Job Summary
Join our dynamic food processing team as a Poultry Cutter on the second shift, where your skills will help deliver high-quality poultry products to our customers. In this vital role, you will utilize saw and knife skills to efficiently and safely cut poultry according to specifications, ensuring food safety and sanitation standards are maintained. Your mechanical knowledge and experience with food processing equipment will contribute to a smooth production flow, supporting our commitment to excellence in the food industry. This position offers an energetic environment where your expertise makes a real impact every day.
Duties
· Perform meat cutting and preparation, meat stocking and rotation duties
· Create outstanding customer experience through exceptional service
· Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return
· Assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals established for the department and monitor all established quality assurance standards
· Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety
· Demonstrate teamwork and promote trust and respect among associates
· Gain/maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and respond to questions/make suggestions about products/recipes
· Learn retail cutting techniques; demonstrate proficiency in sawing, boning, cutting, trimming, grinding, weighting, trying and wrapping techniques
· Meet daily production needs and quality meat cutting standards; follow daily cutting lists and complete work in allotted time
· Effectively communicate with customers and inform them of meat and seafood specials; offer samples to help customers discover new items/products
· Provide customers with fresh/frozen products that they have ordered in the correct portion size (or as close as possible to the amount ordered) to prevent shrink
· Operate equipment (e.g., meat saw, bone scraper, knives, slicer, grinder, cuber, tenderizer, bulker, scales, pallet jack, flatbed, racks, wrapping machine, intercom, telephone) according to company guidelines
· Maintain the meat case; follow the merchandising plan, restock to maintain maximum selection, rotate product and pull outdated product
· Receive and process meat shipments correctly; verify product, invoice and logs match, ensure quality standards, follow security protocol and rotate cooler properly
· Comply with and reinforce all food safety, sanitation and safety regulations/guidelines/procedures and programs according to company, local, state and federal health code regulations; identify unsafe conditions and notify store management
· Performs other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Prior experience with meat cutting, food processing or manufacturing environments preferred
- Demonstrated knife skills and familiarity with saw operation in a food production setting
- Knowledge of OSHA regulations, sanitation procedures, HACCP standards, and food safety protocols
- Mechanical aptitude for troubleshooting basic equipment issues
- Ability to stand for extended periods and perform repetitive tasks efficiently
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to maintaining high-quality standards in food production
- Excellent teamwork skills with a proactive approach to safety and cleanliness
Join us in delivering top-quality poultry products while working in a fast-paced, safety-focused environment. Your expertise will help uphold our reputation for excellence in the food industry!
Pay: $17.00 - $19.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
