We’re looking for an experienced skipper to work with our team on the Isle of Skye, who is responsible for our aluminium workboat site vessel MV Shelagh Jane. You’ll need to be commercially endorsed to the level of a Coastal Skipper for this role. Rotational working is available.

We offer an excellent financial package depending on experience, with a salary of £34,500 to £40,500, plus a relocation package or accommodation if required.

You’ll be a senior member within our team, and experience in the aquaculture industry will be a real advantage to you. You’ll be key in supporting the site manager with all aspects of the daily on-site operations, to achieve the highest fish and team welfare. You will be responsible for the safety and security of the vessel and her crew.

The maintenance and performance of the vessel will be under your control, you will be supported by our team onshore, to ensure that the vessel is compliant to the Workboat Code, all equipment is maintained and serviced regularly.

Our site at Loch Pooltiel is in an area of exceptional beauty, near to the famous Neist Point Lighthouse in North West Skye. We’re part of a very active local community, through the villages of Glendale and Dunvegan, and you will be part of a close-knit and supportive team.

A full driving licence is essential. Candidates with further education in aquaculture or equivalent occupations will be at an advantage.

Please contact us to discuss rotational working options.

About Kames

Kames is the UK’s largest trout production company, and Scotland’s oldest family-owned aquaculture business, with our core values of quality, sustainability and community reflected in everything that we do.

In 2023 we won the Animal Welfare award for our innovate brood stock genetics programme and care of the quality of our fish from egg-to-plate. In 2022, we won Best Aquaculture Company in the UK - the pinnacle of the aquaculture industry’s accolades.

It is an exciting period of growth for Kames, with a Future50 strategy seeing an investment in facilities, technologies, people and environment in the forthcoming years.

Please send a CV and covering letter to fish@kames.co.uk, call 01852 200286 for a chat, or send us a message outlining your experience through the form below.