Trial Coordinator

at  BioMar AS

Trial Coordinator/ Trial technician at Aquaculture Technology Centre
Are you our new Trial coordinator or Trial technician for our team at the Aquaculture Technology Centre (ATC) Hirtshals, Denmark?
BioMar is one of the leading suppliers of high-performance feed to the aquaculture industry. The ATC Hirtshals, Denmark, is one of the largest privately-owned aquaculture feed research facilities in Europe. The facilities are continuously expanding, and now it is again time to add a new trial coordinator to the team.
As our new colleague, you will be part of a team of 13 dedicated people that together bridge the gap between theory and validated knowledge based on real fish and real feeds.
Responsibilities:

Trial Technician tasks include:

• Ensure best possible fish welfare and performance through dedicated attention to detail
• Administer trial feeds according to schedule and fish behavior
• Monitor feed intake
• Monitor water quality and continuously optimize this to perfection
• Ensure well performing Biofilters
• Hygiene maintenance in systems and facilities
• Ensure equipment maintenance to high standard
• Take the lead on trial samplings and data collection with structure and integrity

Extra tasks for trial coordinator include:

• Communicate closely with scientists and the Hirtshals team
• Take on the responsibility for all aspects of trial preparations
• Review data and fish performance continuously, to secure prompt reactions to irregularities
• Deliver raw data to scientists according to standard procedures
• Take the lead on trial sampling preparation, coordination and actual samplings
• Develop new methods and protocols according to the needs of the R&D department

Along with the team, you will participate in the weekend working scheme and alarm duties, therefore it will be required to live near the facilities in Hirtshals.
Relevant educational background and experience with fish husbandry

As a person you are proactive and focus on how to improve processes and ways of working. You are a team player but still independent enough to conduct tasks and work alone, when required. Furthermore, we prefer you to have:

• A BSc or MSc degree (or equivalent) within a relevant field/ A technical education within aquaculture
• Experience with fish husbandry in recirculating aquaculture systems.
• Good knowledge of IT and Office applications, e.g. Excel.
• Fluency in English, written and oral.
• Danish language would be a plus.

Personal profile:

• Self-driven
• Good communicator and relationship builder
• Strong overview and structured approach
• Capable of working, thriving, and succeeding in a multicultural and international environment

Reference: ATC Hirtshals Manager
Job location: The position is based in Hirtshals, Denmark.
If you find this opportunity interesting, please apply using the “Apply” button below. We will be going through applications as they come in and hire, when we find the right candidate. We therefore encourage you to apply as fast as possible, as and no later than 31st of July 2024.
For further information please contact:
Clément Crouzet, ATC Hirtshals manager:
clecr@biomar.com
Join the BioMar family
At BioMar, we are committed to developing and delivering efficient, sustainable and healthy feed solutions for aquaculture. Innovation and partnerships are at the very heart of everything we do and we are proud that our highly skilled employees share our long-term commitment. Currently, we operate 14 feed factories in Norway, Chile, Denmark, Scotland, Spain, France, Greece, Turkey, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador. Roughly one out of five farmed fish produced in Europe, South and Central America is fed on BioMar fish feed. Worldwide, we supply feed to around 80 countries and for more than 45 different fish species. Moreover, we are wholly owned by the Danish industrial group Schouw & Co, which is listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
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Trial Technician tasks include:

• Ensure best possible fish welfare and performance through dedicated attention to detail
• Administer trial feeds according to schedule and fish behavior
• Monitor feed intake
• Monitor water quality and continuously optimize this to perfection
• Ensure well performing Biofilters
• Hygiene maintenance in systems and facilities
• Ensure equipment maintenance to high standard
• Take the lead on trial samplings and data collection with structure and integrit

Extra tasks for trial coordinator include:

• Communicate closely with scientists and the Hirtshals team
• Take on the responsibility for all aspects of trial preparations
• Review data and fish performance continuously, to secure prompt reactions to irregularities
• Deliver raw data to scientists according to standard procedures
• Take the lead on trial sampling preparation, coordination and actual samplings
• Develop new methods and protocols according to the needs of the R&D departmen

As a person you are proactive and focus on how to improve processes and ways of working. You are a team player but still independent enough to conduct tasks and work alone, when required. Furthermore, we prefer you to have:

• A BSc or MSc degree (or equivalent) within a relevant field/ A technical education within aquaculture
• Experience with fish husbandry in recirculating aquaculture systems.
• Good knowledge of IT and Office applications, e.g. Excel.
• Fluency in English, written and oral.
• Danish language would be a plus