AquaBioTech Group
is a global consulting and engineering company with over 20 years of experience in aquaculture, fisheries and other aquatic sciences.
About the Internship
Duration: 3 – 6 months | Start Date: October 2026 onwards
AquaBioTech Group actively encourages students and post-graduates to undertake training sessions at our company, to gain valuable practical, applied, and hands-on experience. The trainee will gain practical experience working on maintenance and engineering challenges associated with the company’s recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) and gain insight into the research and development work carried out in ABT Innovia. The internship is unpaid, but accommodation is provided for free.
Synopsis of internship offered
An internship position within the AquaBioTech Group has arisen for a person with an interest to work as a Maintenance Technician Intern on a variety of research projects across our company and within our R&D facility known as ABT Innovia. The responsibilities of the selected candidate may include but are not limited to:
- Working closely with the Maintenance team, completing daily/routine tasks
- Installation, repair, and maintenance of electrical and plumbing equipment
- Recirculation Aquaculture System (RAS) installation, repair, and maintenance
- Service and repair of general machinery and appliances
- Painting, plastering, and completing other construction projects
- Fix and maintain all mechanical equipment, buildings, and machines
- Assisting the Maintenance Department in continuous improvement efforts by reviewing procedures, analysing data, and implementing sustained process improvements.
- Performing general handyman works and ad hoc tasks (i.e. furniture assembly)
Reporting directly to the Facilities Manager, the position is demanding requiring a person who is highly motivated, self-organized, possesses a high level of integrity and discipline with a strong work ethic, and able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the rest of the team. The selected person must be prepared to work to very tight deadlines in isolated and multi-functional projects and in conjunction with a team of international staff based at our head-office in Malta, as well as the staff who are working at our foreign project sites.
Qualifications Overview
The successful candidate is likely to have a good solid background in Maintenance Operations. The selected candidate will have to speak and write English fluently.
Application Procedure
Further information about the AquaBioTech Group and the services we offer can be viewed at www.aquabt.com. Applicants must hold a valid EU passport. Applicants can submit a full Curriculum vitae in the AquaBioTech Group Europass or other CV’s formats are also accepted.
Questions about the application should be directed to the HR Department on recruitment@aquabt.com
