Job Description

The Company

Allen Farms (Coddington) Ltd is a reputable family-run business situated close to Newark in Nottinghamshire. The company is comprised of three main enterprises:

Pigs (850 sows, farrow to finish)

Sheep (550 mule ewes, lambing in February and March)

Arable (1200 acres cropping wheat, barley, beans and sugarbeet).

The company strives to be as self-sufficient as possible, with the core aim of becoming carbon neutral by 2030. To best achieve this, the farm has its own feed mill, allowing arable crops to be milled into feed for the livestock. The farm also has its own borehole providing its water supply, and solar panels providing much of its electricity.

The company always endeavours to improve, particularly with its award-winning Pig Unit. Recent accolades at the National Pig Awards include:

- 2022 - Young Producer of the Year

- 2023 - Herd Productivity of the Year award

- 2024 - Unit Manager of the Year

Because of this success, the Unit has proudly been asked to judge the awards in 2025.

The company tries to use outside contractors as little as possible, choosing instead to do all of its own haulage. Due to retirement, an exciting opportunity has become available for a part-time HGV driver to join the team, primarily operating the farm's six-wheeler Livestock Lorry. This role would ideally suit someone with previous experience in HGV driving, ideally handling livestock, but wanting an easier life with reduced hours. The successful applicant should be relatively fit as handling livestock can be physically demanding at times.

On days where there are no livestock deliveries, the Company has a Bulk Blower Lorry to transport feed from the feed mill to the various Finisher pig sites. The successful applicant will likely be required to operate this HGV as well.

A standard day would be 6:30am until 4:00pm Monday and Tuesday, working occasional Wednesdays and Thursdays. There is ample opportunity for extra hours should the applicant show an interest in doing so.

Self-employed individuals will be preferred for this position. Agricultural/Livestock experience is preferable, but not a necessity as all training will be provided. Applicants will need to be punctual, hard-working and excellent communicators. They should be forward-thinking, organised, and efficient.

The Role

Based at our main site in Coddington, you will be responsible for the safe haulage of livestock to the company's various outlets. These outlets are within 30 miles of the Coddington site, so long journeys should not be expected.

General maintenance and upkeep of the vehicle is to be expected. At various points in the year there are opportunities to assist with the Sheep and Arable enterprises too if desired, as well as operating the company's other lorries.

Key Responsibilities

Haulage of finisher pigs at least two days a week to local abattoirs; Assist the Manager in creating haulage plans and strategies, ensuring maximum safety and efficiency when out on the road; Maintaining the vehicles, keeping them clean, tidy, greased, oiled and fuelled; Complying to Health & Safety regulations, ensuring yours and other's welfare at all times; Complying to Biosecurity regulations, ensuring disease is not brought onto the site.

Key Skills and Abilities

Essential

Full and clean HGV licence, living within commutable distance of the Coddington site; Knowledge/previous experience in handling livestock; Understanding of animal welfare standards and health & safety, ensuring quality assurance requirements are always adhered to; Patient with a flexible and adaptable approach; Organised and time-efficient; A team player with excellent leadership and communication skills; Calm under pressure, with an ability to take control of a situation;

Desirable

Knowledge/previous experience in handling livestock; Understanding of animal welfare standards and health & safety, ensuring quality assurance requirements are always adhered to; Prior experience operating a Blower HGV; Fabricating and Maintenance skills; IT literate as the unit steers towards paper-less record keeping.

Benefits

Competitive Salary paid weekly; Company pension scheme; Mobile Phone; Company uniform; Opportunities to progress.

Salary

16-20ph, depending on experience.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: 16.00-20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 20 - 30 per week

Benefits:

Company pension On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:

Newark-on-Trent: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: HGV Class 1 Driver - Livestock