Meat Cutter

About the Role

Responsible for meat operation including but not limited to preparing, storing, cutting, cleaning, and serving meat.

Responsibilities

• Monitor food distribution and ensure that guidelines are followed.
• Clean and sterilize dishes, kitchen utensils, equipment, and facilities.
• Maintain coolers, cases, and displays by keeping them stocked.
• Observe scheduled shift hours as assigned by meat and/or store manager.
• Provide all customers with friendly, courteous, and prompt service.
• Maintain good communication with the meat manager.
• Share responsibility for controlling shrink.
• Properly record all hours worked and verify/sign the time ticket report.
• Monitor food preparation and serving.
• Assist in recording and maintaining accurate bookkeeping systems for weekly and monthly meat purchases.
• Assist in maintaining proper records to control shrink through inventory and ordering.
• Assist in inventorying all products on hand before prepaying a meat order.
• Assist Meat Manager in taking a four-week period meat inventory.
• Ensure that product is being rotated when received and stocked.
• Ensure that all meat coolers and meat cases are running at the proper temperature.
• Ensure that proper safety procedures are being used.
• Properly clean and maintain meat department, coolers, cases, and equipment.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED).
• No prior experience necessary.

Skills

• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for actions.
• Adaptability - Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
• Autonomy - Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Creative - Ability to think in such a way as to produce a new concept or idea.
• Customer Oriented - Ability to take care of customers’ needs while following company procedures.
• Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
• Energetic - Ability to work at a sustained pace and produce quality work.
• Enthusiastic - Ability to bring energy to the performance of a task.
• Friendly - Ability to exhibit a cheerful demeanor toward others.
• Motivation - Ability to inspire oneself and others to reach a goal and/or perform to the best of their ability.
• Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
• Patience - Ability to act calmly under stress and strain, and of not being hasty or impetuous.
• Presentation Skills - Ability to effectively present information publicly.
• Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
• Self-Motivated - Ability to be internally inspired to perform a task to the best of one’s ability using drive or initiative.
• Time Management - Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.
• Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.
• Computer Skills - Basic skills.

Physical Demands

• Lift / Carry
  • 10 lbs or less: Frequently
  • 11-20 lbs: Frequently
  • 21-50 lbs: Frequently
  • 51-100 lbs: Not Applicable
  • Over 100 lbs: Not Applicable
• Stand: Frequently
• Walk: Occasionally
• Sit: Occasionally
• Handling / Fingering: Frequently
• Reach Outward: Frequently
• Reach Above Shoulder: Occasionally
• Climb: Not Applicable
• Crawl: Not Applicable
• Squat or Kneel: Not Applicable
• Bend: Occasionally
• Push / Pull
  • 12 lbs or less: Occasionally
  • 13-25 lbs: Occasionally
  • 26-40 lbs: Occasionally
  • 41-100 lbs: Occasionally

Activity is not applicable to this occupation (N). Occasionally (O): up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5+ hrs/day). Frequently (F): 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5+ hrs/day). Constantly (C): more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hrs/day).

Schedule

Flexible