About the Role
This role involves handling fresh seafood processing, including cutting, scaling, and cleaning fish, while maintaining strict sanitation and food safety standards. You will also assist with shipments, pack orders, and perform quality checks to ensure products meet established standards.
Responsibilities
- Handle fresh seafood processing (cutting, scaling and cleaning fish).
- Maintain proper fish storage by organizing and correctly receiving deliveries, and ensure processing areas are kept clean and sanitized at all times.
- Assist with loading and unloading of fish shipments.
- Pack fresh seafood orders for customers.
- Sort and grade fish based on size, species, and quality standards.
- Perform quality checks on all fish products to ensure they meet established standards and remove products that do not meet the required standards.
- Maintain a clean, sanitary and safe working environment in compliance with food safety requirements.
- Record and document relevant information, including quantities, weights and types of fish received.
- Comply with all applicable food safety, health and workplace safety regulations.
- Meet daily production and operational targets as assigned.
- Adhere to Company attendance policies and designated work schedule to keep consistent and reliable attendance.
- Attend company events and functions outside of normal working hours.
- Perform other duties as required from manager.
- Obligation to answer to all management as requested.
Requirements
- Able to work without sitting for extended period of time, including standing and walking.
- Require physical stamina and ability to withstand cold temperatures.
- Able to talk, hear, climb, balance, smell, reach, bend, kneel, and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds frequently.
- Able to handle and move up to 165 pounds assisted frequently.
- Specific vision abilities are required, including close and distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus and maintain clarity.
- Noise Level: Normal to loud
- Location: Indoors and work in a cold and wet fish processing environment.
- Required to wear company provided insulated freezer suit while in freezer.
- Freezing temperatures ranging between -55 and -15 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Basic level English required – Read/write/speak/listen.
- Ability to work weekends, holidays, and afterhours as needed.
- Able to operate warehouse machinery (such as electric pallet jack, stand up stacker) in compliance with safety guidelines.
- Ability to follow GMP, HACCP, and sanitation procedures.
- Ability to safely use knives and seafood processing tools.
- Maintain a positive attitude.
- Ability to work independently and as a team.
- Ability to adapt to frequent changes in assignments and workload.
Skills
- Basic mathematical knowledge – such as counting inventory, weight and measurement conversions, combining, etc.
- Strong communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Demonstrate knowledge of and adherence to proper safety procedures.
- Knowledge of Japanese foods preferred.
- Experience with fish processing equipment and techniques is preferred.
- Knowledge of seafood types and quality indicators.
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2+ years of relevant experience preferred
Education Level
- High School Diploma or equivalent work experience preferred
Benefits
- All paid Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance for employees and their dependents
- Life Insurance and 401k Plan with company match
- Paid Vacation, Sick Leave, and Holidays
About the Company
- Established in 1926, Mutual Trading Co., Inc. was originally a small co-op organization for centralized purchasing of basic import foods to service the needs of the early Japanese immigrant society in Southern California.
- We've grown nearly 100 years old now, and command a premiere position among Japanese foodservice suppliers, as well as fill a key role as "Culinary Ambassador" promoting Japanese foods worldwide.
- Currently, we import, manufacture, and distribute over 7,000 Japanese foods, beverages, restaurant equipment and supplies.
Equal Opportunity
- Mutual Trading Co., Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
