Nova Sea is hiring: Production workers for harvesting plant (fillet dept.)

About the position:

Employer: Nova Sea

Title: Production worker - fillet dept.

Type: Full time

Location: Lovund

Application due: 24. august

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About Employer:

Nova Sea AS is one of the largest northern Norwegian producers of farmed salmon. We have breeding facilities and skilled, committed employees along the entire coast of Helgeland, from Vega in the south to Gildeskål in the north. Our head office and harvesting plant is placed on the island Lovund. The employees are Nova Sea's most important resource and top priority. We have a great social responsibility as a food producer, and every day deliver salmon equivalent to 770,000 meals. We take our role in Helgeland's local communities very seriously and give back by supporting local initiatives.

The concern consists of Nova Sea AS, Helgeland Smolt AS, Nova Sea Aquaservice AS, Nova Master AS, Djupvatn AS, as well as the affiliated companies Tomma Laks AS and Vega Sjøfarm AS, a total of approx. 400 employees. Nova Sea AS handles the administration of all the companies in the concern. The group is fully integrated from broodstock production to serving salmon in restaurants. All Nova Sea's activities must be managed according to the principle of sustainability.

Our harvesting plant and head offices are located at Lovund in Lurøy municipality. We now need 7 new employees who can contribute to our production of farmed salmon fillet. 

If you want to live in a small community on the coast of Helgeland and work in one of Norway's most exciting industries, and meet most of the qualifications listed below, we encourage you to apply.

Read more about us on our website. 

About the job:

In our fillet department, the tasks consist of processing and filleting fresh salmon. The work mainly involves operating our stations along assembly lines and machines. We practice rotation on our assembly lines, as variation in this kind of work has many advantages.

For extended periods of time each year, we run a two-shift production. During these periods, production workers work morning/evening shifts every other week.

We hope you have:

• Skilled worker certificate in seafood production or other relevant subjects and/or experience from similar work or other food production
• Valid fish welfare course
• Truck driver's license

Fluency in Norwegian is not a requirement. Most of our daily communication in the harvesting plant occurs in English, and good communication skills in English will be emphasized.

To do enjoy and thrive in this job, you need to:

• Have very good hygiene and an understanding of HSE principles
• Enjoy routine work, have good concentration over time and value punctuality
• Be able and suited for physically taxing work

We welcome people with different skills, life experience and perspectives to apply for the position.

What do you get with us?

We have competitive conditions; the best pension scheme on the market and very good insurance schemes. We also take our employees' competence development seriously.

• If necessary, we assist with finding housing on Lovund.

The applicant must consent to CAA Norway’s background check in connection with the company's approval as a "Kjent avsender".

We also have available positions in our whole-fish departments. Apply here to be considered for these positions as well.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact: 

• Linjeleder, Stian Andreassen på tlf: 979 82 488
• Linjeleder, Asgeir Bergeng på tlf: 991 66 367
• Linjeleder, Ann Kathrin Raknes på tlf: 417 62 990
• Linjeleder, Flordelis Aasjord på tlf: 412 06 834

Application due: 24. august

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