Hardware Superintendent

Job role

·       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.

·      Instill 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 SOP’s 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
• BSc. Degree in Fisheries Science, Aquaculture, Natural Resources, or another related field.