Butcher

Birtwistles Food Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food production company in Manchester is seeking a skilled butcher to produce high-quality butchery cuts in a factory setting. Successful candidates will use their knife skills to prepare beef, pork, lamb, and poultry. The role offers flexible working hours across day and night shifts, supporting a positive workplace culture. Benefits include staff sales, holiday entitlement, and a bonus program. Preference will be given to candidates with food hygiene knowledge and strong communication skills.

Benefits

Staff sales

20 days holiday plus bank holidays

Employee of the Month bonus

Free car parking

Christmas hamper

Qualifications

• Trained and experienced butcher with relevant skills in butchery cuts.
• Knowledge of food hygiene and health & safety protocols.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Use knife skills to produce butchery cuts for various meats.
• Adhere to health and safety standards in the factory environment.
• Work flexible hours including nights and weekends as needed.

Skills

butcher

knife skills

food hygiene

health & safety

customer service

food preparation

Job description

About the Role

Are you a trained and experienced butcher looking for a new opportunity within a factory environment? We have opportunities on our Day and Night shifts.

Why Choose Birtwistles?

We pride ourselves on being a people-focused business. Our goal is to support our team in achieving their career goals. We do this by providing a working environment that offers opportunity, support, scope and pace of change.

Our culture is the foundation of our business and is reflected in our mission, vision, and values statements.

Role Overview

The main responsibilities of this butcher role are to use knife skills to produce both primal and portion butchery cuts for beef, pork, lamb, and poultry.

Working hours are either

Sunday to Thursday working 07:00-16:00 (plus occasional Saturday working to meet business needs 07:00-12:00)

OR Monday to Friday 20:00-06:00, with additional flexibility where required.

We welcome applications from candidates with any of the following skills or attributes: butcher, food hygiene, health & safety, customer service, knife skills, factory, commercial acumen, communication, food preparation, and butchery cuts.

Benefits

• Staff sales
• 20 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Employee of the Month bonus
• Free car parking
• Christmas hamper