Maintenance Lead
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An introduction to LettUs Grow
LettUs Grow is a fastpaced and environmentally conscious organisation based in the heart of Bristol. We design technology for indoor and greenhouse farmers around the world with the mission to reduce the waste and carbon footprint of fresh produce through our innovative aeroponic growing systems.
Were a certified B Corp are Flexa certified and have won numerous awards for our company culture. Were a mission driven company who takes the triple bottom line one step further: people planet profit and plants too.
With a team of open caring and ambitious peers working in a technicallychallenging and impactdriven industry this is somewhere to really make your mark on society and help feed the next generation.
An introduction to the role:
As Maintenance Lead at LettUs Grow you will be a crucial member of our Delivery Team team and youll play a critical role in ensuring our aeroponic equipment and research farms run smoothly. Your work will directly impact our customers success and the development of pioneering agricultural research.
The position is full time and based in Bristol from our main office in Brislington as well as our Aeroponic Innovation Centre located in Coalpit Heath. It will require travel to our customer sites across the UK so a full clean UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle is a must (you will also have access to our company van Misty!. The desire to engage in a customer facing role is also essential.
You can expect to be delegated responsibility at an early stage. This role is ideal for a hands on organised and personable applicant who is keen to grow with an impactled organisation. If youve ever worked as a field service engineer in a workshop and/or youre a handson individual with a knack for rapid onsite problem solving wed love to hear from you!
We look forward to welcoming you to our diverse team of horticulturists growers engineers commercial and operations experts to design and build the next generation of indoor farming technology together.
Salary band:
dependent upon experience alongside a benefits package designed to foster your personal and professional development.
Application deadline:
Monday April 21st 2025
Role responsibilities:
- Attend customer sites often independently to ensure customers aeroponic systems operate at peak performance leveraging our expertise to help them exceed their growing targets and outperform competitors.
- Maintain improve and optimise the equipment in LettUs Grows research farms ensuring the Grow Team can maximise R&D outputs.
- Oversee fault management ensuring all field equipment issues are tracked resolved and clearly reported providing essential fault data to support continuous improvement.
- Assist with assembly and installation of our technology supporting our delivery team to fulfill customer orders.
Who are you
- Youre ready to take on new challenges and adapt to a fast paced ever changing start up environment.
- Youre a practical handson person who enjoys fixing things & finding solutions. Youre comfortable working in a dynamic problemsolving environment.
- Youre a team player who is excited to collaborate and contribute.
- Youre an open honest and helpful person. You treat people with respect.
- Youre an active listener and enjoy working with people from all walks of life.
- Youre passionate about sustainability specifically our food system and you care about the world around you.
What you need:
- A full UK driving licence with access to a personal vehicle (in addition our company van Misty.
- Experience working with electrical systems such as wiring troubleshooting assembling and maintaining electrical components.
- Experience working in an engineering workshop with a wide array of tools.
- Experience in a customer facing role this could be in anything from hospitality to business development.
- A desire to be embedded in a small dynamic company. We are looking for someone who wants to be an integral part of our team & culture.
Also desirable:
- Experience in field service engineering or similar.
- Knowledge of plumbing systems.
- Familiarity with control systems.
- Experience working in a start up environment.
Recruitment at LettUs Grow
LettUs Grow Ltd is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Living Wage Employer. We encourage individuals from all walks of life to apply for our positions. At LettUs Grow we celebrate our differences and embrace what makes every human being unique.
Were passionate about providing a hiring process that is inclusive and fair to all of our job applicants. Do you have any special requirements during the recruitment process Just let us know. Well do our best to remove any barriers preventing you from applying for our opportunities!
Life at LettUs Grow
Everything we do is impactdriven. We want to make a substantial positive change not just through our products but also in how we operate as a team. We are ambitious responsible and caring and bring these corevalues into everything we do.
You will be working from our open office where hotdesking is encouraged within our worldclass horticultural research facility and/or in our engineering workshops and production areas.
Youll benefit from working with a team who puts impact & care at the core of their communication. With regular socials biannual company parties a volunteer day and a monthly potluck series dubbed LettUs Lunch there is real opportunity to feel part of an inclusive community; all through the lens of improving our food system.
At LettUs Grow we offer:
- Flexible remote working and work from anywhere policies.
- Enhanced holiday and sickness allowance pension contribution and parental leave.
- An employee share options scheme.
- A dog friendly office.
- The day off for your birthday each year.
- Socials biannual company parties (always with a community focus) and an annual company volunteer day.
- A monthly subscription to Heka with financial contributions towards gym memberships music lessons language classes and so much more.
- Optional subsidised vegetable box scheme from local organic farm The Community Farm.
- Training courses resources and conferences that help you learn and grow in your role and for your future. Annual company wide equity diversity and inclusion training.
- Cycle to work scheme and an office bike repair station.
- An openplan office environment and cutting edge research facility complete with skillsharing workshops and monthly communal potluck lunches.
- Coffee (from a local supplier! tea oat milk breakfast cereals and fruit are on the house!
For a comprehensive list of our benefits package and to learn more about what its like to work at LettUs Grow visit our careers page!
Employment Type
Full-Time
