For over 80 years Pacific Seafood has provided the finest seafood to consumers, restaurants and retailers. We believe in the philosophy “On Board Doing Good Together” and recognize that the success of our company is directly tied to the many talented and dedicated team members we consider part of our Pacific Seafood family.

It’s through the skills of our team members and Pacific Seafood’s commitment to both sustainability and traceability that we lead the industry in socially responsible best practices for wild harvest and aquaculture, while working to minimize environmental impact. Being a vertically integrated company, we track our products at each stage from “dock to plate”. This ensures we can be confident and proud of our mission to provide the safest, freshest, and healthiest protein on the planet.

At Pacific Seafood, we believe people make great companies. We emphasize that people who are committed to excellence are the key to our success. Pacific Seafood’s culture is based on the four components of our Diamond Philosophy: teamwork, productivity, quality, and excellence. We define teamwork as a group of people charged with creating solutions and implementing results. Quality is reflected in dedication to each other, our products, our attitudes, and respect for the environment. Productivity is maximizing efficiency of an effortless flow of product to our customers. We live the Diamond Philosophy daily and that’s reflected as we achieve operational excellence. As a leader in the seafood industry, our expectation of ourselves is to practice our business fairly and ethically, to lead by example.

As we continue to grow our business, we hope to inspire the best and brightest talent to join our team and become part of our continued success, as together we conniue to accomplish our mission of Feeding The World The Healthiest Protein On The Planet!

We appreciate your interest in Pacific Seafood Group and invite you to check out our current job openings by clicking on the job posting links on the left.

Operations Excellence Specialist

Clackamas, OR

Full Time

Processing

Mid Level

At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are an excellence-driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community. We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Quality, Teamwork, Productivity, and Excellence—which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.

Summary:
As an Operations Excellence Specialist, you will focus on assigned strategic initiatives and projects throughout the company. You will be a key member of driving operational efficiency, digital transformation, and quality enhancement across processing production and administrative functions. You will bring strong project management skills, analytical skills, and a deep understanding of operational workflows. Additionally, you will be involved and have access to sensitive business data, proprietary systems, and internal strategic initiatives. Strict confidentiality is required at all times.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Project Coordination and Management:

Partner in end-to-end acquisition and operational launch of new facilities, including site selection, budgeting, stakeholder alignment, and timeline management.
Partner with cross-functional teams to evaluate existing workflows and design data-driven solutions.
Standardize best practices across departments and establish governance frameworks for process ownership and accountability.
Provide project management support for key initiatives, including resource planning, risk management, and stakeholder communication.

2. Performance Monitoring and Reporting:

Develop comprehensive reports, including project summaries, data visualizations, and ROR analyses for stakeholders.
Understanding of cost drivers, financial KPI’s, and variance analysis. Ability to analyze trends, identify inefficiencies, and recommend corrective actions to improve profitability.
Proficiency in using financial data to influence strategic decisions. Ability to translate operational performance metrics into financial impact reports.
Develop and maintain dashboards and performance indicators to monitor finance operations metrics

3. Process Improvement and Change Management:

Partner in end-to-end process improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and Agile methodologies to increase operational efficiency.
Manage the evaluation, selection, and implementation of operational technologies, including production monitoring systems, traceability software, and ERP platforms.
Support post-implementation reviews and continuous improvement project life cycles to refine and optimize processes over time.
Ensure compliance with internal and regulatory requirements, and best practices across operational processes.

Additional responsibilities may be assigned as deemed necessary to support the overall goals and objectives of the position.

What you Bring to Pacific Seafood:

Required:

High school diploma or GED
3+ years of experience in operations excellence, continuous improvement, or business process management
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams etc.)
Good written and spoken English language
Requires 20-40% travel

Preferred:

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Business Information Systems, or related field
Proficient in data analytics tools (Power BI, SQL) and process mapping software (Visio)
Proven experience with ERP systems (e.g. SAP or MS Dynamics)
Lean Six Sigma certification
Bilingual

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member:
Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time.
Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks.
Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
Regularly required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Salary Range: $60,000 - $80,000 annually

Total Compensation

At Pacific Seafood, your base wage is only a portion of your overall compensation package. We invest in our Team Members through a comprehensive and attractive total rewards package, including but not limited to:

Health insurance benefits options, including medical, prescription, vision, dental, basic group life and short term disability.
Flexible spending accounts for health flex and dependent care expenses.
401(k) Retirement Plan options with generous annual company profit sharing match.
Paid time off for all regular FT team members, to include paid sick, vacation, holiday, and personal time.
Employee Assistance Program- Confidential professional counseling, financial, and legal assistance provided at no charge to Team Members and immediate family members
Product purchase program.

Pacific Seafood is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Apply for this position

Required*

First Name*

Last Name*

Email Address*

Phone*

Address

Resume*

We've received your resume. Click here to update it.

Attach resume or Paste resume

Attach resume as .pdf, .doc, .docx, .odt, .txt, or .rtf (limit 5MB) or Paste resume

Paste your resume here or Attach resume file

Who referred you to this position? Enter their first and last name here.

Desired salary

Are you legally authorized to work in the United States?* YesNo

Are you 18 years of age or older?*

Please list any relatives you have that are employed by our company. If none, please state "NA".*

Have you ever worked for our company or one of its divisions? If so, please provide the company, job, employee number and dates.

The following questions are entirely optional.

Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability

Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form CC-305
OMB Control Number 1250-0005
Expires 04/30/2026

Why are you being asked to complete this form?

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.

Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp.

How do you know if you have a disability?

A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your “major life activities.” If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability. Disabilities include, but are not limited to:

Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
Blind or low vision
Cancer (past or present)
Cardiovascular or heart disease
Celiac disease
Cerebral palsy
Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
Diabetes
Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
Intellectual or developmental disability
Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
Neurodivergence, for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
Short stature (dwarfism)
Traumatic brain injury

Please check one of the boxes below:

YES, I HAVE A DISABILITY, OR HAVE HAD ONE IN THE PAST NO, I DO NOT HAVE A DISABILITY AND HAVE NOT HAD ONE IN THE PAST I DO NOT WANT TO ANSWER

PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT: According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.

You must enter your name and date
Name	Date

Human Check*

Submit Application