Job Title: Nursery Feeding Supervisor
Organisation: Yalelo (U) Limited
Duty Station: Buikwe, Uganda
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:
(General)
- 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:
Please send the application, CV & academic documents as one pdf document to: careers@yalelo.ug
Deadline: 8th April 2025.
Yalelo Uganda is an equal opportunities employer. All candidates who meet the requirements are highly encouraged to apply. Yalelo Uganda doesn’t solicit any monies at any stage of the recruitment process.