Plant Manager Assistant- ASI

This position will work closely with the Plant Manager overseeing all operations at Westward’s ASI Dutch Harbor processing facility, including day to day production operations, scheduling of fishing vessels, crew schedules, production priorities, and coordination of machinery maintenance and repairs. This position will coordinate and work closely with the Plant Manager, and the Environmental Compliance Manager in coordinating raw material acquisition, delivery and production schedules, product assessment, QC grading standards, shipment of finished product, and compliance with State and Federal environmental regulations and relevant permit conditions.

This position is also responsible for the overall supervision of the Housing/Galley, Engineering, and Office Departments, ensuring the managers of those departments efficiently and effectively manage their departments and supervise their respective staff. This position reports directly to the V.P. of Operations.

• The Assistant Plant Manager works closely with the Plant Manager to review and approve the yearly budgets of the following departments and their respective managers:
  • Production Office
  • Galley & Housing
  • Safety
  • Security
• Responsible directly or through the management of relevant department managers for the safe and efficient day‑to‑day operations of the plant, related support operations, recruitment of fishing vessels, and the maintenance of working relations with such vessels.
• Responsible for the regular review of Fishing Vessel accounts for excessively aged receivables or other vessel account items, including requests for advances, crew draws, fishing vessel purchase orders, etc.
• Ensures that regular or daily (as needed) radio/telephone/personal contacts are maintained with Fishing Vessels for scheduling and the maintenance of business relations.
• Remains informed, consistent with applicable law and WSI's anti‑trust policies, of trends in ex‑vessel prices, and coordinates with Sales and Operations to establish competitive raw fish prices.
• Ensures directly or through the management of appropriate department managers that adequate production supplies and materials, parts, galley/housing, and other relevant materials have been ordered and received in a timely manner.
• Works closely with the Plant Manager to ensure the smooth daily operation of the Production Departments, including vessel rotations, fish age, product assessment, QC grading, and shipment of finished products.
• Responsible for determining security needs, including those required by the Homeland Security Department, and maintaining staffing levels to meet those needs.
• Ensures that the Safety Department is maintaining policies and procedures for all areas of the plant and that the plant follows all local, state, and federal regulations.
• Works closely with the H/R Director to ensure that all departments are complying with state and federal employment laws.
• Coordinates with the Environmental Compliance Manager to ensure compliance with all applicable State and Federal environmental regulations and relevant permit conditions.
• Supervises Department Managers and any other direct reports. Interviews and makes hiring decisions, in consultation with the H/R Department. Evaluates and otherwise directs the work performance of Department Managers. Counsels Department Managers and other key staff, when necessary, in consultation with the H/R Departments. Has authority, in consultation with the H/R Department, to make changes in personnel status, including transfers, demotions, promotions and terminations.
• Reviews other promotions and terminations. Assists department managers to determine upcoming staffing requirements. Reviews hiring to ensure consistent standards with staffing requirements.
• Responsible for periodic review of staffing levels, and for taking appropriate action to increase efficiency of the plant.
• Informs the Office Manager of layoff dates and projected staffing levels for the following seasons within a reasonable time frame to ensure dates and flights are available.
• Reviews with the Office Manager, and in most instances the H/R Director, incidents, concerns…