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Advance your career in fisheries and salmon resource sustainability in the scenic Prince William Sound of Alaska!
The Assistant Hatchery Manager position is available at the Armin F Koernig Hatchery (AFK) in the Prince William Sound.
Located on Evans Island at the south-western entrance of the Prince William Sound. AFK is a remote, off-grid facility only accessible by boat or float plane. Typical transport to AFK is by boat from Whittier, AK, and the direct route takes about 3 hours. Access to AFK is also available via airstrip from the village of Chenega. This facility will rear pink and chum salmon for release into the ocean as fry. Approximately 172 million pink salmon and 19.5 million chum salmon fry are released every year in May. An additional 40 million chum salmon fry are released at the remote station site in Port Chalmers every year in May. AFK collects approximately 190 million pink salmon eggs during eggtake operations in late August through late September.

BENEFITS

• Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance (no premium cost)
• Life Insurance (no cost)
• 100% employee vested 403(b) Retirement Plan, 6% employer match after 1 yr of service
• 5+ Weeks Annual Leave
• Work Wear Allowance
• Relocation Assistance
• Furnished Housing and basic utilities (no cost)

Position Title:ASSISTANTHATCHERY MANAGER
Category:Full time, regular, full benefits
Payroll Classification:Annual Wage, Exempt
Location:Hatchery or Remote Field Station
Customary Work Hours:8:00 - 5:00, Monday - Friday
Supervisor's Title:Hatchery Manager

Basic Function:Assistant Hatchery Manager functions as part of the hatchery operations team in the cultivating and rearing of fish. Under general direction, serves as full assistant to the Hatchery Manager in the operation of a fish hatchery requiring management level decisions making capability on a 24-hour basis.

Primary Responsibilities:The Assistant Hatchery Manager has a broad range of responsibilities for fish culture, fish harvest, and hatchery maintenance. The assistant is also the front-line supervisor of the hatchery fish technician staff. Administrative responsibilities include assisting the manager in planning, budgeting, documenting, assessing, and improving hatchery operations.

Description of duties and tasks:

• Fish Propagation:Enumerating, caring, killing, spawning, and disposing of carcasses; preparing, cleaning, and maintaining incubators; monitoring and maintaining water quality; loading, enumerating, picking, and caring for egg/alevin; rearing, enumerating, and setting up outmigration of fry; perform other general duties associated with fish culture operations
• Fish Harvest:Preparing, repairing, and maintaining harvest equipment; loading, transporting, caring for, and unloading harvest pens; collecting and recording fish harvest management data
• Prepares feeding and rearing schedules based on calculated growth rates; prepares feed; supervises and/or performs necessary feeding activities
• Supervises and participates in egg-taking, egg care, otolith marking, and outmigration operations that meet prescribed performance standards
• Examines fish for diseases or nutritional disorders and coordinates results with fish pathologists
• Maintains and measures water supplies to provide desired quality, quantity, and temperature to incubation and rearing units; takes water samples; and measures dissolved gas content. May clean water and bacterial filters, ponds, troughs, tanks, incubators, screens, and work areas
• Maintains and evaluates records of fish mortality, growth, and adult sexual maturity; keeps records on the number of fish on hand, shipped, or planted; prepares work schedules and routine reports of hatchery activities
• Assumes direct supervision of the facility for specific periods of time
• Analyzes data, facts, and information, and draws logical conclusions. Performs data entry or analysis using computers and software
• Assists and advises higher-level operations staff in various biological studies such as rearing, ecology observations, lake surveys, and marked fish recovery
• Assists visitors by providing information about hatchery operations
• Directs and supervises work schedules and activities of lower-level technicians and culturists, instructing personnel in the performance of duties
• Directs hand feeding, otolith marking, production schedules, and disease identification activities according to established standards
• Operates and adjusts hatchery apparatus such as automatic fish feeders, pressurized water filters, ultraviolet and ozone water depuration units, electronic measuring devices, and electronic egg and fish counters
• Assists the manager in the preparation of the annual operation plans and budgets
• Assists the manager in the area of supply procurement and quarterly ordering as it applies to project budgets
• Recommends procedures, techniques, and new equipment to improve work efficiencies or adaptation to new techniques
• Effectively interacts with the public and directs inquiries to appropriate departments or persons
• Performs related duties as assigned

Essential Functions:Work performed at any hatchery or remote location as needed. Must be able to move about freely; work outdoors in all weather conditions; ability to lift and carry 50 pounds; ability to climb stairs and ladders; ability to climb aboard and about vessels and small aircraft; work around water - on docks and floats; use telephones and computers unimpaired. Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language. Must be able to hear and see to receive verbal and written instructions

Positions Supervised: Lower-level fish technician on a day-to-day basis