PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR SWING SHIFT BELLINGHAM

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 Production Supervisor Swing Shift plans, directs, coordinates, and controls activities of workers engaged in production and supports production related issues in the plant for year-round production and seasonal fresh processing.

This position must have seafood experience and a complete working knowledge of HACCP, GFSI, and other safety and quality systems are vital to this position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Studies production schedules and estimates staffing, duty assignments and inventory requirements in coordination with Production Manager.
• Develops a process plan including people, resources, equipment, and floor space.
• Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules.
• Coordinates manpower requirements by increasing or decreasing personnel and overtime to meet changing conditions.
• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Initiates or suggests plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals.
• Maintains time and production records.
• Performs activities of workers supervised.
• Interprets company policies to workers and enforces safety regulations.
• Responds to grievances accordingly and works with subordinates, and Production Manager to discuss and eliminate problems.
• Other duties as assigned.

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.

This is a nonexempt position with an hourly rate of $36.06 to $42.31 per hour.

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. Commuter and transit programs are also available.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Three or more years of experience in a manufacturing production environment with specific experience leading production lines preferred. Food industry experience preferred.
• HS Diploma or equivalent (or degree, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Supervisorial Food Industry experience preferred.

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 occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.

The employee may

• regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds
• frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

Work authorizations:

• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship