Harvesting Supervisor at Victory Farms

Roles & Responsibilities:

The ideal candidate for the Fish Harvesting Supervisor role will ensure optimal timing, efficient resource utilization, updating and enforcing SOPs and compliance with handling protocols. This role requires making informed decisions regarding targets and KPIs, participating in harvest planning meetings, and collaborating with cross-functional departments to remain within the harvest plan.

Fish Harvesting

• Oversee day-to-day harvesting operations ensuring optimal timing and efficient utilization of resources.
• Ensure compliance with protocol for handling harvested fish and other resources such as sein nets, protective nets, among others.
• Optimizing processes including deployment of tools to simplify the harvesting process.
• Make informed decisions regarding targets and KPIs.
• Participate in harvest planning meetings to understand priority for the week.
• Ensure set targets are met and escalate challenges from time to time for immediate action.
• Follow up on priority closure of cages to facilitate re-stocking
• Play a pro-active role in ensuring that sufficient resources are allocated for successful fish harvest and evacuation (sinkers removal, collection boats etc)
• Update and enforce all relevant SOPs covering partial harvest, full harvest and morts collection.
• Work with cross-functional departments to remain within harvest plan.
• Ensure critical timelines are adhered to. Observe start time and cut-off times

Team management and Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and manage the teams.
• Set clear departmental goals and performance targets in line with the company’s overall objectives.
• Develop and implement strategies to optimize productivity, streamline processes, and improve operational efficiency.
• Allocate resources effectively to meet operational demands while adhering to budgetary constraints.
• Ensure refresher training is done to help boost team effectiveness.
• Implement performance metrics and tracking systems to monitor the department’s KPIs.

Health, Safety & Quality Management

• Ensure safety protocols are followed from time to time and that every member is aware of critical control points (CCPs)
• Enforce all related SOPs and protocols
• Ensure all members on harvest team are adequately trained on safe harvesting operation and quality fish delivery.
• Follow up on quality monitoring aspects of fish handling; seining, bagging, scooping and icing while delivering to processing department.
• Ensure all harvest operatives are of good health status and can properly cope with lake environment.
• Follow up with technical team to have ready and in working conditions; scoop net, sein net, crane and well services gen set.
• Strictly comply with all governing regulation, both internally and externally.

Skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Marine Biology, Fisheries Management, Aquaculture, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in fish harvesting or a similar role.
• Proficiency in optimizing harvesting processes, maintaining and enforcing SOPs for various harvesting operations.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and manage teams to optimize productivity and operational efficiency.
• Strong understanding of safety protocols and critical control points (CCPs) with the ability to enforce SOPs, ensure team training on safe harvesting operations, and maintain high standards of fish handling quality.
• Capable of effective resource allocation to meet operational demands while adhering to budgetary constraints.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work with cross-functional departments and ensure timely resolution of challenges.
• Knowledge of governing regulations, both internal and external, with a strict adherence to compliance requirements

Benefit:

• Visibility into the world’s fastest growing aquaculture company.
• Ideal for a candidate looking to dive into a mission-oriented Organization.
• The team is committed to the candidate’s success and will provide coaching, mentorship, and unique exposure to people and experiences that come from the most successful leaders in the entrepreneurial community and the social sector.