Seafood Processor - Kodiak

At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are an excellence-driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community. We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Quality, Teamwork, Productivity, and Excellence—which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.

Summary:

Local Kodiak Seafood Processors may be placed in a variety of roles within the production department, such as butchering, sorting, filleting, and case-up. In addition to these core duties, processors are expected to assist with plant clean-up and perform other related tasks as needed or assigned.

Key Responsibilities:

• Clean, scrape, trim, and fillet seafood products.
• Open packaging and place raw materials onto conveyor belts.
• Sort products by grade, color, and size on a conveyor belt or table, and place them into containers or on designated conveyors.
• Collect, weigh, and record roe baskets.
• Remove defective products and any foreign materials.
• Pack items into baskets, cans, boxes, barrels, totes, or crates for shipping or storage.
• Inspect work area to ensure it remains clean and safe.
• Assist with plant cleanup.
• Report to shifts on time without exception.
• Communicate at a basic level in English understanding.
• Read, write, and identify similarities and differences in words and number sequences.
• Perform simple math including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using tens and hundreds.
• Carry out job tasks involving units of measurement for weight, volume, and distance.
• Visually inspect seafood for defects.
• Perform other duties, as assigned.
  
  
  

What You Bring to Pacific Seafood:

Required:

• At least 18 years old
  
  
  

Preferred:

• Prior experience as a seafood processor
• Prior food safety experience
• Prior experience with food processing
  
  
  

Pay Range: $17.56 per hour.

Shifts: 12-hour shifts - day and night are available.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member:

• Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks.
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.
• Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Constantly required to use close, distance, and peripheral vision with ability to judge depth perception and adjust focus.
• Constantly required to reach with hands and arms.
• Regularly required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
  
  
  

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Working Conditions:

The working environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is exposed to

• Wet and/or humid conditions and extreme cold.
• Work around heavy equipment and machinery.
• The noise level is usually loud.
  
  
  

Total Compensation:

At Pacific Seafood, your base wage is only a portion of your overall compensation package. We invest in our Team Members through a comprehensive and attractive total rewards package, including but not limited to:

• Health insurance benefits options, including medical, prescription, vision, dental, basic group life and short-term disability.
• Flexible spending accounts for health flex and dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan options with generous annual company profit sharing match.
• Paid time off for all regular FT team members, to include paid sick, vacation, holiday, and personal time.
• Employee Assistance Program- Confidential professional counseling, financial, and legal assistance provided at no charge to Team Members and immediate family members
• Product purchase program.
  
  
  

Pacific Seafood is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.