BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LEAD – LIVESTOCK & LIVEFOODS

JR United Kingdom; Watford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in ornamental aquatics is seeking a Business Development Lead in Watford, focusing on livefood capabilities for the aquatic industry. This full-time position involves overseeing production and developing protocols for new livefood products while ensuring quality and collaboration across teams.

Benefits

Unique career opportunity

Exposure to advanced husbandry practices

Career progression across various roles

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with livefoods or aquatics.
• Understanding of aquarium systems and aquatic environmental controls is essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe, timely delivery of livefoods and materials.
• Develop and refine livefood production methods.
• Monitor and maintain culture systems, ensuring water quality.

Skills

Attention to detail

Good communication

Teamwork

Education

Experience with livefoods or aquatics

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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LEAD – LIVESTOCK & LIVEFOODS, Watford, Hertfordshire

Client: Tropical Marine Centre Ltd

Location: Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

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Posted:

06.06.2025

Expiry Date:

21.07.2025

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 renowned for innovation in ethical animal husbandry, system design, and sustainable practices.

We are expanding and launching projects focused on improving livestock care, livefoods production, and supporting initiatives in ornamental aquaculture. We seek a motivated, 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 industry approach.

The Role

This position offers a chance for a self-starter to contribute to the next generation of livefoods capabilities for the aquatic industry. Responsibilities include supporting production and distribution of livefoods for marine and freshwater livestock, working at the intersection of operations, logistics, and product development, with a focus on protocol development, quality control, and hands-on execution.

This is a full-time, site-based role requiring daily commuting to our Chorleywood facility.

What We Offer

• A role in a cutting-edge aquatic facility with industry-leading standards.
• A unique career opportunity in an exciting environment.
• The chance to develop new product lines and protocols.
• 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) emphasizing quality and welfare.
• Protocol Development: Design, test, and implement new culture methodologies, feeding strategies, and logistics processes.
• 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: Contribute to knowledge-sharing and process improvements.

Qualifications include hands-on experience with livefoods or aquatics, responsibility, attention to detail, teamwork, good communication, and familiarity with livefoods like copepods, tubifex, daphnia, bloodworm, etc. Experience in protocol development, breeding, or system optimization in lab or commercial settings is preferred. Understanding of aquarium systems and aquatic environmental controls is essential.

If interested, please send your CV and a short cover letter referencing BDL/LON to: [emailprotected]