Adventure ahead! Salmon season is an incredible time to experience the beautiful landscape of remote, coastal Alaska, home to some of the world’s largest and most sustainable wild salmon fisheries. This is a chance to work hard, save on expenses, meet a variety of people from around the world, and produce healthy protein for worldwide consumption. The work lasts from approximately mid-June to late September. The season may be shorter or longer depending on the fishery. Employees may elect to continue working for Sitka Sound for the fall fisheries.
Responsibilities:
To preserve our food products at the peak of freshness, our plants operate 24-hours a day. Employees are assigned to 16-hour shifts, seven days a week. You may be assigned to day or night shifts. There may be several days or weeks of full production, and there may be several days with little or no production. Wild fisheries are not always easy to predict.
In Alaska, employees are paid overtime after eight regular hours in a day, and after 40 regular hours in a week. With minimal onsite expenses, and hopefully a large fish run, this is often a great way to make money in a relatively short period of time. NPSI recognizes several holidays during the year. Hourly employees are paid at their overtime rate for all hours worked on the holiday. In the summer, July 4th is a recognized holiday.
NPSI offers a generous employer matching 401(k) retirement plan and you are eligible to participate on day one! We also offer affordable, traditional health insurance benefits that include medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage.
- 17+ years old (locals who do not live in the bunkhouse) or 18+ (to live in the bunkhouse).
- Authorized to work in the U.S.
- Willing and able to do this work, with or without reasonable accommodation:
- Perform physical, standing work for up to 16 hours per day, seven days per week.
- Process, touch, and be in close proximity of seafood products.
- Work in cold, wet, loud plants with strong seafood odors.
- Work safely around moving machinery, forklifts, vehicles, and elevated walkways.
- Use hands, wrists, elbows, and shoulders repetitively.
- Safely lift up to 50 pounds.
- Possess visual acuity and tactile dexterity to perform processing tasks.
- Demonstrate prompt and reliable attendance.
- Follow verbal and/or written directions.
- Physically evacuate the area in a swift manner in case of an emergency.
- Willing to live and work with a culturally diverse workforce, sharing bunkhouse rooms and communal restrooms.
- Willing to follow all NPSI policies including our Discrimination-Free and Harassment-Free Workplace policy.
NPSI provides transportation from certain points of travel (generally, Seattle, WA and Anchorage, AK) to the worksite and back, as well as room and board, for those employees who work until they are laid off. Employees who leave before the season ends may be responsible for their own transportation, and they will be charged $15 per day for room and board.
No Tolerances
North Pacific Seafoods prohibits the use, sale, or possession of ANY drug not medically authorized. We do not allow the use or possession of marijuana, medical or otherwise, at our plants. Employees may be asked to submit to random, post-accident, or for cause testing at any time, and NPSI reserves the right to search all areas of the plant without advance notice in order to maintain the no tolerance policy.
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