Fillet - 1st Shift

Fortune Fish & Gourmet; Bensenville (IL); On-site; USD 22,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortune Fish & Gourmet in Illinois is seeking a Seafood Cutter to join the production team. This role handles cutting station tasks, pulling raw fish from the cooler and turning them into finished goods, with responsibility across shipping support and basic reporting.

You will perform quality checks, interpret cutting slips, operate packaging equipment, and maintain a clean, compliant workspace following HACCP standards. Flexible hours may be required.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of foodservice production experience.
• Good communication skills in English (written and verbal) – bilingual strongly desired.
• Basic understanding of MS Office Suite.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operation and maintenance instructions and supervising instructions.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Knife skills with fish/poultry/beef.
• Ability to work flexible or extended hours.

Responsibilities

• Models behavior consistent with department values and assists with maintaining an environment conducive to production success.
• Perform ongoing quality checks to ensure high quality and accurate customer orders.
• Interpret cutting slips to prepare finished goods at the cutting station.
• Prepare raw materials for cutting station (scaling/pinboning/gutting).
• Operate outbound reboxing, shellfish and scaling stations.
• Run and print basic Canopy reports on the computer.
• Operate strapping machine.
• Communicate effectively with all co-workers within the department.
• Execute departmental initiatives as directed by Management.
• Follow Company food safety/HACCP and cleanliness standards.
• Maintain general work areas, seafood office, kitchen, breakroom and locker room.
• Assist with other special assignments as assigned.
• Perform all duties in a timely, courteous manner with respect for all company personnel and property.
• Reporting any concerns immediately.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Foodservice production experience

English communication

Knife skills

Flexible hours

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Summary Of Position

As a member of the Seafood department this cutting position is able to perform most functions within the seafood production room/cooler including skilled knife tasks. Primary tasks include pulling raw fish materials from the cooler and converting raw fish materials into finished goods at the cutting station. Other tasks include assisting on all outbound shipping stations, performing basic computer tasks/running reports and general cleanup of the room/cooler areas.

As a member of the Seafood department this cutting position is able to perform most functions within the seafood production room/cooler including skilled knife tasks. Primary tasks include pulling raw fish materials from the cooler and converting raw fish materials into finished goods at the cutting station. Other tasks include assisting on all outbound shipping stations, performing basic computer tasks/running reports and general cleanup of the room/cooler areas.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates and models behavior consistent with department's core values and assists with maintaining an environment most conducive to success for the production team.
• Perform ongoing quality checks to ensure high quality and accurate customer orders.
• Accurately interpret cutting slips to skillfully prepare finished goods at the cutting station.
• Prepare raw materials for cutting station (scaling/pinboning/gutting).
• Ability to operate the outbound reboxing, shellfish and scaling stations.
• Ability to run and print basic Canopy reports on the computer.
• Ability to operate strapping machine.
• Positively communicate with all co-workers within the department.
• Execute departmental initiatives as directed by Management.
• Follow Company food safety/HACCP and cleanliness standards.
• Maintain general work areas, seafood office, kitchen, breakroom and locker room.
• Assist with other special assignments as assigned.
• Perform all of the above duties in a timely, courteous manner with respect for all company. personnel and property. Reporting any concerns immediately.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements

• 1 plus years of foodservice production experience.
• Good communication skills in English (written and verbal)- Bilingual strongly desired.
• Basic understanding and ability to use MS Office Suite.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operation and maintenance instructions and supervising instructions.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Knife Skills desired - with fish/poultry/beef.
• Ability to work flexible and/or extended hours, when needed.

Physical & Mental Demand

• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Crouching: Bending body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower position to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position - to - position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palms.
• 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.
• Heavy Work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment.
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned.
• The worker is subject to environmental conditions. Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The worker is subject to noise. There is sufficient noise to cause workers to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.
• The worker is subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.

Fortune Fish & Gourmet is an equal opportunity employer.

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