Company Butchers and Meat Cutters create an exceptional customer service experience by preparing and cutting quality meets to specifications while ensuring the meat department is properly maintained.

Essential duties are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills. They are intended to be accurate summaries of what the job classification involves and what is required to perform it. The omission of specific statements or duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of this job.

The Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, political affiliation, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law or ordinance.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Maintaining an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with a primary emphasis on fast, friendly, and accurate service.
• Preparing and packaging food products and processing customer orders to their specifications.
• Processing fresh meats, smoked meats, seafood, random weight, lunchmeat, frozen food, and salted meats to production standards.
• Receiving and breaking down meat deliveries, stacking, dating and rotating coolers.
• Utilizing peak-time performance cutting lists to cut and trim all products as directed by company standards.
• Properly wrapping, weighing, and pricing products as needed.
• Properly cubing, slicing, and grinding meat as needed.
• Minimizing shrinkage through proper handling of products.
• Stocking and rotating department products to ensure freshness and date control.
• Complying with local, state, and government weights and measuring laws, sanitation standards, grinding logs, and country of origin labeling requirements.
• Maintaining a sanitary work area in compliance with company policies and industry standards.
• Complying with safety and health standards to ensure safe handling of food.
• Identifying, correcting, and reporting unsafe conditions that could cause accidents.
• Properly cleaning equipment and tools utilized.
• Providing assistance to co-workers.
• Ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures and all regulations.
• Performing additional duties as needed.

COMPETENCIES :

• Ability to establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with others.
• Basic computer skills and software management.
• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
• Strong communication skills with both customers and coworkers.
• Knowledge of and experience complying with equipment, safety principles, practices, procedures and strategies to promote effective operations for the protection of people and property.
• Knowledge of and ability to operate equipment necessary to perform the duties of the position.
• An ability to work flexible schedules through the day, evening, and weekend shifts.
• Ability to safely operate heavy and sharp tools/equipment.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE :

• Experience as a Butcher/Meat Cutter is required.
• High School Diploma or GED preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS :

• This position requires heavy lifting and carrying of objects up to 100 pounds with frequent walking, standing, bending, stooping, kneeling, reaching and inspecting work sites.
• Work is performed indoors in a refrigerated climate control setting.