NOTICE OF POSITION OPENING

JOB TITLE: Carpenter

Only people that upload or submit their resume will be considered.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The Carpenter will play a key role in ensuring the structural integrity, safety, and functionality of various facilities within the seafood processing plant.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform carpentry repairs and renovations to maintain the structural integrity of buildings, walls, floors, and other facilities within the plant.
• Install and repair doors, windows, partitions, and other wooden or composite structures.
• Conduct routine maintenance to ensure the longevity of carpentry work.
• Install, repair, and maintain fixtures, cabinets, and countertops in various plant facilities.
• Ensure all carpentry work complies with safety standards, building codes, and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct regular safety inspections of carpentry installations.
• Collaborate with other maintenance team members, electricians, plumbers, and contractors to coordinate projects and address facility needs.
• Manage and track materials and supplies needed for carpentry projects.
• Collaborate with procurement to ensure timely availability of required materials.
• Fabricate custom wooden components or fixtures as needed for specific plant requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 18+ years old.

• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Ability to work 12 hours per day, seven days per week, with additional hours during peak seasons.
• Ability to work well independently and with others.
• Ability to maintain professional composure in high stress work environment.
• Ability to research, read, comprehend, and articulate in layman’s terms the meaning of regulations.
• Influential, collaborative, professional demeanor. Effective oral and written communications.
• Ability and willingness to live in Alaska and work in a seafood processing plant. This includes working in inclement weather and in seafood production plants (inherent hazards include moving machinery, wet floors, noise, forklift traffic, etc.).
• Ability to walk up and down a hill several times a day.
• Consistent and reliable attendance is an essential function of this position.

WAGES

In Alaska, employees are paid overtime after eight regular hours in a day, and after 40 regular hours in a week.

NPSI provides transportation from the nearest major airport to the work location and back if you complete the season.

Employees live on site in communal bunkhouses with shared facilities, rooms are assigned based on gender identity, bed linens are provided. The cookhouse prepares hearty and nutritious meals and snacks. The housekeeping staff cleans and sanitizes restrooms and common areas. Laundry is done for employees once a week.

With no onsite expenses, and hopefully a large fish run, this is often a great way to make money in a relatively short period of time. There are additional opportunities for pay such as referral bonuses.

We offer opportunities to grow: Both professionally and personally! We offer the possibility to move up within our company.

NPSI offers a generous employer matching 401(k) retirement plan, and you are eligible to participate on day one! We also offer affordable, traditional health insurance benefits that include medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage.

IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS

This work can be hard, monotonous, and boring. Most cell phones do not work in remote areas of Alaska. For Example: GCI cell phones are the most reliable in Naknek, while T-Mobile and Verizon occasionally work. Employees have access to pay phones at the plants. We provide free, limited access to a desktop computer to check email. We also have limited Wi-Fi connection.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

It is the Company’s policy to comply with all federal, state, and local laws forbidding unlawful discrimination. Company does not and will not permit discrimination (including harassment) in recruitment, hiring, or employment based on race, color, creed, religion, disability, national origin, marital status, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, sexual orientation, honorably discharged veteran or military status, genetic information, opposition to a discriminatory practice, or any other status protected by local, state, or federal law. It is our policy to provide legal and fair treatment to all regarding recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, wages, hours, benefits, working conditions, training, and availability of advancement opportunities.

AT- WILL EMPLOYMENT

Company is an “at-will” employer, meaning that the employee or Company may terminate employment at any time, with or without notice, and with or without cause. No one at the Company is authorized to guarantee employment for a certain time period or otherwise alter the at-will nature of employment with us. The language that appears in this job posting is not intended to create and does not create, nor is it intended to constitute and does not constitute a contract between company and any employee. No manager, employee, or representative of the company, except the President or CEO, has the authority to enter into any contract guaranteeing employment for any specific term, and no such contract shall be deemed binding unless it is in writing and signed by the President or CEO.

ACCOMODATION REQUESTS

Company provides reasonable accommodations to applicants during the application process to ensure equal access to all available positions. To request accommodation, please call Human Resources.

Position is open until filled. Not all applicants will be contacted for additional screening.