Meat Cutter (8764)

NOTCH • Richford, VT

5h • $17 - $25 • Onsite

About The Position

The meat cutter cuts, trims, and prepares consumer-sized portions of meat for appealing display in cooler cases.

Requirements

• Be available to work a flexible schedule that will shift as operation needs shift (includes working nights, weekends and holidays).
• Exceptional active listening and customer service skills
• Attention to detail
• Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, harvesting, and preparing food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques
• Knowledge of raw materials, productions processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods
• Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales controls systems
• High School Diploma or GED preferred
• Ability to lift weight up to 50 lbs. frequently
• Ability to stand for long periods of time, kneel, bend, reach as needed to perform duties
• Ability to work in different temperature control climate

Nice To Haves

• 1 year meat cutting experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Learns and becomes an expert in all department equipment, hardware, software, and tasks
• Performs meat cutting functions; includes scraping and packaging products in trays, cubing steaks, grinding ground meats and cutting and processing meat according to industry standards and company policies.
• Identifies, wraps, prices, and weighs all department items per industry standards and company policies.
• Performs cutting responsibilities as directed.
• Stocks the fresh and frozen products using proper rotation procedures.
• Receives meat deliveries, codes, rotates, and puts in appropriate storage areas
• Responsible for ensuring clean equipment, tables, floors, grinders, coolers and production areas as required to exceed food safety requirements.
• Washes, rinses, and sanitizes all cases, wrap stations/area, scaling equipment, cooler, and cutting room, including disassembling and re-assembling equipment.
• Strictly adheres to all safety, health, weight and measure regulations.
• Observes temperatures of coolers cases and freezers and reports failures to management promptly.
• Monitors and reports if product information in scales is incorrect or incomplete.
• Maintains proper labeling of all department items, including proper listing of ingredients and company code/date policies.
• Learns and follows all coding policies.
• Labels packages according to COOL, USDA, industry standards and company policies.
• Develops product knowledge in all areas of the department, including cook procedures
• Makes price changes and maintain correct pricing books and scales as directed.
• Follows all company and OSHA safety standards
• Communicates any necessary equipment repairs or maintenance work
• Helps to accurately and completely maintain any mandatory department records and logs, such as the meat grind log.
• Assists with performing and managing a monthly inventory count of all products housed under the department designation.
• Assists with training all members of the department staff as directed by the department manager in accordance with company policies.
• Creates appropriate department signage and displays to help stimulate sales and customer interest and praise.
• Follows and helps enforce all edicts of the Employee Handbook and SOPs.
• Provides outstanding customer service at all times.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees