Aquaculture Technician Lead

Description

What it’s really like to work here

At Riverence, we do things differently. We work together as a team, like a close-knit family, to achieve innovation, initiative, and encouragement in the workplace. We are on the mission to raise the standards of aquaculture, redefine what it means to be a responsible fishery and become the leading provider of truly sustainable seafood. Riverence consists of facilities located primarily in the Magic Valley of ID that range from 14 different fish farms, a research and development facility, a processing plant, and 4 brood facilities that are located in WA and rural ID.

We offer excellent comprehensive benefits to our employees to ensure their health which include medical, dental, vision, 401K with company match, life insurance, short term & long-term disability plans and more!

If you are ready to put in hard work as a valued member of our team, while making a positive difference in our environment, Riverence is the fit for you!

Summary/Objective

• The Aquaculture Technician Lead will demonstrate a passion for leading all aspects of fish husbandry, have a good work ethic, attention to detail and will perform all farm duties and chores. Leads a variety of aquaculture husbandry duties and daily farm chores including feeding, mortality removal, screen scrubbing and driving fish truck to and from processing plant. Daily duties also include supporting and motivating others to complete all tasks, including but not limited to biosecurity, hatch house, grading and sorting fish, loading fish into trucks and driving loads between farm facilities. 

Essential Functions

1. Ability and willingness to perform all tasks on the farm, not being limited to one specific farm job or task; regardless of the job, skill or seniority.  
2. Responsibilities include removing and recording mortalities, feeding, sorting and grading fish.  
3. Monitor fish behavior and bring any abnormalities to management’s attention. 
4. Lead, train and conduct in transfers.
5. Load and unload fish at farms and processing plant, ensuring correct load sizes and grad-ing.
6. Perform routine maintenance on equipment and systems. Routine cleaning including sweeping raceways, cleaning and repairing graders and equipment on farms. 
7. Assist with population management, fish sampling, and research projects as needed.  
8. Work with hatchery staff to coordinate movement and work in hatchery as needed.
9. Sort fish according to specification while paying close attention to detail and always work-ing towards continual improvement. 
10. Recognize and make corrections on farms as needed and communicate changes and corrections to management.
11. Complete all tasks adhering to required safety guidelines.
12. Participate in all safety training. 
13. Perform and practice bio-security procedures around the farm.
14. Maintain appropriate housekeeping and sanitation procedures on the farm ensuring proper protocol and required biosecurity measures are followed.  
15. Provide prompt, friendly and courteous service when requests are made. 
16. Help out with other areas on the farm when needed.
17. Ability to answer questions and communicate effectively about farm operations.
18. Demonstrate ability to delegate tasks effectively, ensuring that all tasks are completed.
19. Understand and communicate the required rotation and workflow on the farm. 

20. Positively motivate oneself and others on the crew. 

21. Understands and demonstrates company values.

22. Ability and willingness to lead all tasks on farm.

23. Holds people accountable in a respectful manner.

24. Prepare the farm for the next day’s work before leaving for the day.

25. Knowledge of basic computer recording tasks.

26. Effectively manages inventory levels and needs on the farm and ability to communicate and ensure adequate supplies.

27. Ability to estimate the pounds, population, and size of fish in ponds. 

28. Treats ponds based on FHT recommendations with buy-in from manager. 

29. Communicates with the appropriate people regarding any problem on the farm. 

30. Communicates clear and accurate information with the plant about loads, including sizing and grading.

31. Demonstrates good decision making to determine farm priorities.

32. Records proper inventory for end of month procedures.

33. Takes initiative to keep the farm clean, ensuring good fish health.

34. Demonstrated ability and understanding of how to take proper water samples for NPDES.

35. Continually pursue sustainability of our natural resources with every decision, decreasing waste and demonstrating appropriate choices.

36. Advocates for positive change and e