Plant Manager - Alaska Naturals Bellingham

Trident Seafoods Corporation•Bellingham, WA

4d•$100,000 - $140,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Plant Manager leads all operations for Trident Seafoods’ Alaska Naturals facility in Bellingham, Washington, which produces fish oil and related nutritional products. The role is accountable for safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective plant performance, including production, quality, maintenance, technical processes, people leadership, and financial results. The Plant Manager provides hands-on leadership in a specialized manufacturing environment and works with a small, experienced technical team to maintain process control, resolve complex production issues, improve yield and throughput, and ensure products meet customer and regulatory requirements. The position establishes site priorities, develops team capability, manages operational risk, and aligns plant execution with Global Supply Chain and broader business objectives.

Requirements

At least 8 years of progressively responsible experience in manufacturing, processing, or plant operations, including experience leading operations and technical or maintenance employees.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and years of experience.
Demonstrated accountability for plant budgets, operating costs, production performance, and measurable operational results.
Experience operating within regulated safety, quality, and environmental systems.
Strong working knowledge of plant operations, process manufacturing, equipment reliability, quality systems, and environmental, health, and safety practices.
Ability to lead through technical experts, clarify decision rights, integrate specialized input, and maintain accountability for site results.
Strong financial and analytical capability, including interpreting plant operating data, identifying performance drivers, and making sound trade-off decisions.
Ability to diagnose problems, establish priorities, manage risk, and drive corrective actions to completion.
Practical, visible leadership style with the ability to build trust, set clear standards, and develop a capable and accountable team.
Clear written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively with employees, leaders, customers, vendors, regulators, and cross-functional partners.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and applicable plant reporting, planning, and performance-management systems.
Ability to adapt to changing production, supply, customer, and business needs in a specialized operating environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience in seafood, fish oil, edible oils, rendering, nutritional ingredients, food processing, chemical processing, or another process-manufacturing environment.
Experience leading a specialized facility with a lean organizational structure and a small technical team.
Experience with process controls, separation or refining processes, bulk-liquid handling, utilities, preventive maintenance, and capital projects.
Continuous improvement experience using Lean, Six Sigma, root-cause analysis, or comparable problem-solving methods.

Responsibilities

Lead daily facility operations, including production, technical processes, maintenance coordination, quality, safety, staffing, and site administration.
Manage plant financial performance, including budget development, cost control, labor and material utilization, yield, inventory, capital priorities, and operating targets.
Set the site operating strategy and translate business priorities into goals, production plans, technical priorities, and accountability measures.
Build and sustain a safety culture and ensure compliance with the Trident Safety Program and applicable environmental, occupational safety, and process-safety requirements.
Ensure compliance with food safety, product quality, environmental, labeling, and regulatory requirements for fish oil and nutritional-product manufacturing.
Direct and support the technical team, leveraging specialized expertise while maintaining ownership, disciplined decision-making, cross-training, and continuity of critical knowledge.
Partner with quality, engineering, maintenance, procurement, planning, logistics, commercial, and other teams to resolve issues and ensure reliable flow of raw materials and finished products.
Direct production planning and adjust labor, equipment, materials, scheduling, and technical resources to improve safety, quality, service, throughput, yield, uptime, and cost performance.
Monitor plant performance metrics, identify root causes and emerging risks, and ensure corrective actions are completed and sustained.
Manage and develop direct reports by setting expectations, assigning work, coaching, providing feedback, evaluating performance, supporting development, and making people decisions with HR.
Represent Alaska Naturals in operating reviews and communicate site results, risks, resource needs, and recovery plans to business and functional leaders.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Optional HRA/HSA
Telemedicine
Employee assistance and wellness programs
Long-term disability
Basic life and AD&D insurance
401(k) with company match
Paid time off, initially 20 days per year for full-time employees and adjusted based on relevant experience
10 paid holidays each year
Paid parental leave
Commuter and transit programs
Potential eligibility for discretionary or performance-based incentives