- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 600
- Job Duties:
- Process crab, multiple species of finfish, bottom fish and salmon. Perform hand butcher line work. Use hand tools with proficiency to perform routine cutting and trimming. Demonstrate ability in the proper cutting and trimming of seafood based on species and type. Wash and properly clean seafood. Size and grade seafood using knowledge of species. Load the processed seafood onto freezer baskets and into cartons for shipping.
Work will be performed at OBI Alaska processing facilities in Kodiak, Seward, Petersburg, Cordova, Naknek, Egegik, Dillingham, and Larsen Bay AK. Daily transportation to and from employer provided housing to worksites provided by the employer. 3 months of verifiable work experience with various species of fish (crab, finfish, bottom fish, salmon) and seafood processing. Pre-employment criminal background check, paid for by the employer. Subject to post-hire and post-injury or accident drug testing, paid for by the employer. Must be able to work weekends, holidays and extended shifts and schedules including7-day work week as required. Optional, shared housing including utilities provided to workers at no cost to workers. Optional meals during shift available for $15 per day if worker completes 8 hour shift. Optional payroll deduction for meals if worker elects. Workers with 4 or more years tenure are exempt from meal deduction if complete 8 hour shift. Employer will offer minimum 35 hours of work per week, overtime possible of 40 hours or more per week. Extensive overtime is frequently required with total workdays up to 16 hours. Seafood Plants are open 7 days a week, workdays vary Sunday through Saturday. Rotating schedule, shift times 6AM-6PM, 6PM-6AM. Workdays and shift times will vary with seafood deliveries and other factors. Basic wage rate: $18.06 per hour. If Kodiak, AK resident, employer offers $0.50 per hour in addition to basic wage rate. Employer may increase wage or provide bonus based on experience, skill, market conditions, and/or provide additional pay for performance and tenure. Overtime hours possible not guaranteed at $27.09 per hour as required by Federal, State, or local law, including required time-and-a-half after 8 hours in any given day, or greater than 40 hours in any given workweek.
- Job Classification:
- 51-3022.00 - Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers