The Role
Processors work on board fishing vessels to convert caught fish into processed products. Responsibilities include sorting, operating machinery, and maintaining quality standards, with physical demands in challenging environments.
Summary Generated by Built In
Glacier Fish Company is dedicated to producing the highest quality frozen-at-sea groundfish products in the world. We accomplish our mission with a day-in-and-day-out commitment to quality, safety, consistent attention to detail and an on-going concern for the stability and health of the North Pacific fishery resource.
We are one of the largest producers of frozen at sea cod and pollock, and distributes seafood throughout the world. We manage two trawl catcher-processor vessels that operate in the Bering Sea and off the coast of Washington and Oregon. Come join us with one of the many exciting job opportunities available!
Glacier Fish Company is hiring Processors that are mentally and physically resilient to work in a challenging production factory on board the F/T Alaska Ocean that operates both in Alaska’s Bering Sea and off the coast of Washington and Oregon.
We are seeking individuals for permanent, full-time positions who are open to working a rotating schedule year-round. Individuals with recent experience working in a physically demanding position such as manufacturing, production, construction, logging, oil fields, agriculture or the commercial seafood industry are preferred.
Processors work to convert the raw product caught by the fishing vessel into a processed, marketable product ready for sale.
Requirements
- Repetitive, fast paced accuracy and movements
- Physical lifting up to 70 lbs, repetitively
- Standing 16 hrs/day for 7 days/week
- Work in a wet, cold environments
- Work in small spaces in close proximity of other crew
- Self-motivated team-player
- Must be able to provide 2 recent positive references from previous employers
- All candidates subject to a post offer pre-employment drug test, medical and background screen
Duties
- Sort fish by species, size, and condition
- Tend and operate machinery
- Inspect the fillet product to ensure it meets company quality standards
- Package, weigh, and label product to be placed into freezer
- Deep clean factory equipment
- Participate in offload of frozen product at end of trip
- Load and unload other supplies onto vessel
Life on board
- Limited privacy; rooms are shared 4-8 bunks per room
- Each fishing trips averages 13-24 days depending on fishing conditions
- All meals and laundry are provided at no cost
- Expect limited communication - cell phones will not work at sea
- Satellite Wi-Fi provided - integrated Starlink is a high-speed, low-latency broadband internet able to adapt to remote locations
Benefits
- Company travel policy agreement: successful completion of 2 consecutive fishing trips while vessel is fishing in Alaska grants eligibility for airfare/hotel expenses between vessel and Seattle to be paid by the company
- 401(k) and 401(k) matching
- Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
- Employee assistance program
Glacier Fish Company are Equal Opportunity Employers - Minority / Women / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age.
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Skills Required
- Ability to lift up to 70 lbs
- Standing 16 hrs/day for 7 days/week
- Work in wet, cold environments
- Ability to provide 2 recent positive references
- Pass a post offer pre-employment drug test, medical and background screen
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The Company
What We Do
Glacier Fish Company is a major producer of frozen-at-sea groundfish, specifically cod and pollock. They operate two trawl catcher-processor vessels, the F/T Alaska Ocean and C/P Northern Glacier, in the Bering Sea and off the coasts of Washington and Oregon. The company is dedicated to high-quality seafood production, maintaining a commitment to sustainable fishery resources and rigorous safety standards for their crew.
