FSQA LEAD SAND POINT

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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Summary: Leads and conducts activities of FSQA Technicians responsible for the quality assurance of production processes, materials, and products by performing the following duties:

Key Responsibilities:

· Responsible for overseeing the FSQA staff on the production line.

· Assists FSQA technicians with operational reports and complete required paperwork (daily process documentation, questions about checks, etc.).

· Monitors performance of FSQA technicians and provides assessment to FSQA supervisor.

· Completes documentation and report out comments/warnings given to employees while supervisor absent.

· Monitors employees (as time permits with running a line) to make sure that checks are being done in a timely manner and all hand/foot dips are being done.

· Conducts standardized tests on products and materials to ensure compliance with standards and regulations regarding factors such as color, weight, dimension, texture.

· Reviews purchased products or components and provides input to the decision of whether to accept the product and future purchases from the vendor.

· Documents data obtained during all quality assurance activities, consistent with Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) standards and company policies and procedures.

· Records test data such as weights, temperatures, moisture content, qualities and quantities inspected or graded.

· Applies proper acceptance/rejection criteria and marks items with details such as grade and acceptance or rejection status.

· Audits production facility and reviews employee behavior for proper sanitation.

· Communicates significant issues or developments identified during quality assurance activities and provides recommended process improvements to Production/FSQA Management.

· Prepares reports to communicate involvement and results of quality assurance activities to production.

· Maintains a working knowledge of company, government and industry quality assurance codes and standards.

· 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be a current Trident Seafoods employee or have worked for Trident Seafoods before

· High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

· Working knowledge of company, government and industry quality assurance codes and standards.

Preferred Qualifications:

· Industry specific experience

· Supervision or other experience

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 moves objects

• regularly up to 10 pounds
• frequently up to 25 pounds
• occasionally up to 50 pounds.

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

Work Environment:

The employee will frequently be subject to the following conditions: Wet or humid conditions, near moving mechanical parts, work in high, precarious places, subject to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outdoor weather conditions, and extreme heat and cold, and vibration. The work environment is loud.

Work authorizations:

• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship