Side Butcher Production

Job Overview

Paradise Locker Meats (PLM) is seeking full‑time employees to fill HOT SIDE BUTCHER PRODUCTION positions. This position is part of our candidate pool process; while there is no immediate opening, we are accepting applications to identify qualified individuals for future opportunities. Monday – Friday hours with probable overtime – NO WEEKENDS!

We are looking for a smart, positive and engaged employee to join our growing and dynamic team. Each day at PLM is filled with routine and hard work, but we are a driving force behind the cultural revolution of food in the United States.

• Growing, family‑owned business
• Great benefits, vacation and holiday pay
• Employee discount in on‑site store
• Committed to being an employer of choice
• Focused on building a positive culture and offering meaningful growth opportunities.

Conduct butchering activities on the slaughter floor. Perform slaughter duties in a manner consistent with the company HACCP plan and ensure the well‑being of animals and a safe and wholesome product for Paradise Locker Meats employees and customers.

• Prepare all USDA and company paperwork and facilities needed for slaughter operations
• Could include taking care of livestock, and stunning animals humanely
• Includes skinning of beef and lamb and scraping of hogs
• Could include washing and eviscerating carcasses efficiently.
• Could include split, trim, wash, sanitize and weigh all carcasses
• Trim, wash and sanitize all offal products
• Perform other miscellaneous duties on the slaughter floor
• Assist in other departments as needed

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to:
Extreme hot and cold temperatures, excessive moisture, strong odors, blood and raw meat products, loud noises, the slaughtering of live animals, fluctuating workload.

• Experience keeping a sharp knife
• Ability to work well with others
• Ability to pay close attention to details
• Be able to stand for up to 10 hours per day

• Health, Dental, Vision
• IRA Retirement Plan
• Vacation time
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Discounts
• Monday – Friday day shift hours

PLM is a multi‑faceted family owned business that processes and ships local, sustainable, and humanely raised meats to the Kansas City area as well as the best restaurants and retail shops in the nation from coast‑to‑coast including New York, Boston, Washington DC, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. PLM is also at the forefront of a domestic cured meats renaissance with our own in‑house program as well as working with dozens of the country’s preeminent curemasters.

On a daily basis livestock is processed, cut, packaged and shipped via truck and via Fed Ex. The day‑to‑day operations at PLM can be challenging and difficult as PLM customers include the most demanding and celebrated chefs. When the Friday truck leaves, everything must be perfect and accounted for. A drug test is required.

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