Maintenance Tech
Pacific Seafood · Coupeville, WA
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Pacific Seafood (industrial) in Coupeville, WA.
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $58k–$84k.
Median of the low and high ends of 37 live postings that list pay, out of 1616 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 33 other live reliability postings in Washington.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 50%
- PLC 47%
- Welding 29%
- EHS / safety 24%
- Root cause 21%
- Tooling 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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How to get in at this plant
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Pick 2–3 people on the Reliability team at Pacific Seafood
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Send a short, curious note
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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Full description from Pacific SeafoodAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
responsibilities
may be assigned as deemed necessary to support the overall goals and objectives of the position.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
Required
- ✓High school diploma or GED.
- ✓Minimum two years related experience and/or training.
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:
- ✓Sedentary work, walking and standing are required only occasionally.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.
- ✓Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
- ✓Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Working Conditions
The working environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is exposed to:
- ✓Office, as well as warehouse environment.
- ✓Moderate noise level in the work environment.
- ✓Plant exposure to wet, cold, and/or humid temperatures.
- ✓Standard office equipment and heavy machinery.
Job Benefits
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Maintenance Tech
Department: Penn Cove Maintenance
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Penn Cove Plant
Reporting To: Doug Zahradnek
Description
At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are a family-owned, 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’ personal and professional growth, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Teamwork, Productivity, Quality, and Excellence—which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.
A Maintenance Technician I at Pacific Seafood is a key role on our Maintenance team supporting efforts to repair and upkeep of all buildings, tools, and equipment. This position involves providing preventative maintenance including a safe and sanitary environment to the plant and surrounding grounds and is ideal for someone who is safety conscious, a team player, and can manage their time effectively.
Maintenance and Repair
- •Assess maintenance and repair problems with follow-up.
- •Perform minor plumbing and electrical work and repair equipment when breakdowns occur to maintain production.
- •Learn set-up, operation, adjustments, and operating parameters of production equipment.
- •Bring production equipment to a good operating standard and improve the work order system and develop a return to service, i.e., production certification.
- •Repair equipment when breakdowns occur to maintain production.
- •Paint any necessary areas, as needed.
- •Work on new installation projects.
- •Remedy any unsafe conditions in a timely manner.
- •Safety must be the first priority.
- •Repair aesthetic defects i.e., seals, hinges, hangers, etc. when production maintenance and breakdowns allow.
Communication and Collaboration
- •Develop open communication with machine operators, department supervisors, and managers.
- •Be on call, as needed.
- •Perform walk-throughs as assigned to spot possible problems.
Additional
Preferred
- +Prior forklift operation experience.
- +Forklift certification.
Physical