FSQA Technician - 2nd Shift Motley Plant

Trident Seafoods; Minnesota; On-site; USD 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Trident Seafoods is seeking a Food Safety Quality Assurance Technician to ensure quality across production processes, materials, and products. You will perform standardized tests, document data per HACCP standards, and support continuous improvement with QA leadership.

The role requires HACCP certification and hands-on QA experience in food processing, with attention to safety, sanitation, and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in food processing.
• 1 year of experience in Quality Assurance in a food processing facility.
• HACCP certification
• A minimum of 1 year experience in food processing

Responsibilities

• conducts standardized tests on products and materials to ensure compliance with internal standards and regulations.
• Documents data from QA activities per HACCP standards and company policies.
• Records test data such as weights, temperatures, moisture content, and quality inspected.
• Applies acceptance/rejection criteria and marks items with grade and status.
• Notifies personnel of safety incidents or risks per training.
• Audits production facility and reviews employee sanitation.
• Communicates issues and provides recommended process improvements to Production/QA Management.
• Prepares reports communicating QA activities and results to production.

Skills

Food processing experience

Quality Assurance

Education

HS Diploma or equivalent

HACCP certification

Job description

Overview

Trident Seafoods is North America’s largest vertically integrated seafood company—partnering with fishermen, employees, and communities to responsibly harvest, process, and share wild Alaska seafood with the world. With deep roots in Alaska and operating across the globe, Trident is a privately held company headquartered in Seattle, committed to nourishing the world while upholding the highest standards for safety, sustainability, and excellence.

At Trident Seafoods, we work together for something bigger than ourselves. From nourishing the world with the best protein on earth to protecting our oceans, serving our fishermen, and supporting communities in Alaska and beyond, here, you’ll find a values-driven culture where your growth matters, your work has purpose and your contributions are recognized and appreciated—because at Trident, we believe meaningful work connects us all.

Responsibilities

Summary:

The Food Safety Quality Assurance Technician (FSQA) conducts activities concerned with the quality assurance of the production processes, materials, and products by performing the following duties.

Essential Functions:

• Conducts standardized tests on products and materials to ensure compliance with internal standards, customer specifications and international, federal and state regulations.
• Documents data obtained during all quality assurance activities, consistent with HACCP standards and company policies and procedures.
• Records test data such as weights, temperatures, moisture content, qualities and quantities inspected or graded.
• Applies proper acceptance/rejection criteria and marks items with details such as grade and acceptance or rejection status.
• 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.
• Audits production facility and reviews employee behavior for proper sanitation.
• Communicates significant issues or developments identified during quality assurance activities and provides recommended process improvements to Production/QA Management.
• Prepares reports to communicate involvement and results of quality assurance activities to production.
• Identifies work related problems and recommends effective solutions as appropriate.
• Maintains a working knowledge of company, government and industry quality assurance codes and standards.

Trident Seafoods offers a comprehensive and quality benefits package. Full time employees may be eligible for discretionary/performance-based incentives, medical, dental and vision insurance plans, optional HRA/HSA, telemedicine, employee assistance and wellness programs, long‑term disability, basic life and AD&D, and 401(k) with a company match, paid time off, 10 paid holidays each year, and paid parental leave.Fulltime employees accrue vacation each pay period starting on their first day of employment, up to 112 hours per year, and are eligible for up to 48 hours of sick leave per year, in accordance with company policy.

Qualifications

Preferred Education and Experience:

• 3 years of experience in food processing.
• 1 year of experience in Quality Assurance in a food processing facility.
• HACCP certification
• A minimum of 1 year experience in food processing
• HS Diploma or equivalent

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and extreme cold. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.

The employee isoccasionallyrequired to climb or balance.

The employee isregularlyrequired tostoop; kneel, crouch,and talk or hear.

The employeemoves objects

• regularly up to5pounds

• frequently up to 25 pounds

• occasionally up to50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, peripheral vision,depth perceptionand the ability to distinguish shades of color to identify abnormalities and/or defects in food products.

Additional Information

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship, including F-1 STEM-OPT authorization.

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Trident Seafoods provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Trident Seafoods and its subsidiaries have adopted a drug‑free workplace policy. Working under the influence of Drugs or Alcohol is not permitted.

Employment with Trident Seafoods is contingent upon the candidate maintaining valid immigration status and work authorization throughout employment, with or without immigration sponsorship by the company.

Pay Range

USD $22.07 - USD $25.98 /Hr.