MIXER 2ND SHIFT MOTLEY PLANT

Trident Seafoods is North America's largest vertically integrated seafood harvesting and processing company. Privately held and 100 percent USA-owned, Trident operates globally in 6 countries and serves customers in almost 60 countries. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Trident employs approximately 7,700 people worldwide and partners with over 2,700 independent fishermen and crewmembers in Alaska. The company catches and processes virtually every commercial species of salmon, whitefish, and crab harvested in the North Pacific and Alaska, with a global supply chain encompassing cultured and wild species sourced from an international network of trusted suppliers.

About the role

The Mixer will set up, tend, adjust, and operate machines that mix or blend product ingredients.

Responsibilities

• Reviews Batch Schedule to ensure correct ingredients and amounts are used in each batch.
• Lifts frozen product onto pallets or pitches frozen product into crusher.
• Weighs or measures ingredients and product to ensure conformance to requirements.
• Operates the Mixer to blend ingredients and adds new ingredients at the appropriate times throughout the mix process per Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
• Observes equipment and alerts maintenance of breakdowns and mechanical problems.
• Makes minor adjustments to equipment to control product flow or adjust color hue.
• Examines ingredients and product visually and with hands to ensure conformance to established standards.
• Stops mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained and opens valves and starts pumps to transfer mixture.
• Notifies Quality Assurance of any ingredients that may not meet the required standards.
• Keeps equipment, tools, and work area clean in accordance with company specifications.
• Records information for each batch mixed per company specifications.
• Dismantles and cleans equipment according to standard sanitation procedures then reassembles it.
• Performs other similar or related duties as requested or assigned.
• Acquires knowledge of Trident’s Environmental and Safety Policies by completing required training programs and performing designated work activities in accordance with training and procedures/work instructions.
• Notifies designated personnel of any environmental or safety incidents or risks not previously documented, in accordance with Environmental Awareness and/or safety trainings.

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and extreme cold.
• Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock; and vibration.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently required to climb or balance.
• Occasionally required to climb ladders to elevated platforms, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.
• Moves objects regularly up to 5 pounds, frequently up to 25 pounds, and occasionally up to 30 pounds.

Pay

$21.37 to $25.25 per hour.

Benefits

Trident Seafoods offers a comprehensive and quality benefits package for full-time employees, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Optional HRA/HSA
• Telemedicine, employee assistance, and wellness programs
• Basic life and AD&D insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Vacation (up to 112 hours per year, accrued each pay period starting on the first day of employment)
• Sick leave (up to 48 hours per year)
• 10 paid holidays each year
• Paid parental leave

Requirements

• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 to 6 months of food manufacturing experience (preferred but not required).