Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician  - Bristol, UK

An introduction to LettUs Grow 

LettUs Grow is a fast-paced and environmentally conscious organisation based in the heart of Bristol. We design technology for indoor farms with the mission to reduce the waste and carbon footprint of fresh produce by enabling anyone, anywhere, to grow nutritious produce near its point of consumption.

We’ve developed innovative hardware and software solutions that combine efficient aeroponic technology with data collection, automation and operational insights for the farmers and growers of the future. We are scaling quickly to meet the growing demand for this trailblazing technology. 

With a team of open, caring and ambitious peers, working in a technically-challenging and impact-driven industry, this is somewhere to really make your mark on society and help feed the next generation.

An introduction to the role:

As Maintenance Technician at LettUs Grow, you will be a crucial member of our Farm Delivery Team, specifically focused on the installation and maintenance of our indoor farms. If you enjoy working on practical, hands on projects and you're keen to grow with an impact led start up, this is the role for you. 

You can expect to be delegated responsibility at an early stage and will have a real opportunity to progress as the company scales. 

We look forward to welcoming you to our diverse team of horticulturists, growers, engineers, marketeers and operational experts, to design and build the next generation of indoor farming technology together. 

Salary band:
£23,000 - £28,000 dependent upon experience alongside a benefits package designed to foster your personal and professional development. 

Application deadline: 

Monday, August 8th, 2022. 

Role responsibilities:

• Assembly and testing of LettUs Grow’s indoor farming equipment. 
• Maintenance and improvements of our aeroponic R&D farm in Bristol. 
• Maintenance and improvements of customer sites across the UK. 
• Working with the product development and R&D teams to build the next generation of LettUs Grow's indoor farming equipment. 

Who are you?

• You love working with your hands, fixing problems and making things work.
• You’re self motivated and eager to learn. 
• You’re an open, honest and helpful person. You treat people with respect. 
• You’re an active listener and enjoy working with people from all walks of life.
• You’re passionate about sustainability, specifically our food system, and you care about the world around you.

What you need:

• Experience working hands on in a workshop.
• Experience with assembly work.

Also desirable:

• Experience with electrical and electronics work. 
• Experience with plumbing. 
• A passion for the controlled environment agriculture industry. 
• A full clean UK driving licence. 

About LettUs Grow

The position is full time, based in central Bristol and will benefit from training and external mentoring. Salary will be competitive to match experience, with the benefit of employee share options scheme.

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. 

Do you have any special requirements during the recruitment process? Just let us know. We’ll do our best to remove any barriers preventing you from applying for our opportunities!

Life at LettUs Grow 

Everything we do is impact-driven. 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 core-values into everything we do. This is clear in the way we approach challenges: we’re ambitious enough to run into a fair few, responsible enough to address them with innovative solutions and caring in our approach to solving them as a team, for the good of our planet and all the people that inhabit it. 

You will be working from our open office where hotdesking is encouraged, within our world-class horticultural research facility and/or in our engineering workshops and production areas. 

At LettUs Grow we offer:

• Flexible and remote working options. Whether your child's ill, you're waiting for a package or you have some deep-focussed work to do, we all need some time away from the office. 
• 25 days holiday a year (pro rata, plus UK public holidays), and we encourage you to use them all up! If you don't, you can carry some over into next year. 
• 20 day sick pay.
• Pension contribution. 
• A dog friendly office. 
• Training and professional development: training courses, resources and conferences that help you learn and grow in your role and for your future.
• A team of ambitious, open and impact-driven employees who are passionate about fostering an inclusive working environment. 
• A newly refurbished, open-plan office environment and cutting edge research facility complete with skill-sharing workshops and a ping-pong table.
• The best coffee in town. We keep our team well fuelled with top notch coffee from a local supplier. Coffee, tea, oat milk and fruit are on the house!
• A subscription to Blinkist with access to an online library of non fiction reading and audiobook material.
• Cycle to work scheme, everything you need to keep you on the road from tools and parts to spare lights and a lock.

Want to know more about what it’s like to work at LettUs Grow? Visit our careers page to hear from some of our current staff.