Meat Cutter

About the role

Maintain desired level of fresh meat production. Ensure customer service, product quality, freshness and selection. Maintain cleanliness of department and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Seeks opportunities to welcome, engage, serve and thank customers.
• Maintains an atmosphere of friendly, enthusiastic customer service with an emphasis of taking care of the customer.
• Cuts, grinds, and wraps fresh meat products according to related quantity, quality and freshness standards.
• Ensures trim specifications are followed and proper temperatures are maintained in all phases of meat preparation, display and storage.
• Engages in suggestive selling and other sales techniques.
• Stocks and rotates product.
• Prevents shrink and controls expenses.
• Prevents sale of spoiled and/or outdated product by following legal regulations and company policy on weighing, labeling, code dating and the processing of re-worked or reduced-to-clear items.
• Ensures proper merchandising of product, signing, inventory level in retail cases, and eye-appeal of the department.
• Ensures cleanliness and sanitation of work area, equipment, cutting room and retail cases according to company policy and the law.
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed.

Requirements

• Experience: Cutting meat or performing similar work in a meat production environment.
• Ability To Work varied shifts in a 24/7 operation; including night, weekends and holidays.
• Perform friendly, courteous, tactful interactions and maintain composure in dealing with customer and co-workers.
• Conduct visual inspections, read production guides and product labels.
• Properly use cleaning chemicals in accordance with manufacture’s guidelines and instructions.
• Properly handle related food products per State and County laws, and WinCo standards.
• Communicate with co-workers and follow written work assignments / instructions.
• Reach, lift and maneuver objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 80 lbs. frequently.
• Push and pull fully loaded handtrucks and pallet jacks.
• Perform repetitious arm and hand movements required to cut, slice and process meat products.
• Stand for long periods of time, walk and move rapidly, bend, twist and turn frequently.
• Perform safe/productive movements and operate related equipment listed below with manual dexterity and hand /eye coordination.
• Work with hands exposed to moisture.
• Work for prolonged periods of time in a refrigerated area (32 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit), handling refrigerated goods (occasionally -20 degrees and frequently 28 degrees Fahrenheit).
• Learn product variability, perishability, safety and sanitation procedures, and dept. policies.
• Perform basic math (add, subtract, divide and multiply) and compute weights and measures.
• Perform primary duties with efficiency and accuracy.
• Wear hats, hairnets, gloves, and other personal protective equipment as required.

Additional Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Food Handlers Certification (Per State Laws)

Machines And Equipment Operated

• Scales, knives, band saws, meat tenderizers, meat slicers, grinders, wrapping machines, cubers, pallet jacks, hand trucks, bailer and compacter.

Preferred Education, Experience And/or Credentials

• Retail meat cutting experience.
• Participation in or completion of culinary training or education program or equivalent experience.

Pay

USD $17.63 - USD $21.50 /Hr.