Job Purpose

Oversees all hardware operations to ensure maximum productivity and output with the state of all assets well looked after and maintained.

Key Responsibilities & Critical Success Measures

• Plans and directs production activities and priorities of the hardware teams.
• Assists with planning daily, weekly and further in advance for smooth running of lake operations.
• Ensure a weekly execution plan is shared every Friday of the week (for the following week).
• Ensure mooring lines are inspected and fixed monthly.
• Ensure all nets are inspected twice a month by the divers.
• Ensure cage fixing on the lake is planned and fixed on schedule every week.
• Ensure cages and centre buoy are inspected and fixed after harvest.
• Ensure all boats are operated with care and maintenance is scheduled on time.
• Conduct quarterly inventories for all the hardware equipment. Ensure equipment damage is reported immediately and relevant action taken.
• Ensure accountability is built into the team, and underperformance is not tolerated.
• Ensure all cages are deployed with all net types neat and tidy with standardize knots.
• Ensure all net changes are done on time with a right type of single net.
• Ensure good procedure is followed on net exchange to prevent damage to net, cage and moorings.
• Leads all operations, ensuring good procedures and productivity for divers, net mending, net deployment, cage maintenance & fabrications, and coxswains.
• Instil a culture where pride is taken in the work, and care of fish and equipment is priority.
• Ensures teams’ safety; promotes use and ensures provision of the right PPE, diving gear and ensures mandatory compliance to health and safety guidelines.
• Assists in hiring and training of new team members.
• Performs any other duties as assigned by the Line manager.
• Ensuring maximum team productivity and efficiency through inspection and fixing.
• Ensures SOPs are updated, adhered to and enforced, driving strong compliance.
• Ensures the technical safety aspects of diving are checked and adhered to by the team at all times.

Qualifications

• Grade Twelve (12) Certificate
• Diploma or Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, or related technical field.
• Additional certifications in Maintenance Planning, and Project Management are an advantage.
• 2 years + of Progressive supervisory Experience in a similar field
• Experience working on the Lake preferred
• Sufficient hands-on experience in fish cage farming preferred

Skills

• Communication
• Interpersonal relations
• Excellent leadership
• Administration Skills
• Strong Motivational Skills
• Effectual Team Building
• Decision Making
• Administrative skills
• Computer literate
• Ability to effectively manage time & resolve crisis
• Ability to efficiently coordinate internal and external stakeholders

• Plans and directs production activities and priorities of the hardware teams.
• Assists with planning daily, weekly and further in advance for smooth running of lake operations.
• Ensure a weekly execution plan is shared every Friday of the week (for the following week).
• Ensure mooring lines are inspected and fixed monthly.
• Ensure all nets are inspected twice a month by the divers.
• Ensure cage fixing on the lake is planned and fixed on schedule every week.
• Ensure cages and centre buoy are inspected and fixed after harvest.
• Ensure all boats are operated with care and maintenance is scheduled on time.
• Conduct quarterly inventories for all the hardware equipment. Ensure equipment damage is reported immediately and relevant action taken.
• Ensure accountability is built into the team, and underperformance is not tolerated.
• Ensure all cages are deployed with all net types neat and tidy with standardize knots.
• Ensure all net changes are done on time with a right type of single net.
• Ensure good procedure is followed on net exchange to prevent damage to net, cage and moorings.
• Leads all operations, ensuring good procedures and productivity for divers, net mending, net deployment, cage maintenance & fabrications, and coxswains.
• Instil a culture where pride is taken in the work, and care of fish and equipment is priority.
• Ensures teams’ safety; promotes use and ensures provision of the right PPE, diving gear and ensures mandatory compliance to health and safety guidelines.
• Assists in hiring and training of new team members.
• Performs any other duties as assigned by the Line manager.
• Ensuring maximum team productivity and efficiency through inspection and fixing.
• Ensures SOPs are updated, adhered to and enforced, driving strong compliance.
• Ensures the technical safety aspects of diving are checked and adhered to by the team at all times.

• Communication
• Interpersonal relations
• Excellent leadership
• Administration Skills
• Strong Motivational Skills
• Effectual Team Building
• Decision Making
• Administrative skills
• Computer literate
• Ability to effectively manage time & resolve crisis
• Ability to efficiently coordinate internal and external stakeholders

• Grade Twelve (12) Certificate
• Diploma or Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, or related technical field.
• Additional certifications in Maintenance Planning, and Project Management are an advantage.
• 2 years + of Progressive supervisory Experience in a similar field
• Experience working on the Lake preferred
• Sufficient hands-on experience in fish cage farming preferred