Meat Cutter

  

Position:  Meatcutter

Status: Full Time

Overview:



A Meatcutter unloads product from trucks, stages meat items in the cooler and freezer, cuts and trims, dates, weighs, packages, merchandises product and stocks product on racks and shelves up to 6 feet high.  They operate meat saws, cubers, stock dollies, grinding machines, slicers, scales, mechanical price marking machines and devices and use knives, cleavers and case cutters.  They work shifts, normally up to 8 hours a day, read and write, add, subtract, multiply and divide, lift and stack up to 100# and work in a refrigerated environment in the cutting room, cooler and freezer in temperatures from 0 degrees to 55 degrees. They prepare, weigh and wrap meat items such as steaks, ground meat, roasts, lamb, veal and pork.  They recondition product, and operate automatic weighing and labeling machines. They help customers with order selection, make cuts to order, perform suggestive selling, check in vendors, log spoilage and item sales and maintain product freshness.  They also stock pre-packaged meat items, rotate product, check code dates for freshness and perform sweeping, mopping, case cleaning and general cleaning functions.  



Job requirements:



1.         Work shifts.

2.         Read & write.

3.         Add, subtract, multiply & divide.

4.         Lift & stack up to 100 pounds.

5.         Reach & stock product up to 6 feet high.

6.         Travel to & from work.

7.         Give and follow verbal & written instructions.

8.         Pull or push wheeled vehicles weighing up to 1000 pounds.

9.         Operate saws, cubers, slicers, scales, grinders and labeling machines.

10.       Normally work a maximum 8 hour shift.

11.       Provide verbal & physical assistance to customers.

12.       Prepare, weigh, package and price product to maximize gross

            profit, stock, merchandise and rotate product.

13.       Operate hydraulic baler.

14.       Maintain sales and other written records.

15.       Perform freshness checks and re-condition product.

16.       Perform sweeping, cleaning and mopping functions.

17.       Operate telephones and intercoms.

18.       Maintain sanitation standards.

19.       Bag and remove trash.