Aquaculture Quality, Risk

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Location: Remote / International

Engagement: Project-based, freelance

Travel: Depending on project requirements

About The Opportunity

AquaXperts is looking for an Aquaculture Quality, Risk & Compliance Expert to support international aquaculture projects in risk management, quality systems, traceability, internal auditing and audit preparation.

We are looking for a professional who can assess how an aquaculture operation actually works, identify operational and compliance risks, judge whether existing controls are effective and turn findings into practical improvement actions.

The work goes beyond certification paperwork. It spans farm operations, quality systems, traceability, biosecurity, food safety, and environmental and social requirements, helping clients build systems that hold up in day-to-day operation as well as in an external audit.

Typical Scope of Work

Depending On The Assignment, This May Include

• Structured risk assessments covering biological, technical, operational, food-safety, traceability, environmental, social and compliance risks.
• Developing risk registers, control plans and mitigation priorities.
• Internal audits, gap assessments, mock audits and pre-audit reviews, focused on implementation in practice rather than documentation alone.
• Designing, assessing and testing traceability systems, including traceability and recall exercises.
• Reviewing HACCP, food-safety, biosecurity and operational risk-management programmes.
• Identifying non-conformities, performing root-cause analysis and managing CAPA through to verified closure.
• Developing and reviewing policies, SOPs, registers, checklists and records, with document control and evidence management.
• Building audit-readiness plans and supporting management teams in responding to audit findings.
• Defining quality, risk and compliance KPIs.
• Training operational and management teams and preparing audit reports, action trackers and management summaries.

What We’re Looking For

• Demonstrated experience in aquaculture quality, risk, compliance, auditing or management systems, or in closely related food-production environments.
• Experience conducting internal audits, gap assessments or structured operational assessments.
• Strong grounding in risk-based management and the ability to translate risks into practical controls.
• Experience developing or evaluating traceability systems, from both documentation and operational perspectives.
• Experience preparing organisations or facilities for external audits or independent assessments.
• Solid experience with non-conformities, root-cause analysis and CAPA.
• Working knowledge of HACCP, food safety, biosecurity, and the environmental and social requirements relevant to aquaculture.
• Strong document-control and record-management skills.
• Ability to distinguish documented compliance from effective implementation, and to train and guide teams accordingly.
• Professional working proficiency in English, strong reporting skills and availability for international travel when required.

Additional Experience Valued

• Shrimp farming or intensive land-based aquaculture.
• ASC, GLOBALG.A.P. Aquaculture, BAP or organic aquaculture standards.
• ISO management systems or food-safety management systems.
• Supplier qualification, supplier audits or second-party audits.
• Social-compliance assessments, environmental management or greenhouse-gas programmes.
• Digital traceability or quality-management software.
• Seafood processing and supply chains.
• Working proficiency in French, Spanish or other languages relevant to international projects.

Working With AquaXperts

Collaboration is project-based, on a freelance basis. Assignments may involve risk assessments, traceability reviews, management-system development, internal audits, audit preparation, CAPA programmes and broader compliance projects, performed remotely or through international technical missions.

AquaXperts leads project direction, client management and technical integration. Scope, timeline and fees are agreed in writing for each assignment.

Experts are asked to sign a confidentiality agreement and to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest. Where an expert also performs independent external auditing, conformity assessment or certification activities, AquaXperts assignments must remain compatible with any applicable impartiality and independence requirements.

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