Food Production Worker - Career Growth Opportunities

Buckhead Meat And Seafood; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading meat processing company is seeking skilled meat trimmers in Rockford, Illinois. This role involves cutting meats to specifications and ensuring product quality for further processing. Candidates should be experienced in meat trimming, possess knife skills, and be able to work in a team-oriented environment, performing physical tasks in a refrigerated setting.

Qualifications

• Experience with meat trimming and knife skills required.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Customer-service driven and results-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Cut meat to customer specifications while maintaining product quality.
• Identify and label cuts after trimming for processing.
• Support production with trimmed product as required.

Skills

Meat trimming and Knife skills

Ability to adjust to sudden changes

Customer-service oriented

Team player

Detail-oriented

Job description

Ability to cut meet to customer specifications with a high yielding level of skill. Support the production team with proper level of trimmed product ready for further processing.

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience

• Meat trimming and Knife skills
• Basic knowledge of meat cuts
• Working in team environment

Skills

• Ability to adjust to sudden changes in customer demands or operational goals
• Commitment to work until the job is completed
• Interacts well with others
• Good team player
• Results-oriented and detail-oriented
• Customer-service oriented

Responsibilities

• Able to see deficiencies in raw materials
• Ability to identify the product by proper name at sight as well as the ability to trim all loins
• Ability to label / identify sub primal cuts after trimming to ensure product is ready for next step in processing.
• Knowledge of basic cuts and trim that prep table is responsible for producing (stew, roasts, PTRs, etc.)
• Some heavy lifting required

Physical Demands and Working Environment

• Heavy lifting activities for this employee
• The ability to touch, feel, manipulate fingers and limbs to operate various processing and material handling equipment is necessary
• The ability to smell is required, in order to detect levels of wholesomeness and spoilage
• This position requires the candidate to be in refrigerated processing and warehouse areas. These areas are cold and wet and exposure to moving machinery and sharp surfaces are a regular occurrence.