Meat Cutter

HOUCHENS FOOD GROUP, INC.

Meat Cutter

Department:
Meat | Job Status:
Full Time | FLSA Status:
Non‑Exempt |

Reports To:

Meat Manager | Grade/Level: |

Travel Required:

No |

Work Schedule:

Flexible | Positions Supervised:
None

Responsible for meat operation including but not limited to 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 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 records to control shrink through inventory and ordering.
• 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.

• 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.
• Patience – Ability to act calmly under stress and strain, and of not being hasty or impetuous.
• 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 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.

High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED)

No prior experience necessary

Computer Skills – Basic Skills.

• Lift / Carry – Physical Abilities.
• Stand – Frequently: 10 lbs or less.
• Walk – Occasionally: 11‑20 lbs.
• Sit – Occasionally: 21‑50 lbs.
• Handling / Fingering – Frequently: 51‑100 lbs.
• Reach Outward – Frequently:
  Over 100 lbs.
• Reach Above Shoulder – Occasionally.
• Climb, Crawl, Squat or Kneel – Not Applicable.
• Bend – Occasionally.
• Push / Pull – Occasional: 12‑25 lbs, 26‑40 lbs, 41‑100 lbs.

EOE