Fish Filleter

**Title**: Fish Filleter

**Reports to**: Area Manager

**Location**: Chessington, Surrey KT9 1TW

**Salary band**: £25,618.11- £31,392.68

**Shift pattern**: 4 days on 4 days off Day shift

**Hours**: 7:00am - 7:00pm

**Local Train Stations within a 20 minute commute include**:
Chessington, Tolworth, Malden Manor, Motspur Park, Rains Park, Wimbledon, Earls Field and Clapham Junction.

**Who is New England Seafood International?**

NESI is owned by Sealaska, an Alaska Native regional corporation for Southeast Alaska formed under federal law in 1971. With more than 23,000 shareholders of Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian background, its purpose is to strengthen its people, culture, and homelands. Sealaska invests in and operates businesses that improve the health of our oceans, maintain healthy homelands in Southeast Alaska, and benefit shareholder communities. This partnership makes joining NESI at this time a very exciting prospect as joining forces will offer both businesses increased access to resources, broader product and category capabilities and deeper market access. The enlarged seafood group and enhanced management capacity provides opportunity for further investments to build on successes.

We are a premium supplier of fresh fish, value added fish products and raw ready to eat fish to all the major UK retailers and to food service customers in the UK. We are also providing sushi to all the major sushi chains in the UK. Our core purpose is to enhance lives through fish. Our vision is to be the “go to” partner, loved by our customers, chosen for our species and famous for consumer-led innovation, in showing people how to enjoy fish every day. Our organisation is category led, organised by our core species of Tuna, Wild Salmon, Sea Bass & Sea Bream, and deeply connected to our customers.

Our values run through our business and are Respect, Customer Care, By Learning we Grow, Team Spirit and Integrity.

**Accountabilities - what am I expected to do or deliver?**

We are looking for highly engaged, motivated people to join our team of filleters, where you will be given a fantastic opportunity to learn a new skill, you just need to have the right attitude, willingness to learn, a sense of humour and team working ethic is a must We have highly experienced trainers on hand, waiting for your arrival to equip and train you with everything you need

At the end of your training, you will be able and confident in your role as a filleter and accountable to:

- To fillet fish in high standard as required, maintaining consistency, quality with mínimal waste.
- Achieve the set targets of fish per hour.
- To identify classifications of fish species, freshness and quality.
- Maintaining a safe, clean and tidy working environment.
- Communicate with team leader & line manager to raise quality issues or work-related issues.
- Cover for areas when instructed by the Area Manager.

**What experiences, knowledge and capabilities do I need to demonstrate?**

You don’t need a degree or any previous experience to fillet a fish. You will learn everything you need to know on the job. You’ll be required to be confident and motivated and as a trainee, initially you will be given on the job trainings with less challenging tasks such as making simple cuts into the fish or taking the bones out of a fish that’s already been sliced open. You’ll also learn how to use and care for the tools and equipment you’ll be using as a filleter.

**Required**:

- Experience within a FMCG environment (desirable)
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Be able to meet and complete orders on time
- Have knowledge of fish species
- Have basic Food Safety
- Be willing to learn and adapt.

**Benefits**:

- 20 days holiday, including bank holidays (pro rata) increasing by 1 day per year up to 25 days
- Pension 5% employee contribution 3% employer contribution
- Life Insurance: 3 x annual salary
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Staff discount on products
- Unlimited tea and coffee
- Sports & Social Fund
- On-site parking
- Referral Programme

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £25,618.11-£31,392.68 per year

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Overtime

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Ability to Commute:

- Chessington, KT9 1TW (required)

Work Location: In person