Trident Seafoods is North America's largest vertically integrated seafood harvesting and processing company. Trident is a privately held, 100 percent USA-owned company with global operations in 6 countries and serves customers in almost 60 countries. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington (USA), Trident employs approximately 7,700 people worldwide each year and partners with over 2,700 independent fishermen and crewmembers in Alaska. Trident catches and processes virtually every commercial species of salmon, whitefish, and crab harvested in the North Pacific and Alaska. The global supply chain also encompasses cultured and wild species sourced from an international network of trusted suppliers.
Summary:
The Process Control Specialist is responsible for developing, implementing, maintaining, and improving product-specific production centerlines across all manufacturing lines within the Anacortes Plant.
Essential Functions:
Establish and continuously improve operating standards based on production data, operational experience, process capability, and performance analysis.
Define and maintain centerline specifications including equipment settings, machine operating parameters, conveyor and belt speeds, production rates, labor staffing requirements, product weight targets, batter viscosity targets (Stein Cup readings), pickup percentages, yield and recovery targets, rework expectations, material utilization standards, and scrap reduction targets.
Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Quality Assurance, and Plant Leadership to validate centerline effectiveness.
Process Monitoring and Control:
Identify process deviations that negatively impact OEE, attainment, throughput, quality, labor productivity, yield, recovery, or material utilization.
Statistical Process Control (SPC):
Performance Analysis and Reporting:
Monitor and report key operational metrics including OEE, throughput, attainment, labor productivity, yield and recovery, scrap generation, material utilization, giveaway, rework, downtime, and First Pass Yield.
Provide recommendations that improve process consistency, efficiency, reliability, and profitability.
Continuous Improvement:
Participate in root cause investigations related to downtime, quality issues, process instability, yield losses, and labor inefficiencies.
This is a nonexempt position with an hourly rate of $31.25 to $38.00 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.
