Fish Culturist

About the role

Pacific Seafood is a family-owned, 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' personal and professional growth, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Teamwork, Productivity, Quality, and Excellence—which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.

The Fish Culturist will become familiar with all operations of the farm including feeding, harvesting, and inventorying.

Responsibilities

• Be a role model in projecting and applying The Pacific Group Diamond Philosophy (Productivity, Quality, Excellence and Teamwork) and promote teamwork at all times
• Monitor feeding and environmental conditions
• Learn and utilize computerized feeding systems and be able to troubleshoot when necessary
• Maintain company assets in good operational condition
• Work to continuously improve operations with respect to productivity, quality, safety, inventory levels and operating expense while utilizing effective aquaculture techniques
• Must be able to work independently and within a team setting
• Must be a self-starter and possess the ability to multi-task
• Perform other duties, as assigned

Requirements

• Minimum two years applicable experience
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry
• Experience with Excel and Word

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in trout and/or net pen farming is preferred

Physical requirements

• 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
• Hearing, perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction
• Regularly required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Repetitive motion, substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• Visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures

Working conditions

• Work in the outdoors in all seasons
• Work around heavy equipment
• Wet and/or humid conditions and extreme heat or cold
• Moderate noise level

Benefits

• 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 sick days and vacation
• Employee Assistance Program—confidential professional counseling, financial, and legal assistance provided at no charge to Team Members and immediate family members
• Product purchase program