Meat Cutter

Position Summary

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

Essential Functions

• 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
• Give all customers friendly, courteous, and prompt service
• Maintain good communication with the meat manager
• Share responsibility for controlling shrink
• Properly record all hours worked
• Verify and sign the time ticket report
• Monitor food preparation and serving
• Responsible for assisting in recording and maintaining accurate bookkeeping systems as far as weekly meat purchases and monthly meat purchases
• Assist in maintaining proper record to control shrink through inventory and ordering
• Responsible for assisting 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

Education: High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED)

Experience: Prior experience necessary

Computer Skills: Basic Skills

Competencies

• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her 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 the 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 his or her own 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

Physical Demands

• 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
• Lift/Carry 10 lbs or less: Frequently
• Lift/Carry 11-20 lbs: Frequently
• Lift/Carry 21-50 lbs: Frequently
• Lift/Carry 51-100 lbs: Not Applicable
• Lift/Carry Over 100 lbs: Not Applicable
• Push/Pull 12 lbs or less: Occasionally
• Push/Pull 13-25 lbs: Occasionally
• Push/Pull 26-40 lbs: Occasionally
• Push/Pull 41-100 lbs: Occasionally

Work Schedule

Flexible