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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LEAD – LIVESTOCK & LIVEFOODS, Chorleywood
Client: Tropical Marine Centre Ltd
Location: Chorleywood, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Views: 3
Posted: 12.05.2025
Expiry Date: 26.06.2025
Job Description:
About Tropical Marine Centre
Tropical Marine Centre (TMC) is a global leader in ornamental aquatics, supplying premium marine livestock, aquaculture systems, and specialist foods to the aquarium trade for over 50 years. Our London-based fish house is a state-of-the-art facility renowned for innovation in ethical animal husbandry, system design, and sustainable practices.
As part of our expansion, we are launching projects focused on improving livestock care, livefoods production, and supporting initiatives in ornamental aquaculture and husbandry. We seek a curious, committed, and versatile individual to join our livestock husbandry and product development teams at our head office (WD3 5SX). Good communication skills are essential due to our collaborative approach with industry partners.
The Role
This is a unique opportunity for a self-starter to be involved in building and delivering the next generation of livefoods capabilities for the aquatic industry. The role involves supporting production and distribution of livefoods for marine and freshwater livestock, working across operations, logistics, and product development, focusing on protocol development, quality control, and hands-on execution.
This is a site-based, full-time position requiring daily commuting to our Chorleywood facility.
What We Offer
* A hands-on role in a cutting-edge aquatic facility with industry-leading standards.
* A career-defining opportunity in an exciting environment.
* The chance to shape new product lines and protocols within an innovative project.
* Exposure to advanced husbandry practices in marine and freshwater systems.
* Career progression across livestock management, logistics, R&D, and operations.
* A values-driven environment focused on welfare, sustainability, and quality.
Key responsibilities:
* Drive & Deliver: Ensure safe, timely delivery of livefoods and materials across TMC sites and to trade customers.
* Livefood Culture & Harvesting: Develop and refine livefood production methods (e.g., artemia, copepods, bloodworm, daphnia, mysis), focusing on quality, consistency, and welfare.
* Protocol Development: Design, test, and implement new culture methodologies, feeding strategies, and logistics processes for freshwater and marine species.
* Fish House Support: Collaborate with the livestock team to integrate livefoods into feeding and care regimes.
* Facility Maintenance: Monitor and maintain culture systems, ensuring water quality, cleanliness, and animal health.
* Documentation & Traceability: Record procedures, parameters, deliveries, and performance data for quality control and scaling.
* Team Collaboration: Share knowledge and improve processes within a supportive, hands-on environment.
Qualifications include hands-on experience with livefoods or aquatics in production, lab, or aquaculture settings, a proactive approach, responsibility, attention to detail, reliability, and good communication skills. Familiarity with livefoods like copepods, tubifex, daphnia, bloodworm, and experience in protocol development or system optimization in laboratory or commercial settings are preferred. Understanding of aquarium systems and aquatic environmental controls is also beneficial.
If interested, please send your CV and a short cover letter referencing BDL/LON to: [emailprotected]
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