Seafood Processor - Local

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.

This position does not offer housing. Candidates must reside within commuting distance of Kodiak, Alaska for all scheduled shifts. 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. Education and Experience Required:None Preferred:Prior experience with food processing equipment Prior food safety experience Prior experience in a processing environment Other Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities Required Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers.

Ability to print and speak simple sentences. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

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 is: 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 20 pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.