Overview
Production Technician – Kings Lynn
Job Title: Production Technician
Location: Kings Lynn, Norfolk, UK
Contract: Full time, Permanent, 48 hours per week – Monday to Friday 6am – 6pm.
Package includes Salary £35,000, plus a benefits package designed to support your wellbeing.
About the role
As a Production Technician at you will play a vital role in our seed processing operations based in King’s Lynn.
You will be responsible for managing and executing a variety of production tasks across different areas, including seed pelleting, chemical application, and quality assurance.
This role requires a hands-on, multi-skilled individual who can adapt to changing priorities and take ownership of their work area.
You will operate touchscreen technology systems, ensuring precision and attention to detail in all processes, including seed sampling and product sign-off.
Working within a small, close-knit team, you will contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and help maintain high standards throughout the production cycle.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys a varied and dynamic work environment, values responsibility, and wants to develop their skills in a unique agricultural manufacturing setting.
What we’re looking for
- Experience in a production or manufacturing environment, ideally with exposure to seed processing, pelleting, or chemical application processes.
- Strong attention to detail and quality assurance skills, with the ability to monitor, test, and sign off on products independently.
- Comfortable working with touchscreen technology with a basic aptitude for navigating computer-based control panels.
- Ability to adapt to a dynamic, multi-skilled role involving rotation across different production areas and tasks.
- Excellent communication skills, confident in engaging with team leaders and colleagues to support continuous improvement and operational efficiency.
- A proactive approach to learning and development, willing to participate in continuous improvement initiatives such as Kaizen.
- Willingness to work on-site in a busy production facility in King’s Lynn, with reliable transport due to limited public transit options.
- A positive, team-oriented mindset with the ability to take ownership of assigned areas and responsibilities.
Where growth meets purpose
What sets us apart is how we delight our customers – and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together, we’re shaping a world where responsible nutrition is accessible to all. With a big goal comes equally big opportunities to make a career that truly feels like your own. As a team we’re collaborative, purpose-driven and encourage trying new ideas. We also find ways to nourish your individual journey, so everyone can feel proud of the difference that they make in their own way.
We’re thrilled to share that AB Agri has been recognised as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025. This is a proud moment for us all. It highlights the real progress we’ve made to build a workplace that is inclusive, supportive, and fair for everyone. Over the last 5 years we have rebuilt our talent management practices, from inclusive hiring, to transparent pay frameworks, flexible work, and the momentum of our Employee Network Groups. Our actions are embedding inclusion at the heart of how we operate and creating a culture where people can be themselves
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter – or anything else) just let us know.
About the Company
Rewarding your Passion
When you join us, you’ll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you – from day one.
About us
Germains Seed Technology’s mission is to ‘maximise nature’s potential’ by using its seed technology processing know-how and deep expertise to unlock the genetic potential of seeds for food production. At a time when pressure on land, water and resources is greater than at any time in human history, Germains exists to help our customers maximise the productivity and cost-effectiveness of their crops. Our team of around 200 people work across the USA, Europe and the UK.
We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry.
Application Notes
We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes.
When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions and this won’t affect your application.
Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.
Agencies and media sales
AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them
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