Description

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.
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This job does not provide room and board
Summary:
The Production Supervisor plans, directs, coordinates, and controls activities of workers engaged in production by performing the following duties.
Key Responsibilities:

• Studies production schedules and estimates staffing, duty assignments and inventory requirements.
• 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.
• Interprets company policies to workers and enforces safety regulations.
• Responds to grievances accordingly and works with team, and Production Manager to discuss and eliminate problems.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Actively participates in safety policies, activities and implementations
• Manages and directs a return to work and light duty program for injured employee.
• Works with production and maintenance managers to design and develop ergonomically correct equipment.
• 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 $36.00 to $40.00.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• One to three years of experience in a manufacturing production environment with specific experience managing the production lines.
• Basic computer skills required. Must have proficiency with Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Excel, Word, Power Point).
• Must have excellent written and oral communications ability.
• Required to speak effectively before groups of senior management, subcontractors, and/or employees of the organization.
• Use of basic reasoning, thinking “on your feet”, and ability to resolve issues quickly with little or no direction from a superior.
• Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule format.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Food industry experience preferred.
• At least three years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing production environment with specific experience managing production lines.

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