Seafood Processor - Experienced

Bristol Wave Seafoods • Unalaska, AK

73d

About The Position

Processors are responsible for sorting, heading, bleeding, cutting, and packaging all fish products. Processed fish is sorted by size, frozen in pans, removed from the pans and packaged in frozen blocks using either fiber bags or boxes. Frozen cases are labeled and stacked in the freezer hold. Processors are also responsible for backloading bait and other supplies at the beginning of the trip and offloading frozen fish products at trip end. Working conditions aboard the vessel can be wet and cold.

Requirements

• Experience sorting and processing seafood products quickly with good attention to detail, preferably at sea.
• Experience packaging and storing products quickly and efficiently, preferably at sea.
• Experience cleaning and bleeding fish, preferably at sea.
• Good physical fitness; ability to work hard for extended periods.
• Willingness to learn, follow directions from vessel officers, and be a team player.
• Must pass pre-employment drug screening (commercial fishing falls under federal authority; we cannot hire anyone who tests positive for THC).
• Pre-employment background check required (past convictions will not necessarily prevent employment).
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States. BWS participates in eVerify.

Responsibilities

• Sort fish by size and species.
• Clean and bleed fish.
• Remove heads and collarbones.
• Freeze sorted fish in pans.
• Load and unload product and other supplies.

Benefits

• BWS will arrange all travel from your hometown to Dutch Harbor, AK, and back to your hometown at the end of your rotation.
• On your first rotation with BWS, the company pays 100% of travel costs.
• If hotels are required during travel, BWS pays 100% of the cost, including meal vouchers.

What This Job Offers