Surimi and Roe Technician

H-2B seasonal job with Westward Seafoods, Inc. in Unalaska, Alaska. Pay: $24.65 – $40/hr. Work period: 2027-01-04 to 2027-04-30. Positions: 5. About 84 hours a week. The employer's full description is in English on the official DOL job order.

Conduct all aspects of seafood processing regarding surimi and pollock roe. Duties include adjusting and fine-tuning machines that cut the fish, remove the roe, separate the fish meat, rinse and refine the fish meat, and mix more than 30 additives to produce surimi. Adjust machines as needed based on size and freshness of fish and adjust additives to produce special order surimi products. Test and inspect for fish meat quality, moisture control, removal of impurities, and bacteria control during multiple stages of surimi processing. Inspect and grade quality of pollock roe products for export to Japan based on size, color, freshness, maturity and other factors, and prepare pollock roe samples for roe auctions. Ensure compliance with food safety and sanitation rules. Responsible for quality control, ongoing product improvement measures, maintenance of machines and spare parts, and instructing or training other processing workers as needed.

Work period: 2027-01-04 to 2027-04-30. Positions: 5.

Requirements: Must possess 24 months of pollock roe and surimi processing experience and technical knowledge of surimi and pollock roe processing and ability to work independently. Must be able to grade surimi and pollock roe products for Japanese market and must be able to quickly identify and resolve any problems that arise during surimi and pollock roe processing operations. Applications and/or resumes must include required work experience and information must be verifiable. Must be willing to work 12 hours per day, 7 days per week from Monday through Sunday, depending on fish availability, with minimum guarantee of 35 hours per week.