Central Production Meat Grinder

Harmons Grocery; West Valley City (UT); On-site; USD 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Harmons Grocery in West Valley City, UT is seeking a skilled Meat Cutter to prepare beef, pork, poultry, seafood, and other cuts for sale in the central meat cutting facility. You will clean and sanitize the facility daily, train new cutters, manage inventory and production sheets, and uphold pricing and signage accuracy.

Customer service is essential in this role. The position requires knowledge of all meat cuts, ability to work weekends/evenings/holidays, and a high school diploma or GED with

Qualifications

• Current Food Handler’s Permit
• Knowledge of all meat cuts and preparation methods
• Enjoys working with meat products
• Experience with seafood and meat preparation
• Ability to interpret policies and procedures
• Excellent organization and planning skills
• Strong verbal and listening communication
• Ability to handle conflicts professionally
• Willingness to accept constructive feedback and coach others
• Good judgment for decisions using common analytic methods
• Integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, self-directed
• Product-minded, customer-minded, detail-oriented, forward-thinking
• Able to work weekends, evenings and holidays

Responsibilities

• Follows store policies and procedures
• Maintains quality and freshness of products and services
• Manages product assortment and inventory for the facility
• Ensures pricing accuracy and signage, especially for ads
• Maintains daily cleaning and sanitation standards
• Delivers excellent customer service
• Orders products and creates production sheets based on sales
• Cuts all meats and knows all meat cuts
• Grinds hamburger and sausage
• Sets a professional example and mentors associates
• Communicates with Store Director and Fresh Meat Sales Director
• Maintains safety, sanitation and productivity standards
• Creates and manages department schedule to meet labor goals
• Provides feedback and assists with performance management
• Addresses associates' concerns promptly
• Performs quarterly inventory of facility products
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

Food handler permit

Cuts of meat knowledge

Meat handling

Seafood preparation

Policies & procedures

Organization & planning

Communication skills

Conflict resolution

Constructive feedback

Decision making

Integrity & teamwork

Weekend/evening/holiday availability

Education

High school diploma or GED

Some college education preferred

Meat dept./butcher experience preferred

Job description

$16.00 -$19.71 PER HOUR

GENERAL PURPOSE

The purpose of this position is to ensure the quality, freshness, safety, and profitability of Harmons’ fresh cut meat products. This person will be preparing all cuts of beef, pork, chicken, turkey and seafood for sale in the central meat cutting facility. This person will be in charge of cleaning and sanitation of the central meat cutting facility training new meat cutter associates, determining production and inventory levels, receiving and stocking product and providing exceptional internal and external customer service.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Follows established departmental and store policies and procedures
• Ensures the quality and freshness of all products and services the central meat cutting facility provides
• Responsible for maintaining the appropriate product assortment and inventory levels for the central meat cutting facility
• Confirms pricing accuracy and signage for all products, paying particular attention to ad items
• Ensures the central meat cutting facility is cleaned and sanitized daily and meets the company standards for appearance
• Delivers excellent customer service to all internal and external customers
• Ordering product and creating production sheets to meet the needs of the central meat cutting facility based on past and projected sales
• Completes assigned tasks efficiently and in a timely manner
• Is knowledgeable about all cuts of beef, pork, chicken, turkey, seafood, etc. and is able to cut all meats
• Grinds fresh hamburger and sausage
• Sets a professional and positive example to others
• Communicates openly and frequently with Store Director and Fresh Meat Sales Director
• Ensures company standards for safety, sanitation and productivity are maintained
• Writing the central meat cutting facility department schedule to ensure coverage and meet labor goals
• Teaches, mentors and educates associates to help them be successful members of the team
• Provides honest, direct and constant feedback to associates regarding their performance and areas of improvement; assesses associate performance and influences promotion, discipline, etc.
• Promptly addresses and resolves associates’ concerns and/or grievances
• Quarterly inventory of all central meat cutting facility products

MARGINAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

NATURE OF WORK CONTACTS

• Consistent and daily interaction with store associates
• Consistent and daily interaction with customers

TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

A high school diploma or GED and some college education are preferred; five years of meat department/butcher experience preferred; or any combination of education, experience, and training which provides the following knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Current Food Handler’s Permit
• Familiarity with all cuts of meat and how to prepare them
• Must enjoy working with and handling meat products
• Enjoys and has experience preparing, cooking and eating a variety of seafood and meat products
• Ability to interpret policies and procedures
• Excellent organization and planning skills
• Must possess solid communication skills, including verbal and listening skills in order to effectively and efficiently communicate with and manage diverse groups of people
• Ability to professionally and appropriately handle conflict
• Must possess the ability to accept constructive review and be accountable for one’s own success as well as the success of your team
• Required to make logical, significant decisions using general, recognized analytical skills and techniques
• Must possess integrity, a positive attitude, be mission-driven, and be self-directed with a demonstrated passion for Harmons’ mission and commitment to working collaboratively
• Continually strives to be product minded, customer minded, personnel minded, detailed, forward focused and consistent
• Ability to work weekends, evenings and holidays

PHYSICAL/SENSORY DEMANDS:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work is generally performed in a safe and comfortable store environment with the possibility of frequent exposure to hot, cold and wet conditions. While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to grasp, push, pull, carry, stoop, twist, crouch, and reach; perform tasks requiring repetitive motion and eye, hand and foot coordination; hear and respond to customer inquiries. Also requires standing, walking and bending throughout the entire work day and the ability to maneuver heavy objects weighing up to 80 pounds from location to location.