Grocery store butcher

IGA extra Famille Jasmin; Sainte-Adèle; On-site; CAD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

IGA extra Famille Jasmin in Sainte-Adèle, QC, is seeking an experienced meat cutter to join our supermarket team. You will cut, trim and prepare beef, pork, and poultry cuts, weigh meat for sale and help customers with special requests.

You will supervise junior staff, stage displays, wrap products, and ensure safe, hygienic meat handling. French language work is preferred; 30–40 hours per week with some day and weekend shifts.

Qualifications

• Experience in meat cutting and handling in a retail environment.
• Ability to assist customers with meat selections and requests.
• Familiarity with fresh meat handling and sanitation protocols.

Responsibilities

• Clean meats to prepare for processing or cutting
• Prepare special cuts of meat ordered by customers
• Cut, trim and prepare standard cuts of meat
• Wrap and package prepared meats
• Remove bones from meat
• Weigh meats for sale
• Cut poultry into parts
• Sell meats to customers
• Supervise other butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers
• Grind meats
• Slice cooked meats
• Prepare special displays of meats, poultry and fish products
• Shape, lace and tie roasts, other meats, poultry and seafood

Skills

Meat cutting

Customer service

Education

Other trades certificate or diploma

Job description

Education

• Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
• Langue de travail: Français
• Heures de travail: 30 to 40 hours per week
• Education:
• Expérience:

Other trades certificate or diploma

Work setting

• Supermarket and meat department
• Supermarket or bakery department

Tasks

• Clean meats to prepare for processing or cutting
• Prepare special cuts of meat ordered by customers
• Cut, trim and prepare standard cuts of meat
• Wrap and package prepared meats
• Remove bones from meat
• Weigh meats for sale
• Cut poultry into parts
• Sell meats to customers
• Supervise other butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers
• Grind meats
• Slice cooked meats
• Prepare special displays of meats, poultry and fish products
• Shape, lace and tie roasts, other meats, poultry and seafood

Experience

• 1 to less than 7 months

Employment terms options

• Shift
• Flexible hours
• Day
• Weekend
• Overtime available

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Life insurance

Other Benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning/training paid by employer
• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
• Parking available
• Variable or compressed work week

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)

Support for youths

• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
• Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
• Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.)
• Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities)

Supports for visible minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)