Dock Hand Jobs in Alaska (NOW HIRING)

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: Dock Key II assists with dock operations including, but not limited to; tying vessels to moorings, loading, unloading, and moving materials/product on and off vessels and/or from dock to storage site. Dock keys preforming tasks with some direction of Dock Leads and Dock Forepersons.

Key Responsibilities:

• Operates at a skilled level across two or more areas of the dock.
• Assists dock foreperson in essential functions of two or more areas of dock.
• May assist with on-the-line training of new dock workers.
• Ties/unties incoming/departing vessels to moorings.
• Installs/adjusts/removes gangway as needed.
• Deploys/retracts oil boom around vessels as needed.
• Monitors tidal fluctuation and makes necessary line adjustments accordingly.
• Loads and unloads materials or garbage onto or from pallets, trays, racks, and shelves by hand and keeps dock free of debris (cardboard, pallets, and garbage).
• Loads and unloads vessel, using winches, pumps, and other hoisting devices. Secures lifting attachments to materials and conveys load to destination or signals crane or hoisting operators to move load to destination.
• Operates safely equipment within its limitations.
• Keeps piers free of debris not part of a specific project.
• Notes and reports damage to pier to manager for repair.
• Inspects/cleans oil boom as needed.
• Maintains good housekeeping in all work areas.
• Moves product and other materials to and from storage and production areas, loading docks, delivery vehicles, ships, and containers, by hand or using trucks, and other equipment.
• Attaches identifying tags or labels to identify product or marks information on cases, equipment, pallets, or other containers.
• Connects hoses and operates equipment to move liquid materials into and out of storage tanks on vessels.
• Stacks or assembles materials into bundles or on pallets and bands bundles/pallets together.

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.

Employees working in Alaska are advised to have medical insurance coverage which is valid in the State of Alaska.

Trident Seafoods offers a comprehensive and quality benefits package. More information can be found at tridentseafoods.com/benefits.

Minimum Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be a current Trident Seafoods employee or have worked for Trident Seafoods before
• A minimum of one (1) year of experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• May be required as a function of duties: Crane, forklift, and other applicable operator's licenses.
• HS Diploma or equivalent (or degree, etc.)

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: While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and extreme cold. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Work authorizations: This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.