About High Liner
High Liner Foods was founded in 1899 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, as a small salt fish company. Lunenburg is still the current home of our Canadian Operations.
High Liner Foods is the seafood brand people trust. Every day, we’re Reimagining Seafood to Nourish Life through a focus on our customers, innovation, and, of course, responsible operations. Our talented team is committed to the High Liner goal of becoming the leader in branded, value-added seafood in North America.
We offer professional, technical, and operational career opportunities across Canada and within the United States. We believe in building a high-performance organization by investing in our people. We are focused on developing future leaders from within and fostering career growth and advancement.
We offer our team members the opportunity to grow personally and professionally. If you are talented and driven, your potential at High Liner Foods is unlimited!
It’s our time to make waves.
Job Details
High Liner Foods is a career destination. We look for high-performing talent who value:
- Safety; it’s our #1 priority
- Opportunities to contribute to your community through volunteerism
- A culture of inclusion, support, and recognition
- Senior leaders who are highly accessible and available to employees
- A strong focus on Education and Advancement – eligible employees can participate in our Education Assistance program, helping to save up to 100% in tuition costs. We also offer entrance scholarship opportunities to the children of our employees
- Extensive internal advancement opportunities in Health and Safety, Continuous Improvement, Supply Chain, and team leadership
- Competitive hourly/salary rates and performance rewards
- A comprehensive benefit plan designed to keep up with the changing healthcare needs across North America
What to Expect on the Job
The successful candidate will work as required in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment with other team members and be able to perform the following:
- Qualified to operate trolleys, lifts, and Raymond Reach trucks, or be willing to take the training to become qualified
- Unloading/loading of trucks, receiving, tallying, and picking orders
- Providing excellent customer service to all our internal customers
- Ability to work in a team environment with minimum supervision
- Quality reading and writing skills and the ability to understand production work order sheets, schedules, and truck delivery schedules
- Have good knowledge of all frozen products
- Have good mathematical skills
- Ability to work in an environment with varying temperatures
- Participating in safety and quality audits
- Involved with problem-solving issues and inventory discrepancies
- Ensuring the safe and proper storage of ingredients, packaging, raw materials, and finished goods
- Possess excellent customer service relations and the ability to maintain inventory accuracy
- Perform any other assigned jobs that are not covered in this posting
- Be physically fit to perform job requirements and capable of repetitive heavy lifting
- Ensure the safety and wellness of yourself, other employees at HLF, and our customers by following proper safe work procedures and SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures)
We’re a fish company! You’ll be helping our Production team make our award-winning products. Working within a cold storage environment and with quality perishable products means we work quickly as a team to ensure top-quality products are shipped to our customers.
Our team members work within variable-temperature storage environments to receive and pack raw materials. This team is on the move!
Compensation
Your wage to start will be $22.68/hour, increasing to $23.94/hour after 6 months and $25.20/hour after one year, with additional raises typically coming into effect January 1 of each year.
Must Haves
- Commitment to Health, Safety, and Hygiene practices at all times
- Reliable and committed to quality standards
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Excited about work variety and comfortable with varying temperatures, including cold and damp environments (we provide PPE!)
- Exceptional teamwork and communication skills
- A genuine passion for problem-solving and continuous improvement
Nice to Haves
- Previous work experience within manufacturing and/or food manufacturing
- Experience with inventory control and systems
- Previous experience within Shipping and Receiving roles
- Experience with Continuous Improvement tools such as 5S, Fishbone Diagrams, 5-Whys, etc., is considered an asset
Please note: Time slots for the in-person job fair are approximate and attendance is first come, first served.
Join Us! Apply now.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $22.68 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
