Meat Cutter Full Time $1000 Sign on Bonus

BJ's Wholesale Club • Middletown, RI

13d • Onsite

About The Position

BJ's Wholesale Club is seeking a full-time Meat Cutter to join their team. This role involves receiving, rotating, cutting, wrapping, and merchandising fresh and processed meats, as well as assisting in other departments like seafood, prepared foods, and rotisserie chicken. The Meat Cutter will also prepare special meat arrangements for members and maintain strict sanitation and safety standards within the meat department. Team members are expected to carry out job functions with integrity, ensure a safe and positive environment, embrace inclusion and diversity, and work collaboratively to achieve goals. A commitment to delivering excellent member service through speed, friendliness, and maintaining club standards is essential. This includes ensuring the meat case is fully stocked and visually appealing, maintaining inventory levels, and rotating products according to expiration dates. The role also requires cleaning and sanitizing all equipment and areas, inspecting and storing meat upon delivery, and adhering to all club policies and procedures. The position is physically demanding, involving movement on hard surfaces, occasional bending, handling, pulling, reaching, and stooping, with frequent lifting of up to 30 pounds and occasional lifting of heavier or awkward objects with assistance. The work environment is a cooler area with temperature extremes and loud noises, and occasional exposure to cleaning agents.

Requirements

• Completion of a training program/apprenticeship required.
• Previous meat cutting experience required.
• At least 18 years of age.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of automatic/hand wrapping machines preferred.

Responsibilities

• Receives, rotates, cuts, wraps, and merchandises fresh and processed meats, including grinds.
• Assists in merchandising of seafood, prepared foods, cheeses and pre-packed deli and assists in the rotisserie chicken area and full service deli.
• Assists in meat selection and cuts special meat arrangements for Members.
• Maintains all sanitation and safety standards within the meat department.
• Engages and provides assistance to our Members by making recommendations along with answering questions regarding meat, poultry, and seafood.
• Prepares special cuts of meat ordered by Members.
• Cuts, grinds, and/or processes fresh meats to company cutting standards.
• Weighs, packages, wraps, and labels cuts of meat, poultry, and seafood to company packaging standards.
• Makes sure the meat case showcases all currently available products.
• Ensures the meat department maintains an appropriate level of inventory.
• Ensures the meat, seafood, prepared foods, and cheese cases are fully stocked.
• Rotates meats, poultry, seafood, prepared foods, and cheeses according to expiration dates.
• Follows established guidelines when disposing of damaged and/or expired products.
• Cleans and sanitizes all equipment, display fixtures, and areas in the meat department, including the meat cooler, freezer, and refrigerated display cases.
• Inspects and stores meat upon delivery.
• Ensures that all received meats meet or exceed company quality standards.
• Receives and unpacks meat, poultry, seafood, prepared foods, and cheeses in the meat cooler and freezer.
• Maintains all club policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned, including placing orders and working in other departments as needed.

Benefits

• Weekly Pay
• Free BJ’s Memberships
• Generous Paid Time Off (vacation, personal, sick days, holidays, bereavement, and jury duty leave)
• Flexible and Affordable Health Benefits (three medical plans, optional dental, vision, Health Savings Account (HSA), and flexible spending account options)
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 15% discount
• $1000 Sign on Bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed