL TECHNICIAN

North-East Scotland
Permanent
Full-Time (37 hours per week)
£24,620 - £28,128 per annum
Refs: CML/CS/069/23 and CML/CS/094/24
Closing Date: 7 March 2024

SAC Consulting is one of the leading agricultural consultancies in Scotland, uniquely placed to support the sustainable growth and prosperity of agriculture and land-based businesses; working across food supply chains as they rise to the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and food security.

An exciting opportunity has arisen working as part of a friendly and successful team based in the Northeast region in either the Elgin, Turriff, Thainstone or Stonehaven office.

This technical role is concerned with providing support to crofting and farming businesses and farm business accounts analysis on a national project. The office provides consultancy to deliver the Scottish Government’s programme of Preparing for Sustainable Farming with increasing farmer demand for agricultural technicians to do Soil Sampling, Carbon Audits, and Animal Health and welfare plans. It also works on national projects, and we require the post holder to perform farm business accounts analysis.

The successful candidate must be able to work to tight deadlines and produce highly accurate, up to date reports to fulfil the requirements of the post.

The ideal candidate should be educated to SCQF Level 6 or above.. A degree in an Agricultural/Business related subject would be an advantage. The candidate should also be able to demonstrate suitable relevant experience in an agricultural setting, and attention to detail on numerical work.

For more details and to apply, please go to www.sruc.ac.uk/jobs