Meat Cutter

Sysco•Portland, OR

25d

About The Position

The Meat Cutter accurately cuts and trims meat to yield specifications using cut tickets. The role pulls raw materials and pre-cut inventory according to code dates, monitors short shelf-life items, labels products and equipment in accordance with legal and safety regulations, records data for cutting yield tests, counts inventory, and ensures products meet specifications. The position also maintains work areas in compliance with U.S.D.A. guidelines and manages profitability by meeting yield targets and product-readiness deadlines. The employee assembles and tears down equipment as needed and cleans, stores, and maintains assigned knives, scales, and other equipment. The role includes communicating discrepancies between cutting tickets and typical customer purchases, completing other assigned duties, and supporting company safety and health goals by following safe work practices and reporting unsafe conditions, accidents, injuries, and illnesses. Work takes place in refrigerated processing and warehouse areas that are cold, wet, noisy, and regularly expose employees to moving machinery and sharp surfaces. The role requires physical strength to lift and maneuver 50–60 pounds, as well as regular standing, stooping, and climbing. Employees must move through production and warehouse areas without disrupting operations and use their senses and limbs to operate processing and material-handling equipment and assess product wholesomeness.

Requirements

Prior experience with portion cutting meat.
Ability to perform mathematical calculations and conversions to determine quantities and product sizes for orders.
Ability to read, write, and communicate in English.
Ability to adapt to sudden changes in customer demands or operational goals.
Commitment to work until the job is completed.
Ability to interact well with others and work as part of a team.
Results-oriented, customer-service-oriented, and detail-oriented.
Physical strength to lift and maneuver 50–60 pounds.
Ability to stand, stoop, and climb regularly.
Ability to move unassisted throughout production and warehouse areas without disrupting regular operations.
Normal eyesight and hearing after correction; color vision required.
Ability to touch, feel, and manipulate fingers and limbs to operate processing and material-handling equipment.
Ability to smell to detect product wholesomeness and spoilage.
Ability to work in refrigerated processing and warehouse areas that are cold, wet, noisy, and regularly expose employees to moving machinery and sharp surfaces.

Responsibilities

Accurately cut and trim meat to yield specifications according to cut tickets.
Communicate discrepancies between cutting tickets and normal customer purchases to the supervisor.
Pull raw materials and pre-cut inventory according to code dates, and report short shelf-life items to the supervisor.
Label products and equipment in compliance with legal and safety regulations.
Accurately record data needed to produce assigned cutting yield tests.
Count product inventory accurately and maintain levels set by the supervisor.
Ensure product specifications meet established guidelines.
Maintain work areas in compliance with U.S.D.A. guidelines.
Assemble and tear down work-area equipment at the beginning or end of shifts as needed.
Clean, store, and maintain assigned knives, scales, and other equipment.
Manage profitability by achieving product yields and meeting product-readiness deadlines.
Complete other duties as assigned.
Participate in the safety program and help achieve company safety and health goals.
Develop and follow safe work practices.
Provide management with written reports of unsafe conditions or acts.
Immediately report accidents, injuries, and illnesses to the supervisor.