Meat Associate

The Winn-Dixie Company; Sun City Center (FL); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Winn-Dixie Company in Sun City Center, Florida is seeking a motivated team member for its meat and seafood departments. This role requires preparing high-quality products, ensuring customer satisfaction, and maintaining safety protocols.

Successful candidates will have strong interpersonal skills and be able to work in a dynamic environment. Preference is given to those with a high school diploma or GED. Join us to foster a welcoming atmosphere and support a diverse team.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age.
• Authorization to work in the United States or the ability to obtain it.
• Successful completion of pre-employment drug testing and background check.
• Strong customer service skills required.

Responsibilities

• Create a welcoming environment for customers.
• Prepare and package meat and seafood products.
• Promote teamwork and communicate effectively.
• Maintain safety and food handling standards.

Skills

Customer service skills

Interpersonal communication

Cutting, traying, wrapping, and labeling

Education

High School / GED

Tools

Slicers

Pallet jacks

Ice machine

Job description

Job Summary

Assists in the daily operations in meat and seafood departments. Increases customer confidence and loyalty by promoting and executing consistent and compliant operating conditions. Provides fresh and appealing products, courteous, knowledgeable and prompt service. Values diversity and supports an inclusive environment by embracing the backgrounds and experiences of the team.

Responsibilities

• Service (60%) – Creates an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated to increase customer confidence and loyalty. Prepares and packages meat, seafood, random weight, lunchmeat, frozen food and salted meats to production standards. Operates department equipment and tools. Ensures customer requests and special orders are fulfilled.
• Leadership (20%) – Promotes trust and respect among associates by collaborating, promoting teamwork, and communicating company, department, and job specific information. Adheres to all local, state, and federal laws, and company guidelines.
• Financial (10%) – Stocks and rotates department products to ensure freshness and date control; restocks and uses supply items efficiently to eliminate waste and to maintain the lowest supply cost. Receives and breaks down meat deliveries. Keeps work area clean, orderly and free from safety hazards. Maintains an awareness of inventory/stocking conditions and reports any discrepancies in inventory. Reviews/inspects products for quality and freshness and takes appropriate action with those items. Ensures product is held at the proper temperature per food safety guidelines and retains documentation of temperature logs per policy.
• Compliance/Safety (10%) – Ensures company standards for safety, proper food handling practices, sanitation and productivity are maintained. Adheres to all regulatory compliance requirements pertaining to food safety, USDA & COOL, and Department of Agriculture. Executes all product recalls and withdrawals in a timely manner while ensuring all items are secured and removed from customer access. Reinforces safety programs by complying with safety procedures and inspects and identifies unsafe conditions to report to store management. Notifies management of customer or employee accidents. Reports all safety risk or issues, and illegal activity, including robbery, theft or fraud. Ensures adherence to wage and hour policies and regulations. Cultivates a culture of safety within the store. Ensures self and all associates are working safely and have received necessary safety training. Ensures Hazardous Assessments are posted for associate reference and that Personal Protective Equipment is available and utilized by all associates executing tasks within the department, as required. Ensures equipment is in good repair; reports and assists with remediation (ex. lock out/tag out of equipment) of safety hazards within the department.
• Disclaimer – Performs other job‑related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Required Education – N/A
• Preferred Education – High School / GED
• Languages – English (required), Spanish (preferred)
• Relevant Experience – Supervisory Experience: 0‑3 years minimum
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Must be 18 years of age
  • Authorization to work in the United States or the ability to obtain the same
  • Successful completion of pre‑employment drug testing and background check
  • Strong customer service skills
  • Exceptional interpersonal, motivational and communication skills
  • Knowledge of cutting, traying, wrapping, and labeling

Environmental Factors

Retail – Meat/Seafood: Physical Demands: While performing the essential functions of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand or walk on various types of flooring, utilize manual dexterity, talk, see, hear, smell and perform repetitive movements with both hands and/or both feet. The employee is frequently required to reach at waist level or overhead, carry, push, or lift various loads up to the required weights listed. The employee is occasionally required to sit, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and climb up to 10 ft. Working Conditions: May be exposed to indoor, outdoor, cold, freezing, heated, and wet/humid conditions. Safety Risk Factors: Must twist back and/or neck, walk on a slippery or cluttered floor surface, work with hazardous equipment and be exposed to sharp objects. Also may be exposed to loud noise, skin irritants, nuisance dust, fumes and sprays, hazardous cleaning solutions and other toxins. Required Equipment: cleaning supplies and equipment, general office equipment, register, pricing gun, scales, scanner, various material handling equipment such as racks, carts, pallet jacks, etc. Department Specific Equipment: baler/compactor, hardware tools, ladder, pliers, wire cutters, ice machine, shovel, powered cutting equipment, slicers, saws, grinders, knives, wrapping equipment, automatic meat wrapper, lobster tanks. Personal Protective Equipment: Goggles, Gloves, Cutting Gloves, Fryer Gloves, Oven Gloves, Back Brace. Lifting Requirement: 250 lbs. Pulling Requirement: 70 lbs.

Travel / Overnight

Travel: Occasional. Overnight: No.

Shift(s)

Varied shifts.