
Position: Hatchery Manager/ Senior Hatchery Manager, Vannamei
Job Location: Cox’s Bazar Published: 15 Jun 2025
Application Deadline: 24 Jun 2025
Requirements
Education
- The candidate must hold an MSc in Fisheries with a minimum CGPA of 2.50 or the equivalent of a second class / division, or comparable academic standing in all examinations from a recognized university
Experience
- At least 8 years
- The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):
Fisheries
Additional Requirements
- Age, academic credentials, and professional experience requirements may be waived for candidates demonstrating extraordinary qualifications and a proven record of excellence
- Demonstrated proficiency in strategic planning, production systems, supply chain logistics, financial stewardship, and holistic business operations aimed at achieving sustained fiscal performance and organizational growth
- Exemplary capabilities in advanced communication, critical analysis, complex problem-solving, and data-driven reporting, essential for effective decision-making and stakeholder engagement
- Possession of key leadership attributes, including self-awareness, adaptability in ambiguous environments, relational intelligence, future-oriented thinking, moral courage, strategic prioritization, and a commitment to nurturing talent and organizational capacity
- Comprehensive understanding of budgeting principles and budgetary control mechanisms, with the ability to implement financial governance and optimize resource allocation
- High resilience and the capability to achieve results in high-stakes, deadline-driven environments
Responsibilities & Context
- Develop and execute the annual production plan and budget for hatchery operations, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and financial targets
- Drive implementation of the production strategy to consistently meet or exceed profitability benchmarks in accordance with the approved budget
- Oversee comprehensive operations of the Vannamei shrimp hatchery, encompassing brood stock management, larval rearing, and post-larvae (PL) production to ensure high survival and quality rates
- Collaborate closely with the sales and marketing teams to ensure seamless product distribution, while continuously striving to enhance product quality and elevate customer satisfaction
- Enforce rigorous biosecurity measures and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to maintain disease-free and contamination-controlled hatchery environments
- Continuously monitor key environmental and biological parameters, including water quality, larval health indices, and feeding regimes to ensure optimal conditions for larval growth and development
- Lead and manage a multidisciplinary team of technical and operational staff, ensuring capacity building through regular training, coaching, and performance assessments
- Ensure full compliance with internal policies and regulatory frameworks, maintaining alignment with both organizational standards and government mandates
- Contribute to research and development (R&D) efforts, introducing innovations and best practices aimed at enhancing hatchery efficiency, sustainability, and biosecurity
- Report regularly to the Project Lead – Vannamei, providing data-driven insights on production performance, operational challenges, and strategic solutions for continuous improvement
- Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment
- Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
- Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so
- Undertake additional responsibilities as delegated by management
Compensation & Other Benefits
- Health and Life Insurance, Festival Bonuses, Contributory Provident Fund, Gratuity
Workplace
Work at office
Employment Status
Full Time
Job Location
Cox’s Bazar