Job Title: Grow-out Supervisor
Organisation: Yalelo (U) Limited
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Grow Out Team Lead
About the Company:
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: Responsible for supervising Feeders and ensuring optimal survival, growth and FCR is achieved. Gives oversight to a unit group/cage site, helping the Feed supervisor and covering their duties when they are off.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensure that yourself and team adhere to health and safety practices set out by the company
- Conducting toolbox safety talks with your team daily
- Ensure that your team has the required resources needed to perform their duties
- Motivating your team to perform to their best and constantly improve, adhering to time keeping
- Ensuring that the members of your line feed their fish properly to ensure maximum growth rate and minimum FCR
- If there are any issues with any cages that these be solved and/or reported to the line manager
- Ensuring feeders are collecting and disposing mortalities correctly
- Weekly reviews of each units feeding performance with the team leader.
- Daily checks of each cage: you need to spend time with each feeder feeding each cage daily.
- Every feeder should have their empty feed bag count verified against what they fed that day.
- Placing an order of feed for your line(site) with the feed store supervisor for the following days feeding requirements
- Will also be required to feed when feeders are on leave.
- Carry out other tasks when needed as specified by the line manager
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in fisheries and aquaculture
- Experience with cage farming is beneficial
- Must be able to swim
- Good excel skills
Personal Attributes:
- Hardworking, capable of being involved in farming operations
- Good interpersonal skills
- Must be confident to give out instructions and lead a team
- Must show good endurance and persistence.
- Must have an eye for detail
- Must be willing to constantly learn more and develop their knowledge and skills
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should apply online at the link below
Deadline: 19th November 2024
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