Aquaculture Technician - Feed
Tassal Group Limited
Proserpine QLD 4800, Australia
Published today
Permanent
At Tassal Group, we are dedicated to "Sustainably Feeding Tomorrow."
With over 35 years of aquaculture experience, we focus on providing healthy, sustainable, and nutritious food, including salmon, prawn, and barramundi. We are committed to producing accessible food, supporting communities, and delivering strong economic results, all while prioritising sustainability to ensure a prosperous, healthy planet for future generations.
About the Role:
Join our Proserpine Prawn Farm as a Aquaculture Technician - Feed. You will play a pivotal role in supporting Tassal's Prawn Farm strategy by optimising automatic feeding operations. Your leadership will be key to driving feed utilisation for improved growth, enhancing farm performance, and fostering a safe and highly engaged team culture on site.
Responsibilities:
We are looking for a hands-on leader with strong mechanical aptitude, adaptability, and a resourceful mindset. To be considered, you will have:
Our people each contribute in different ways, embracing our business values and harnessing our can do - safety culture with purpose and intent. Our shared values are an essential part of our business culture, they define us. They underpin and guide our commitment, attitude, how we work and the quality of our products. We are passionate, we achieve together, we own it and we can do it safely.
We encourage early applications as we review on a daily basis.
If you have any questions, please email Jeff at Talent@tassal.com.au
With over 35 years of aquaculture experience, we focus on providing healthy, sustainable, and nutritious food, including salmon, prawn, and barramundi. We are committed to producing accessible food, supporting communities, and delivering strong economic results, all while prioritising sustainability to ensure a prosperous, healthy planet for future generations.
About the Role:
Join our Proserpine Prawn Farm as a Aquaculture Technician - Feed. You will play a pivotal role in supporting Tassal's Prawn Farm strategy by optimising automatic feeding operations. Your leadership will be key to driving feed utilisation for improved growth, enhancing farm performance, and fostering a safe and highly engaged team culture on site.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee the day-to-day monitoring and performance of AQ1 automatic feeding hardware in the field.
- Lead, train, and provide direction to the AQ1 Feeding Technician team to ensure optimal auto-feeder performance with minimal downtime.
- Conduct hands-on investigations, fault-finding, and maintenance of automatic feeders, including entering ponds (water) as required.
- Collaborate with other teams and Senior Technicians to gather data and implement plans for optimal feed delivery.
- Drive a cohesive safety culture and team engagement across two shifts, operating on a specified roster.
- Manage accurate data, reporting, and timely communication with your team and internal stakeholders.
- Support broader business objectives, innovative practices, and initiatives from Tassal's technical team.
We are looking for a hands-on leader with strong mechanical aptitude, adaptability, and a resourceful mindset. To be considered, you will have:
- Proven experience in leading or supervising teams.
- Comfort working in water for extended periods in all weather conditions.
- Strong mechanical aptitude and critical thinking skills for problem-solving.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- A reliable work ethic and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
- A strong commitment to safety and fostering an engaged team culture.
- Adaptability and flexibility to ensure the job is completed effectively.
- Willingness to work a rotating roster (2/2/3 in-season & 4/2 off-season).
- A current driver's licence is essential.
- Passion for or exposure to aquatic animal health.
- High-Risk Work Licence, Backhoe, or MR/HR truck licence.
- Experience in aquaculture or similar technical field environments.
- A key leadership role at the heart of our innovative prawn farming operations.
- Ongoing career development and growth opportunities.
- A paid day off for your birthday.
- Access to Maxxia Salary Packaging, Novated Leasing & Rewards programme.
- Workplace health and wellbeing support for you and your family.
Our people each contribute in different ways, embracing our business values and harnessing our can do - safety culture with purpose and intent. Our shared values are an essential part of our business culture, they define us. They underpin and guide our commitment, attitude, how we work and the quality of our products. We are passionate, we achieve together, we own it and we can do it safely.
We encourage early applications as we review on a daily basis.
If you have any questions, please email Jeff at Talent@tassal.com.au