- Location
- Seattle, Washington, United States · published
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Type
- Contract
- Source
- Workable
Description
Excellence. Innovation. Integrity. Passion.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel to a remote Alaskan island and live aboard a state-of-the-art fishing vessel? Do you enjoy the satisfaction of a hard day’s work and thrive being a part of a close-knit team? If your answer is YES! A Fish Processor job with O’Hara may be the right gig for you!
We are currently hiring for the 2027 season!
General Description:
Employees and the vessel will be operating in extremely remote and austere locations; often days away from land or dock facilities. Fish processors move raw fish through the various factory stations using machinery and conveyors. This job includes sorting, cutting fish and removing guts, packing fish into pans, placing pans in and removing pans from freezers, removing blocks of frozen fish from the pan, bagging the blocks, then stacking bagged fish in the vessel’s freezer hold. Fish processors also offload the bags of frozen fish by stacking them onto cargo nets for removal from the vessel, and backload supplies needed for the next fishing trip; this process may last longer than the regular 16.5 hours per day work schedule. Fish processors also clean and organize the factory and other areas of the vessel, and perform other duties as directed.
Processors may work in many areas of the vessel including the factory, freezer hold, deck, or on adjoining docks or vessels during offload or backload.
Essential Duties:
Fish processors must be able to:
- Operate conveyor systems to move fish through the factory.
- Learn and identify fish species.
- Sort fish as instructed.
- Run machinery to remove heads and guts from fish.
- Fill pans with fish as directed.
- Push, pull and lift pans onto and off conveyors and into/out of plate freezers.
- Operate plate freezer systems as directed.
- Remove frozen fish from pans.
- Bag, label and stack bags of frozen fish in the freezer hold.
- Perform offload by stacking frozen fish onto pallets or cargo slings.
- Clean factory and machinery as directed.