Graduate Quality Assurance Technician at Aqua Harvest Limited

Aqua Harvest Limited. (“AH”) is a startup aquaculture project with annual production capacity of 1,000 tons of Catfish (African Clarias, Heteroclarias and Claresse). Standing on approximately 4 acres of land area in Eredo Local Government Area of Lagos, AH is equipped with state of the art flow through system, a staff canteen and staff residential apartment amongst other facilities.

AH seeks to fill the vacant position:

Job Title: Quality Assurance Technician ('QAT')

Ref No: AHQAT 003

Job Description
Reporting to the Project Manager, the Quality Assurance Technician will be responsible for monitoring quality of the Farm’s products. The QAT will perform the following roles:

• Monitor approved feeding, grading and harvesting regimes;
• Evaluate fish production efficiencies identifying the cause of variances and remediating;
• Monitor fish production techniques and the environment (temperature, humidity, moisture, water quality, etc.) using appropriate CT applications;
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) for all fish production activities

Requirements

• Bachelor degree (Minimum of Second Class Lower Division) in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Fisheries, Fisheries Management, Agronomy, Aquaculture, Agricultural Science, Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, and any other related sciences with a minimum of one year related experience;
• Agriculture environment experience is highly desirable.
• A probing mind, strong organizational and analytical skills as well as the ability to use various computer applications is highly desirable;
• Confident to express findings and assertive to air views emanating from scientific enquiries

Application Closing Date
3rd September, 2013

Method of Application
Interested candidates should please forward their application quoting the job number as reference and copy of their current resume to careers@sappcap.com.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted one week after the deadline.