Hatchery Section Manager

**Introduction**

Abagold has a vacancy for a Section Manager in the Hatchery.

If you have fulfilled a leadership role on multiple occasions, have strong Planning, Leadership, Management and Communication skills as well as a good understanding of Animal Husbandry, this opportunity might be for you

**Duties & Responsibilities**

Planning, Control, Liaison:

- Plan daily and weekly tasks with Hatchery Manager and communicating this to the supervisors and respective team
- Implementation, training and follow up on execution of all SOPs
- Follow up on execution of plan(s) to ensure that requirements are met in accordance (inspect what you expect)
- Report to Hatchery Manager on progress, concerns, and issues

People Management & Communication:

- Effective Liaison with Hatchery Manager
- Effective Liaison with Business Administration Manager and Data Capturers as may be required regarding sorting plan and sorting data
- Effective people management for optimal performance
- Develop teams in line with farm or business requirements
- Attends to performance or misconduct of employees in conjunction with Hatchery Manager daily
- Conducts performance reviews of Supervisor with the Hatchery Manager
- Coaches and Supports supervisors to ensure required performance levels are consistently met
- Participates in recruitment process of employees as may be required when a vacancy becomes available
- May be required to participate in supervisors’ promotion considerations and evaluations

Animal Husbandry
- Manage the day-to-day operations of an area on a specific farm, including sorting, tank cleaning and maintenance report, against agreed targets
- Conduct and support any research projects that may be underway in the nursery area
- Ensures that all equipment is always maintained in a good working condition
- Ensures operational efficiency
- Administrative duties as may be required in terms of the management of people or sorting information
- Farm cleanliness and organisation of the areas in their area to be always at highest level

Potential and desire to develop knowledge, expertise and career further.

Planning daily and weekly tasks with farm manager and communicating this to the team

Effective communication from the team to management

Effective planning and troubleshooting on reaching de-plating, rack building, and tank cleaning targets to allow weekly settlement.

Accurate fulfilment of daily plans in conjunction with other departments

**Desired Experience & Qualification**

Personal Attributes:

- Confident
- Attention to Detail
- Mature
- Calm Under Pressure
- Honest & Trustworthy
- Strives for Excellence

Willing to work overtime and standby duty

Good track record of taking on additional responsibility and using your initiative

Driver’s License

Matric or certificate equivalent to Grade 12 and other Tertiary education i.e., Successful completion of Aquaculture course and/or Animal production will be advantageous.

**Package & Remuneration**

Market Related

**Interested?**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: R1,00 - R2,00 per month

Work Location: In person

Application Deadline: 2025/05/13