Meat Cutter

Meat Cutter

HOUCHENS FOOD GROUP, INC.
Department: Meat Job Status: Full Time

Grade/Level:
Travel Required: No travel Work Schedule: Flexible Positions Supervised: None

Responsible for meat operation including preparing, storing, cutting, cleaning, and serving meat.

• 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.
• 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 maintaining accurate bookkeeping systems for weekly and monthly meat purchases.
• Assist 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.

Competency Statement(s):

• Accountability – Ability to accept responsibility and account for 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 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 project or task details.
• 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 – Ability to be organized or follow a systematic method.
• Patience – Ability to act calmly under stress and strain, and to be not hasty or impulsive.
• 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.
• Time Management – Ability to utilize available time to organize and complete work within deadlines.
• Working Under Pressure – Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.

High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED)

No prior experience necessary

Basic computer skills.

• Lift / Carry – 10 lbs or less (Frequently)
• Walk – 11‑20 lbs (Frequently)
• Sit – 21‑50 lbs (Frequently)
• Handling / Fingering – 51‑100 lbs (Not Applicable)
• Push / Pull – 12 lbs or less (Occasionally)
• 13‑25 lbs (Occasionally)
• 26‑40 lbs (Occasionally)
• 41‑100 lbs (Occasionally)
• Occupational activity not applicable.

Houchens Food Group is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring decisions are made without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, religion, disability, or pregnancy. Applicants may request accommodations based on religious beliefs, disability, or pregnancy.

Subject to pre‑employment background and drug screening.

Entry level

Full‑time

Management and Manufacturing

Retail

Albany, KY

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