Meat Cutter - Food Giant Western Kentucky Area

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.
• Assist 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.
• 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.

  Position Qualifications

  • 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.
  • Patient - Ability to act calmly under stress and strain, and of not being hasty or impetuous.
  • Presentation Skills - Ability to effectively present information publicly.
  • Reliable - 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.

    Education & Experience

    • No prior experience necessary.

    Skills & Abilities

    • Computer Skills - Basic Skills.

    Physical Demands

    • Lift / Carry - Stand F (Frequently) 10 lbs or less F (Frequently)
    • Walk - Stand F (Frequently) 10 lbs or less F (Frequently)
    • Sit - Walk O (Occasionally) 11-20 lbs F (Frequently)
    • Handle / Fingering - Sit O (Occasionally) 11-20 lbs F (Frequently)
    • Reach Outward - Stand F (Frequently) 10 lbs or less F (Frequently)
    • Reach Above Shoulder - Walk O (Occasionally)
    • Climb - Reach Outward O (Occasionally)
    • Crawl - Reach Above Shoulder N (Not Applicable)
    • Squat or Kneel - Climb N (Not Applicable)
    • Bend - Squat or Kneel N (Not Applicable)
    • Push / Pull - Squat or Kneel N (Not Applicable)

    Qualifications

    • High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED).

    Skills & Abilities

    • Computer Skills - Basic Skills.

    Physical Demands

    • Lift / Carry - Stand F (Frequently) 10 lbs or less F (Frequently)
    • Walk - Stand F (Frequently) 10 lbs or less F (Frequently)
    • Sit - Walk O (Occasionally) 11-20 lbs F (Frequently)
    • Handle / Fingering - Sit O (Occasionally) 11-20 lbs F (Frequently)
    • Reach Outward - Stand F (Frequently) 10 lbs or less F (Frequently)
    • Reach Above Shoulder - Walk O (Occasionally)
    • Climb - Reach Outward O (Occasionally)
    • Crawl - Reach Above Shoulder N (Not Applicable)
    • Squat or Kneel - Climb N (Not Applicable)
    • Bend - Squat or Kneel N (Not Applicable)
    • Push / Pull - Squat or Kneel N (Not Applicable)