Meat Clerk

Hy-Vee Inc; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Hy-Vee Inc is seeking a Meat Clerk in Omaha, NE. The role focuses on providing prompt, friendly customer service, wrapping, trimming, stocking cases, and receiving merchandise in the Meat and Seafood Departments.

Primary duties include greeting customers, assisting with product locations, ensuring freshness, and maintaining a clean work area in a fast-paced environment. Night and weekend shifts are required as part of the schedule.

Qualifications

• High School or equivalent experience.
• Food safety training.
• Six months or less of similar or related work.

Responsibilities

• Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring and patience in all customer interactions.
• Smiles and greets customers by name when possible and assists with product locations.
• Wraps, weighs, labels, and stocks meat and seafood products.
• Maintains clean, organized work area and follows sanitation procedures.
• Reports out-of-stock items to appropriate personnel and helps rotate stock.

Job description

Additional Considerations (if any): Night & Weekend Shifts Required.

At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.

Job Description

• Job Title: Meat Clerk
• Department: Meat
• FLSA: Non-Exempt
• General Function: Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service. Wraps, trims, stocks cases, and receives merchandise in the Meat and/or Seafood Department.

Reporting Relations

• Accountable and Reports to: District Store Director, Store Manager, Assistant Managers of Operations, Perishables, Health Wellness Home, Meat Department Manager, Assistant Meat Department Manager, Seafood Department Manager, Assistant Seafood Department Manager, Service Managers.
• Positions that Report to you: Under certain circumstances, part‑time stockers could receive direction from the person in this position.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern and patience in all customer interactions.
• Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner, learning and addressing customers by name whenever possible.
• Assists customers by escorting them to products, securing out‑of‑reach items, loading or unloading heavy items, passing along customer suggestions or requests, and performing any tasks that enhance the shopping experience.
• Answers the telephone promptly and takes customer orders.
• Works with co‑workers as a team to ensure customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment.
• Wraps, weighs, and labels product.
• Reviews the status and appearance of food for freshness, then stocks cases or rotates product.
• Finishes trims on steaks, roasts, and chops, prepares retail cuts, and prepares seafood for traying.
• Prepares and organizes seafood items for display.
• Ensures the work area is clean and neat, following proper sanitation procedures.
• Replenishes and organizes coolers.
• Reports out‑of‑stock products to appropriate personnel.
• Trays, slices, tenderizes, and grinds product.
• Removes trash in a timely manner.
• Maintains strict adherence to department and company guidelines related to personal hygiene and dress.
• Adheres to company policies and individual store guidelines.
• Reports to work when scheduled and on time.

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepares some signs for the department.
• Orders replenishment merchandise as directed by management.
• Assists in other areas of the store as needed.
• Performs other job‑related duties and special projects as required.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Worker Characteristics

Must have the ability to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or verbal instructions; deal with a few concrete variables. Ability to do simple addition and subtraction; copying figures, counting and recording. Possess the ability to understand and follow verbal or demonstrated instructions; write identifying information; request supplies orally or in writing.

Education and Experience

High School or equivalent experience, food safety training. Six months or less of similar or related work.

Physical Requirements

Must be physically able to exert up to 85 pounds of force (energy exerted) occasionally; exert up to 40 pounds of force frequently; and exert up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Visual requirements include vision from less than 20 inches to more than 20 feet with or without correction, depth perception, color vision, and field of vision. Must be able to perform the following physical activities: climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.

Working Conditions

This position is continually exposed to a cool environment and dampness. There is frequent noise from the saws, exposure to cleaning solvents, and possibility of electrical shock. This is a fast paced work environment.

Equipment Used to Perform Job

Knives, Grinders, Patty Maker, Tenderizer, Slicer, Pallet jack, Tumbler, Wrapping system, and Rotisserie.

Contacts: Deals with customers on a daily basis and vendors/suppliers on an as needed basis.

Are you ready to smile, apply today.

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre employment drug screen.