FT Meat Market Cutter Trainee

Hannaford Supermarkets; Milton (VT); On-site; USD 23,419 - 33,062; Full time

Job summary

Hannaford Supermarkets in Milton, VT is hiring for a Meat Department Associate. The role focuses on complying with policies, maintaining product knowledge, and ensuring accurate pricing and sanitation.

You will support safety standards, assist in training, and provide strong customer service in a team environment. The position emphasizes teamwork, learning multiple tasks, and meeting performance guidelines after training, with a strong commitment to fair treatment of coworkers and high standards

Qualifications

• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team.
• Effective customer service and communication abilities.
• Willingness to learn multiple tasks and requirements.
• Experience as a meat associate or meat cutting preferred.
• Must meet minimum age requirements.

Responsibilities

• Comply with company policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Meet or exceed Management Planning guidelines after training.
• Treat coworkers with fairness, dignity, and respect.
• Develop meat department product knowledge, including cooking procedures.
• Make price changes and maintain price books and scales as directed.
• Assist in special projects and other duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Assist in training associates after identified as Level 2 trainer.
• Maintain neat, groomed appearance per policy.
• Maintain communication within department and organization.
• Support safety standards and report needed repairs.
• Observe sanitation and food safety standards.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.
• Provide outstanding customer service and assist customers with product selection.

Skills

Good interpersonal skills

Customer service

Team player

Strong communication

Willingness to learn

Job description

Salary range: $17.35 - $24.75/hr

Duties and Responsibilities

• Comply with all company policies, procedures, and government regulations.
• Meet or exceed all applicable Management Planning guidelines once training is complete.
• Treat all co-workers with fairness, dignity, and respect.
• Develop product knowledge in all areas of the meat department including cooking procedures.
• Make price changes and maintain correct price books and scales as directed.
• Assist in special projects and perform other functions as assigned by supervisor.
• Assist in training of other associates when assigned after identified as Level 2 trainer.
• Maintain a neat, well-groomed personal appearance at all times; comply with company personal appearance policy.
• Maintain solid communication in the department and throughout the organization.
• Support company safety standards. Communicate any needed equipment repairs or maintenance work needed. Keep work area free from debris and safety hazards.
• Observe and maintain company sanitation and food safety standards.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Good interpersonal skills and desire to work in a team environment.
• Must meet minimum age requirements.
• Effective customer service and communication skills.
• Successful experience as a meat associate or previous meat cutting experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to learn multiple tasks and technical requirements of the job.

Physical Requirements

• Lift cases or packages of meat products weighing 1-40 lb. frequently and 100 lb. on occasion.
• Meet established volume activity standards.
• Stand or walk 100% of the time while working in temperatures of 45 degrees F the majority of the time.
• Perform repetitive grasping, twisting, reaching and hand/arm motions as the product is identified, wrapped, priced and weighed.
• Use hands continuously to feel objects, use tools and equipment to cut and prepare meat products.
• Be able to handle a variety of substances associated with cleaning materials, packaging materials and meat products.
• Frequent bending.

Preferred Requirements

• Perform the meat cutting functions once training is complete. This includes but is not limited to scraping and traying products, cubing steaks, grinding ground meats and cutting and processing meat according to Standard Practice Manual.
• Perform meat associate responsibilities as directed.
• Provide outstanding customer service. Communicate with and assist customers in selection of product.
• Identify, wrap, price, and weigh all meat department items in accordance with specified procedures outlined by standard practice.
• Stock the fresh, frozen, and self-service cases using proper rotation procedures.
• Receive any meat delivery, code, rotate, and put in appropriate storage area.
• Wash, rinse and sanitize all cases, wrap stations/area, scaling equipment, cooler, cutting room, including disassembling and re-assembling equipment therein.
• Must be able to meet the physical requirements of the position, with or without reasonable accommodations.

Hannaford provides equal opportunity in employment to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions), age, veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.