Meat Cutter

Houchens Food Group • Huntsville, AL

6d

About The Position

The Meat Cutter is responsible for the meat operation, including preparing, storing, cutting, cleaning, and serving meat. The role helps ensure products are handled, rotated, displayed, and stored correctly; meat coolers and cases maintain proper temperatures; and safety procedures are followed. The Meat Cutter supports inventory, ordering, bookkeeping, and shrink control, and provides friendly, courteous, and prompt customer service. The position requires no prior experience and includes flexible scheduling; it may be full-time or part-time.

Requirements

• High school graduate or General Education Degree (GED).
• No prior experience necessary.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to accept responsibility and account for one's actions.
• Ability to adapt to workplace changes and work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Ability to meet customer needs while following company procedures.
• Ability to pay attention to detail, stay organized, and manage time to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work at a sustained pace, produce quality work, and complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.
• Ability to remain calm under stress and demonstrate reliability, initiative, and a friendly, energetic demeanor.

Responsibilities

• Monitor food distribution and ensure guidelines are followed.
• Clean and sterilize dishes, kitchen utensils, equipment, and facilities.
• Keep coolers, cases, and displays stocked.
• Observe assigned shift hours.
• Provide customers with friendly, courteous, and prompt service.
• Maintain good communication with the Meat Manager.
• Share responsibility for controlling shrink.
• Record all hours worked and verify and sign the time ticket report.
• Monitor food preparation and serving.
• Assist with accurate bookkeeping for weekly and monthly meat purchases.
• Assist in maintaining records to control shrink through inventory and ordering.
• Assist in inventorying products on hand before preparing a meat order.
• Assist the Meat Manager with four-week-period meat inventory.
• Ensure products are rotated when received and stocked.
• Ensure meat coolers and cases operate at the proper temperature.
• Ensure proper safety procedures are followed.
• Clean and maintain the meat department, coolers, cases, and equipment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED