AK Roe Tech H

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Job Details: 35 temporary, full-time openings for Roe Technicians from May 5, 2025 to September 1, 2025. Working at a seafood processing and packing facility, Roe Tech will sort, salt preserve, grade and pack fish roe according to assigned quality for export to the Japanese market. Sort green roe and separate culls, grade according to maturity, tend agitator and maintain saturated condition of brine solution. Dissolve mixed salts in water according to formula and test specific gravity. Weigh packed boxes and add or remove roe to achieve required weight. Work will be performed at OBI Alaska processing facilities in Kodiak, Seward, Petersburg, Cordova, Naknek, Egegik, Dillingham, and Larsen Bay AK. Daily transportation to and from employer provided housing to worksites provided by the employer. Optional, shared housing including utilities provided to workers at no cost to workers. Optional meals during shift available for $15 per day if worker completes 8 hour shift. Optional payroll deduction for meals if worker elects. Workers with 4 or more years tenure are exempt from meal deduction if complete 8 hour shift. Requires 3 months of verifiable work experience with fish roe batching and packing. Pre-employment criminal background check, paid for by the employer. Subject to post-hire and post-injury or accident drug testing, paid for by the employer. Must be able to work weekends, holidays and extended shifts and schedules including 7 day work week as required. Employer will offer minimum 35 hours of work per week, overtime possible of40 hours or more per week. Extensive overtime is frequently required with total workdays up to 16 hours. Seafood Plants are open 7 days a week, workdays vary Sunday through Saturday. Rotating schedule, shift times 6AM-6PM, 6PM-6AM. Workdays and shift times will vary with seafood deliveries and other factors.

Pay Offered: Basic wage rate: $29.85 per hour. If AK resident, employer offers $0.50 per hour in addition to basic wage rate. Employer may increase wage or provide bonus based on experience, skill, market conditions, and/or provide additional pay for performance and tenure. Overtime hours possible not guaranteed at $44.78 per hour as required by Federal, State, or local law, including required time and a half after 8 hours in any given day, or greater than 40 hours in any given workweek. If the worker completes 50 percent of the work contract period, the employer will arrange and pay directly for transportation and subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of work. Upon completion of the work contract or where the worker is dismissed earlier, the employer will provide or pay for workers reasonable costs of return transportation and subsistence back home or to the place the worker originally departed to work, except where the worker will not return due to subsequent employment with another employer or where the employer has appropriately reported a workers voluntary abandonment of employment. The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distances involved. Daily meals will be provided at a rate of at least $16.28 per day during travel to a maximum of $68.00 per day with receipts. If necessary, employer will reimburse worker within first pay period for approved cost of meals and lodging at the applicable exchange rate, not to exceed reasonable costs. Receipts must be submitted. The employer will reimburse H-2B workers in the first workweek for all visa, visa processing, border crossing, and other related fees, including those mandated by the government (excluding passport fees). The employer will provide worker at no charge all tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform job. PPE provided (rain gear, boots, eye and ear protection, gloves) at no cost to employee. The employer guarantees to offer work for hours equal to at least three-fourths of the workdays in each 12-week period of the total employment period. Employer will use a single work week as its standard for computing wages due.

How to Apply: Provide an AlaskaJobs Resumé Online or uploaded Resumé (recommended), Provide an AlaskaJobs Application Online, At the Nearest One-Stop. Company Website is https://obiseafoods.com/ and email is Kris.Kraakmo@obiseafoods.com. Applicants may send an application and/or resume to AlaskaJobs, 3301 Eagle St. Anchorage AK 99503. Email dol.seafood@alaska.gov Phone (907) 269-4746. alaskajobs.alaska.gov EOE//M/F/D/V

This notice is posted in connection with the filing of an application for temporary labor certification for the position described above. Any person may provide documentary evidence bearing on the application to U.S. Department of Labor ETA OFLC, Chicago National Processing Center, 11 West Quincy Court, Chicago IL 60604-2105. Attn: Certifying Officer

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