Western Market Employment Benefits
- Employee household discount
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401k retirement plan with employer match
- AFLAC supplemental insurance
- Employee assistance program
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Reports To: Meat Department Management
Position Summary:
The Assistant Butcher is responsible for making sausage, grinding meat, mixing marinades and preparing various food recipes, and assisting the Butcher as needed.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Operate all cutting and processing equipment properly.
- Maintain high level of cleanliness of processing work stations.
- Produce sausage, grinds, patties and kabobs.
- Fill in for the Head Meat Cutter on days when not present, processing beef, pork, lamb, and poultry products to meet daily needs.
- Receive and backstock product.
- Maintain product case and cooler volume according to demand and product shipments, including chicken and fish.
- Contribute to the merchandising of product.
- Oversee product rotation.
- Maintain spices inventory levels; inform Meat Manager when inventory is low.
- Maintain equipment accessory inventory, including band saw blades, sausage casings, etc.
- Provide excellent customer service as needed at the Meat & Seafood counter.
- Fulfill customer orders and requests made at the Meat & Seafood counter.
- Make product recommendations to customers.
- Advise customers on the proper cooking procedures for different types of meats and seafood.
- Provide friendly customer service to all guests with care, respect, and a positive attitude.
- Practice safe food handling procedures.
- Provide information to customers regarding products, including their country or area or origin.
- Maintain regular, predictable, and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
- Maintain a high standard of food safety protocol when processing products.
Other Duties:
- Ensure that the product case is full, neat, and attractively merchandised.
- Clean counter apparatuses, including trays, glass, and knee knocker merchandisers.
- Sweep and mop department floors as directed.
- Clean smallwares and equipment throughout the day using proper food safety and personal safety procedures.
- Monitor product levels in coolers and communicate product levels to department supervisors.
- Restock products as directed by department supervisors.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
- Good communication skills.
- Excellent customer service abilities.
- Positive attitude.
- Experience working as a contributing and effective team member.
- Excellent work ethic that emphasizes efficiency and precision.
- Good working knowledge of meat, chicken and seafood processing; previous meat cutting experience highly desired.
- Ability to train personnel.
- Ability to take direction and follow instructions.
- Ability to switch tasks efficiently and effectively.
- Willingness to learn new skills.
- ServSafe Certification greatly desired.
Special Considerations:
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and occasionally lift up to 100 lbs
- Working conditions include a fast-paced retail environment that involves long intervals of standing, crouching and reaching while moving product. Exposure to cold temperatures while performing work in meat and poultry coolers. Little to no outdoor work is required.
- Language Skills: basic.
- Mathematical Skills: basic.
- Reasoning Ability: basic.
- Equipment used: saw; grinder; sausage stuffer; patty making machine; knives; scales; meat cuber,meat mixer.
Hours per Week: Full-time (40)
FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt
This role may require additional duties within the scope of the department’s operational needs and in alignment with your skills. Job responsibilities may evolve based on business needs, and the Company will work with employees to formalize significant changes, ensure proper training, and review compensation as needed.
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Western Market provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Western Market complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Western Market expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Western Market’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge. It is the policy of Western Market to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in all aspects of the employment process. Western Market is prepared to modify or adjust the work environment to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of the employee to enable the employee to perform the essential functions of the position for which the employee has been hired or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment as are enjoyed by other similarly situated employees without disabilities, unless the accommodation will impose an undue hardship.
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