Meat Associate

Job Summary

Assists in the daily operations in meat and seafood departments. Increases customer confidence and loyalty by promoting and executing consistent and compliant operating conditions. Provides fresh and appealing products, courteous, knowledgeable and prompt service. Values diversity and supports an inclusive environment by embracing the backgrounds and experiences of the team.

Responsibilities

• Creates an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated to increase customer confidence and loyalty.
• Packages meat, seafood, random weight, lunchmeat, frozen food and salted meats to production standards.
• Operates department equipment and tools.
• Fulfills customer requests and special orders.
• Stocks and rotates department products to ensure freshness and date control; restocks and uses supply items efficiently to eliminate waste and to maintain the lowest supply cost.
• Breaks down meat deliveries.
• Keeps work area clean, orderly and free from safety hazards.
• Reviews/inspects products for quality and freshness and takes appropriate action with those items.
• Maintains an awareness of inventory/stocking conditions and reports any discrepancies in inventory.
• Ensures product is held at the proper temperature per food safety guidelines and retains documentation of temperate logs per policy.
• Ensures company standards for safety, proper food handling practices, sanitation and productivity are maintained.
• Adheres to all regulatory compliance requirements pertaining to food safety, USDA & COOL, and DOA.
• Executes all product recalls and withdrawals in a timely manner while ensuring all items are secured and removed from customer access.
• Reinforces safety programs by complying with safety procedures and inspects and identifies unsafe conditions to report to store management.
• Notifies management of customer or employee accidents.
• Reports all safety risk, or issues, and illegal activity, including robbery, theft or fraud.
• Ensures adherence to wage and hour policies and regulations.
• Cultivates a culture of safety within the store.
• Ensures self and all associates are working safely and have received necessary safety training.
• Ensures Hazardous Assessments are posted for associate reference and that Personal Protective Equipment is available and utilized by all associates executing tasks within the department, as required.
• Ensures equipment is in good repair; reports and assists with remediation (ex. lock out/tag out of equipment) of safety hazards within the department.

Qualifications

• Required Education: Course of Study N/A
• Preferred Education: Course of Study High School / GED
• Language(s): Required English
• Language(s): Preferred Spanish
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
  • Must be 18 years of age
  • Authorization to work in the United States or the ability to obtain the same
  • Successful completion of pre-employment drug testing and background check
  • Strong customer service skills
  • Exceptional interpersonal, motivational and communication skills
  • Knowledge of cutting, traying, wrapping, and labeling
• Environmental Factors: Physical Demands, Working Conditions, Safety Risk Factors, Overall Required Equipment, Department Specific Required Equipment, Personal Protective Equipment, Lifting Requirement, Pulling Requirement
• Travel Percent & Overnight Travel Percent: 0%
• Shift(s): Varied shifts.