Location:

Oving, West Sussex

Salary:

Between £30,000 and £32,000 (FTE), depending on experience

Hours:

Full time on a rolling fortnightly rota

Contract:

Permenant

About Us:

Woodhorn Farm is looking for a practical, detail-focused Milk & Farm Vending Supervisor to lead the day-to-day pasteurisation and vending operation across three on-farm retail sites. This is a hands-on supervisory role with real ownership of standards, compliance and customer experience.

Why join us? You’ll play a key role in a growing farm-to-customer business, working with a friendly team and making a visible difference every day.

 

Application deadline – 15th May 2026

Job Responsibilities:

  • Run daily milk pasteurisation safely and in line with regulations and site procedures
  • Operate and check equipment; record temperatures, volumes and traceability accurately
  • Manage milk storage and segregation; spot issues early and take appropriate action
  • Keep food safety, cleaning and traceability records up to date so sites remain audit-ready
  • Own vending machine standards across sites: stocking, hygiene, presentation and uptime
  • Coordinate stock movement between sites and liaise with engineers/suppliers to resolve faults
  • Support and guide colleagues as needed; be a dependable on-site point of contact
  • Work closely with marketing—share availability updates, support promotions and pass on customer feedback

Required Experience/Qualifications:

  • Experience in manufacturing, food production, or another regulated environment
  • Strong understanding of systems, compliance and record keeping
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Confident working independently across multiple sites
  • Flexible and adaptable – this role is a full-time role on a rolling fortnightly rota, with regular weekend working
  • Full UK driving licence (with 6 points or fewer, van provided for work use only)
  • Willingness to embrace training – full training will be provided for this role

Beneficial Knowledge/Experience:

  • Experience with pasteurising equipment
  • Supervisory or senior operative experience
  • Food hygiene qualification
  • Basic mechanical/fault-finding skills

Benefits:

  • Employee discount
  • Sick pay
  • Free parking
  • Additional leave
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Company events
  • On-site parking
  • Training provided
  • Working in a beautiful countryside location near Chichester.
  • A key role in a growing on-farm processing and retail business
  • We believe in looking after our people, so as well as your salary, we offer a bonus scheme, health cash plan scheme, annual salary review, enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay, and regular staff events.