Meat Laboratory Assistant Manager
About The Position
Trains, coordinates, and supervises student employees, with an emphasis on poultry and red meat slaughter, fabrication, value-added processing, and product sales. Instructs student employees on safety rules and enforces them. Assists with operations and recordkeeping for sanitation standard operating procedures, HACCP monitoring and verification, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and MDA and USDA codes and regulations for the meat laboratory. Provides direction and supervision during slaughter of all species to supply meat products for classroom laboratories, extension activities, and research data collection. Calculates weights and measures for processed meat recipes and merchandises wholesale, retail, and processed red meat and poultry products. Supervises product sales in accordance with department and University policies and procedures. Helps maintain weight, price, and disposition information for animals, meat, and by-products in accordance with the Packers and Stockyards Act, including scale maintenance and certification. Works with USDA inspectors, faculty, and graduate students to meet classroom and research needs under USDA sanitation standards. Helps supervise and inspect equipment and facilities and recommends service, repair, and certification. Assists with classroom activities as time permits. The position interacts with the Meat Laboratory Manager, faculty, graduate students and teaching assistants, undergraduate students, student employees, the public, and USDA processing and slaughtering inspectors. Duties include exchanging information and reviewing protocols; preparing animals and meat products for classroom and research use; assisting with sample collection, lab activities, demonstrations, and tours; training and supervising student employees; soliciting customers for meat products; and ensuring compliance with federal guidelines and regulations, including food safety and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point requirements. This is an off-date position funded for one year from the date of hire, with possible extension contingent upon funding renewal. Applicants must submit a cover letter and resume. Bidding eligibility ends October 20, 2026 at 11:55 P.M.
Requirements
- Knowledge equivalent to completion of a four-year college degree program in meat science, animal science, food science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- One to three years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in animal handling and slaughtering, meat cutting, processing, and merchandising, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to lift and carry large sections of meat weighing over 75 pounds.
Responsibilities
- Train, coordinate, and supervise student employees in livestock and poultry slaughter, cutting, processing, and merchandising.
- Instruct student employees on safety rules and enforce those rules.
- Assist with meat laboratory operations and recordkeeping for sanitation standard operating procedures, HACCP monitoring and verification, GMPs, and MDA and USDA codes and regulations.
- Direct and supervise slaughter of all species to provide products for classroom laboratories, extension activities, and research data collection.
- Calculate weights and measures for processed meat recipes.
- Merchandise wholesale, retail, and processed red meat and poultry products.
- Supervise product sales according to department and University policies and procedures.
- Maintain weight, price, and disposition information for animals, meat, and by-products in accordance with the Packers and Stockyards Act, including scale maintenance and certification.
- Work with USDA inspectors, faculty, and graduate students to meet classroom and research needs under USDA sanitation standards.
- Assist in supervising and inspecting equipment and facilities and recommend service, repair, and certification.
- Assist with classroom activities as time permits.
- Prepare animals and meat products for classroom and research use and assist with sample collection.
- Assist with student lab activities, demonstrations, and facility tours; solicit customers for meat products.
- Ensure compliance with federal guidelines and regulations, including food safety and HACCP requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
