PACKAGER 2ND SHIFT

Trident Seafoods Corporation; Minnesota; On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Trident Seafoods Corporation seeks a Packaging Associate to ensure product quality and compliance in their Minnesota facility. The role involves monitoring production lines, packaging products, and maintaining a clean working environment. Applicants should have some experience in food manufacturing and a commitment to safety standards.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

401(k) with company match

Paid time off starting at 20 days per year

Qualifications

• Three to six months food manufacturing experience required.
• Ability to stand, walk, and perform manual tasks regularly.

Responsibilities

• Tends machines to feed product to conveyors.
• Monitors product packaging and ensures compliance with standards.
• Cleans and sanitizes production equipment and workspace.

Skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Job description

Trident Seafoods has pioneered responsible fishing in the pristine waters of Alaska for more than 50 years. We never compromise when it comes to fulfilling our Mission of responsibly sharing wild Alaska seafood with the world. At Trident, we have a history of innovation and a commitment to doing business in ways that are good for the planet and good for people.

Category: Manufacturing, Operations and Production

Trident Seafoods is the largest vertically integrated seafood harvesting and processing company in North America. Trident is a privately held, 100 percent USA-owned company with primary seafood processing operations and fleet support in twelve Alaska communities. Trident’s global operations produce finished wild Alaska seafood products in 6 countries and its sales teams serve customers in over 50 countries. Trident employs approximately 9,000 people worldwide each year and partners with over 5,400 independent fishermen and crewmembers. Species harvested and processed by Trident include virtually every commercial species of salmon, whitefish, and crab harvested in the North Pacific and Alaska. The global supply chain also includes cultured and wild species from a network of trusted sources worldwide.

Summary: The Packaging associate packages products by performing the following duties:

Key Responsibilities:

Tends machine(s) to feed product to conveyors, hoppers, or other feeding devices

Removes product from platforms/conveyors and packs into preformed pouches

Counts items packed to ensure compliance with company standards

Monitors product feed into pasteurizers

Places product on grill marker belt

Ensures product packages are placed on conveyor according to company standards

Inspects filled container to ensure that product is packaged according to specifications

Removes irregular product and any foreign material found in product. Reports irregularities to the Quality Assurance Technician, Lead Person or Supervisor

Reviews workspace for cleanliness and safety and cleans equipment according to company standards.

Disassembles and reassembles the production line and equipment as necessary for cleaning.

Cleans and Sanitizes production equipment, tools, and work area per Standard Sanitation Operating Procedure (SSOP)

Additional Responsibilities:

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.

Performs other responsibilities and tasks as assigned

This is a nonexempt position with an hourly rate of $20.35to $24.15.

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. For full-time employees, the initial paid time off benefit starts at 20 days per year, adjusted commensurate with relevant experience.

Three to six months food manufacturing experience

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 is frequently required to climb or balance.

The employee is regulary required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, and talk or hear.

The employee moves objects

regularly up to 5 pounds

frequently up to 25 pounds

occasionally up to 30 pounds.

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

Trident Seafoods and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status such as race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or age.

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

Any employment offer from Trident Seafoods or its subsidiaries is contingent upon the candidate having and maintaining a valid U.S. Work Authorization status throughout employment.

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