Shellfish hatchery Technician

Job Details

We are looking for a skilled and experienced shellfish hatchery technician who for the next 2 years will be responsible of the day-to-day tasks in the hatchery and fulfil our ambitious goals for production of flat oysters and other bivalves. We have many years of experience in hatching flat oysters in a smaller scale and we are now building new procedures and protocols for upscaling, and you will be part of this pioneering effort.

The job You will primarily take care of the flat oyster broodstock, larvae and spat but you expect similar tasks for other bivalve species. You will manage the environmental and growth monitoring and oyster batch traceability. You will provide data to the research team as an active and engaged participant in research projects in low trophic species in the Section for Coastal Ecology, DTU Aqua. You will be part of a team and will report to both the hatchery scientific and technical managers as well as project leaders.

The job includes several tasks where the primary responsibilities are:
 

• Maintenance and conditioning of the broodstock with logbook records.
• Larvae rearing and husbandry: feeding, counting, size tracking, mortality screening, larvae settlement on different substratum.
• Nursery production: screening for mortality, counting, cleaning, sorting seeds with traceability.
• Control and manage water quality and grow out equipment.
• Cleaning routines of equipment and maintenance
• Experimental setup: Preparing broodstock, larvae and seeds for experiments, samples for analysis.
• Record keeping: Process and report basic monitoring data.
• Implement sanitary procedures and contribute to the biosecurity plan: conduct sampling, manage and structure data in relation to traceability.
• Participate in planning, execution and processing of samples/water analysis and monitoring in experiments with shellfish, starfish, macroalgae etc. in the hatchery and in the field.
• Be lead on spat grow-out and pond production.
• Participate in phytoplankton culture.
• Rotative on-call duty in weekends and evenings for overall hatchery maintenance of the water system

Requirements

We are looking for a person with an aquaculture technician degree and five years of shellfish hatchery experience and experience with biosecurity measures.

As a hatchery technician at DTU Aqua, you are placed in a key position to support both the researchers and the overall production. You must be able to both maintain the overall overview of the entire project process and be included in the planning with the researchers. There will be rotative weekend work.

The job requires a person with several personal competencies:
 

• You are a team player and able to adapt to new tasks and manage stress during crisis.
• You maintain good communication with your team members with feedback on achieve tasks and general functioning of the hatchery.
• You are flexible, can quickly get acquainted with new topics, work independently and structured.
• You are well organized, rigorous, accurate, dedicated, reliable, committed.
• You are a committed contributor and come up with solutions to support your colleagues in various tasks at DTU Aqua.
• You are willing to develop competencies to solve new tasks.
• You have good communication skills and problem-solving abilities.
• You must be fluent in English.

The job requires a person with knowledge in two or more of the following topics:
 

• You have technical knowledges in aquaculture system (pumps, filters, etc)
• Shellfish aquaculture production
• Plankton production
• Sanitary measures for hatchery production in aquaculture

Contact Information

We must receive your online application by 12 June 2026. Open the link "Apply now", where you fill out the application form and attach a motivated application, CV and diplomas.

If you want more information about the position, you are welcome to contact hatchery responsible Pascal Barreau at pabar@aqua.dtu.dk mobile +45 61205414 or section leader Jens Kjerulf Petersen at jekjp@aqua.dtu.dk mobile +45 61222429.