Meatcutter

Brookshire Grocery Company•Eastland, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Brookshire Grocery Company (BGC) is hiring a Meatcutter to process meat products, fulfill special customer requests, keep market and seafood cases stocked and fresh, rotate prepackaged meats, and promote customer service. Work is generally performed in a retail store. The Meatcutter prepares, cuts, weighs, packages, and labels meat products; operates and maintains department machinery and equipment; checks product quality and food safety; and handles product according to Company efficiency standards. The role also involves helping customers with questions and special cuts, maintaining a clean and safe environment, and following food-origin labeling and safety procedures. Applicants must be at least 18 years old and have a high school diploma or GED plus one or more years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of experience and/or higher education. Food Handler certification is required. The role requires flexible scheduling, including nights, weekends, and holidays, and involves frequent lifting and exposure to sharp equipment, cold conditions, wet or slippery areas, and cleaning agents.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
High school diploma or GED and one or more years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of experience and/or higher education.
Food Handler certification required.
Ability to safely work with sharp objects such as knives and box cutters.
Ability to safely operate and maintain department equipment.
Ability to use precision and non-precision hand tools.
Ability to communicate effectively in written and verbal form with customers and partners.
Ability to learn new systems, methods, and processes.
Ability to work flexible schedules, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
Must be attentive to potential hazards and report hazards that cannot be immediately remedied to a supervisor.
Attendance at work is required.
Continuously able to use close and distance vision, depth perception, or the ability to focus; stand or walk; use hands for reaching, touching, or handling; and maintain a steady hand while manipulating objects and using fine finger movements.
Continuously able to push, pull, maneuver, or lift objects up to 40 lbs; frequently up to 75 lbs; and occasionally up to 100 lbs.
Frequently able to talk and hear, and bend, kneel, or squat.

Responsibilities

Process meat by removing fat, tenderizing, grinding, and cutting it to the proper thickness and size.
Cut, weigh, package, and label products; use precision and non-precision hand tools or instruments to prepare meat to the desired size, shape, and weight.
Ensure sufficient product is cut and available to customers at all times.
Clean, assemble, and prepare machinery and equipment for operation; examine equipment to ensure proper function and operate it as needed.
Check product quality, meet food safety standards, and adhere to governmental product-origin labeling requirements.
Stack pallets and sort products into correct locations according to Company efficiency standards and expectations.
Greet customers, answer questions, fulfill requests for special cuts, and make suggestions as requested.
Maintain a clean, safe, and sanitary working and shopping environment by following Company safety procedures.
Identify potential hazards, remedy them or place appropriate warnings when reasonably possible, and report hazards that cannot be immediately remedied to a supervisor.