Full-time working hours are 42.5 hours per week and due to the nature of dealing with Livestock, flexibility in hours is essential and evening and weekend work is required on a rolling shift rota. The successful candidate should have an interest in aquatics or animal care, and be enthusiastic, hard-working with attention to detail, and eager to learn all aspects of marine livestock husbandry. Full training is provided, this is a 100% hands on role.
Key responsibilities include:
- Livestock acclimation
- Hands on maintenance of the fish-house systems
- Feeding livestock and fish welfare
- Tank cleaning
- Picking and packing of livestock in a timely manner, for sales deliveries and calling customers
- Supporting calling customers
Key skills required include:
- Willingness to get involved, take ownership, and work on your own initiative is important.
- Hands on approach to tasks and situations
- Flexibility to adapt to sudden changes
- Work to deadlines and support critical pinch points, so that our livestock welfare standards are maintained.
- Positive ‘can do’ attitude and attention to detail
- Good interpersonal & communication skills
- Aquatic experience and product knowledge (advantageous)
- Flexibility and enthusiasm essential
Hours of Work: Fish-house shifts will include early starts and late finishes including weekend support on a rota basis. We can accommodate an immediate start.
Salary starts at national minimum wage with monthly shift attendance allowance payments for weekend and overtime hours and a quarterly bonus payment based on targets.
This position starts as a temporary 12 month contract and then made permanent based on performance.
Company pension
On-site parking
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