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Farm Operations Supervisor

Square Mile Farms
London

Posted: 16 Sep 2025

Deadline: 31 Oct 2025

Compensation: £31,000 per annum + benefits

Paid Full-time

Job description

Square Mile Farms is on a mission to integrate farms into everyday city life to create inspiring places and experiences that bring people & organisations together and reconnect them with food. We put vertical growing systems in urban areas, such as corporate offices, co-working spaces, restaurants and apartment buildings, so people can grow and consume their own zero miles, ultra fresh produce where they live and work, while enjoying plants on display.

The Farm Operations Supervisor is responsible for the management of daily farm operations at one of our largest sites, including the operational oversight of a Farm Operator, crop production, nursery operations, plant health, equipment maintenance, system cleanliness, data collection, and quality control. The Farm Operations Supervisor upholds an exceptional standard of product output and ensures the farm successfully functions as a food production facility, educational and wellness space for the onsite community, an aesthetic feature of the restaurant, as well as a key proof point for future SMF sites.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

Resource management

• Organise the scheduling of daily/weekly duties of the Operations Supervisor and Farm Operators using our management system, Airtable.
• Manage resources to cover special events and unforeseen circumstances together with the Site Lead.
• Track inventory and ordering of farm consumables, spares and other sundry items, using Airtable and liaising with Site Lead.
• Ask for support from, and escalate issues to, the Site Lead as required.

Nursery and Crop production management

• Coordinate sowing according to sowing schedule.
• Grow and prepare seedlings for seedling giveaways.
• Maintain and adapt irrigation cycles of racks, according to Nursery and Open Farm.
• Maintain/enhance irrigation nutrient mixes.   
• Monitor plant health i.e. manage germination, fertigation and other nutrition issues.
• Coordinate implementation of IPM (Integrated Pest Management) protocols.
• Manage lighting, HVAC and other growing variables of the vertical farm and SMF Farm Walls.
• Management of harvests, irrigation flushes, plant ups and dosing
• Support coordination and liaising with on-site chefs with harvests of produce. 
• Liaise with Site Lead and Community Engagement Lead around Monthly produce charity donations.

System & site management

• Oversee and support the programme of system maintenance and checks eg pumps, irrigation, automated infrastructure etc
• Monitor and keep track of nutrient levels within the system, while monitoring pH and EC levels through the dosing system.
• Oversee and support the programme of system cleaning eg filter cleans, tray cleans, algae removal etc to ensure the systems are looking and operating to expected standard
• Hold strict standards of site cleanliness ensuring that all farm areas are tidy and clean

Data collection, daily/weekly trackers and site consumable

• Using our management system, Airtable, ensure all required data points are updated on a daily/weekly basis such as harvest weights, sowing information, consumables inventory etc 

Client engagement

• Leading weekly community harvests engaging the attendees and providing an exceptional SMF experience
• Supporting client pop up events and with school visits 
• Support with providing farm tours/talks to client stakeholders
• Client monthly seminars

Requirements

• Passionate about agriculture, horticulture and / or nature and sustainability
• 2 years minimum experience working within hydroponics and ideally within a large scale growing infrastructure. Can talk confidently about different hydroponic technologies, automated systems and how to troubleshoot relevant scenarios.
• Preferably has people management experience, but not essential. More important is someone with natural leadership skills and willingness to take responsibility and lead by example
• Based full time on site and ability and willingness to carry out a physical role and be on your feet for most of the day 
• Strong communication skills, both in terms of keeping the Site Lead updated and working with the onsite client team
• Highly mindfully collaborative, and thrives contributing as an integral member of a team
• Naturally very professional and able to represent the SMF brand optimally at a key client/site
• Conscientious attitude and keen to learn
• Extremely diligent and attention to detail
• Fluency in English is a must
• Able to start in December 25, potentially November 25

Benefits

• Working for a purpose driven start up with a great culture
• A growing business with opportunity for progression
• Competitive salary
• Monthly Wellbeing budget added to salary
• 28 days holiday per year
• Chance to take home fresh veg and herbs
• Monthly team events
• Cycle to work scheme
• Budget toward training and qualifications
• Free breakfasts on Mondays

Application information

Email our COO at ben@squaremilefarms.com

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