Waxahachie Market - Meat Cutter - Full Time

About the Role

As a Meat Cutter, you'll help provide a well-stocked and well-maintained department while delivering superior customer service. You'll prepare, package, and merchandise fresh product daily, ensuring all department and food safety standards are met.

Responsibilities

• Cuts, trims, and bones meat for display or as ordered by customers, following company standards.
• Operates electric grinder, saw, knife sharpener, tenderizer, and slicer.
• Weighs, wraps, and labels product packages for counter display; rotates product as needed.
• Rotates product in the meat cooler and ensures proper storage practices.
• Uses MCS technology to generate production lists and track "re-works."
• Assists customers with product questions and selections.
• Scans items on Telxon for production and assists in technical areas as needed.
• Cleans and sanitizes display cases; properly operates and maintains equipment.
• Complies with H-E-B food safety, sanitation standards, department SOPs, store operating procedures, and federal/state fresh meat regulations.
• Provides superior customer service and answers customer questions regarding products.

Requirements

• 1+ years of related experience and/or training.
• Working knowledge of product rotation, department/store sanitation, shrink awareness, and MS Outlook (Word, Excel).
• Required meat-cutting skills (saw, grinder).
• Strong customer service and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Completion of power jack training.
• Completion of Meat Cutter learning plan and certification by trainer of the Meat Cutter Final Assessment course #001289.
• Must complete meat cutter training and certification within 3 months if external hire.

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Functions in a fast-paced retail environment with detailed and precise tasks.
• Works with customers, staying attentive to their needs.
• Lifts and carries moderately heavy loads (40–60 lbs).
• Frequently stands, walks, bends, reaches, pivots, pushes/pulls with arms, and grasps.
• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, extreme cold, and high-tech chemicals.
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.

Measurements for frequency: Constantly (5.5+ hours per 8-hour day), Frequently (2.5–5.5 hours per 8-hour day), Occasionally (0–2.5 hours per 8-hour day).