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Job Title:  SR Feeding Supervisor

Organisation: Yalelo (U) Limited

Duty Station: Buikwe, Uganda

Reports to: Feeding Team Lead

About US:

Yalelo (U) Limited is a tilapia fish farm that was established in Uganda in 2019. The farm is located in Butembe, Buikwe district on the shores of Lake Victoria. Yalelo Uganda is a subsidiary of First Wave Group B.V; a Dutch company with a portfolio of aquaculture related assets in Africa. First Wave Group owns and operates Yalelo Zambia, a pioneer of Aquaculture founded in 2011 that has grown quickly to become the leading fish farm in Zambia and among the largest aquaculture farms in Africa.

Job Summary:  The feeding supervisor plans and organizes daily feeding schedules and strategies for the SR team depending on fish age and availability to ensure maximum growth (more than 0.4g in 3 weeks of SR).

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Quality and Quantity

Quality:

• Ensure proper feeding of fish with the right feed size based on fish size to ensure uniform growth of fish. Above 0.4g in 21 days.
• Maintain water quality in fishponds via controlled feeding depending on fish response to reduce stress and maintain fish health in all the production cycles

Quantity:

• Coordinate with fry and transfer teams to ensure proper stocking of fish in hapas to limit under and stocking.
• Ensure that good fish rearing practices are practiced in the SR section hatchery to ensure over 90% survivals in at this stage.

Communication and coordination

• Proper coordination with water quality and transfer teams to during stocking a day-to-day pond management
• Work with the data clerks to ensure that the right data about fish movements is entered into Aquamanager in a timely manner.
• Assist other departments in the hatchery as instructed by the team leader or Hatchery manager based on hatchery production requirements.
• Work with the team lead to verify with engineering team that all rearing processes and equipment maintenance is implemented in time.

Hardware

• Maintenance and management of all floaters going into ponds to be used by feeders.
• Maintenance of feed mixing equipment
• Continuous Improvement
• Maintain and improve standards in the hatchery in a labour and resource cost effective way.
• Should be highly adaptable to changes in the SOP/s.
• Develop and support the culture of continuous improvement of their team by identifying high performing team members and work with the team lead to develop and effectively utilise their abilities.
• Conduct refresher trainings to old staff and update them on new processes as the hatchery management carries out continuous improvements.
• Assist and participate in hatchery research and development by participating in preparation and carrying out of feeding trials.

Compliance to Environment, Health & Safety Department

• Ensure proper health and safety of their team member during operations minimising work-related injuries to zero during the fish transfer activities. This includes proper usage of floaters and movement around ponds.
• Inculcate Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) principles into the team members for sustainable operation of hatchery activities following the right SOPs.
• Daily check that all SOPs (husbandry, maintenance and biosecurity) are implemented in day-to-day hatchery activities.

Reporting

• Prepare daily pond feeding reports.
• Maintain proper inventory of all consumables used by their team by coordinating with the stores department and informing the Feeding team lead when supplies need replenishment.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Aquaculture
• Good and proven leadership skills
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Work experience in a fish hatchery setup.
• Ability to swim.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both written and oral.
• Self-motivated with confidence in own technical abilities, willingness, and ability to learn new techniques and find solutions to problems.
• Ability to work with minimal or no supervision and work within a team to achieve its goals whilst maintaining a consistent high work standard.
• Microsoft Word and Excel skills.
• Good at mathematics and calculations.
• Experience and knowledge of administering first aid is an addition but not a requirement.

How to Apply:

All interested candidates should send their applications and resumes, and certified academic documents as one pdf document to: careers@yalelo.ug

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Yalelo Uganda is an equal opportunities employer. Female candidates who meet the requirements are highly encouraged to apply. Yalelo Uganda doesn’t solicit any monies at any stage of the recruitment process.

Deadline: 17th May 2024

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