Meat Clerk

3M HEALTHCARE

Waukee (IA)

On-site

USD 16,531 - 22,041

Part time

14 days+

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Job summary

Hy-Vee Meat Clerk role in the Meat department provides prompt, friendly service, wraps, trims, stocks cases, and receives merchandise. You’ll greet customers, help locate products, and handle requests while maintaining clean, safe work areas. Strong teamwork and a growth mindset are valued in this fast-paced setting.

The position emphasizes customer-focused service, proper sanitation, and adherence to department guidelines while supporting store operations and colleague collaboration.

Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent; food safety training preferred.
Up to 6 months of related work experience or less.
Ability to provide friendly customer service and assist in meat/seafood prep.

Responsibilities

Provides prompt, efficient, and friendly customer service.
Wraps, weighs, and labels product; stocks cases; and handles receive merchandise.
Greets customers, assists in product selection, and answers questions.
Maintains sanitation, restocks coolers, and reports out-of-stock items.
Works with team to ensure a fast-paced, pleasant shopping experience.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Growth mindset

Professionalism

Education

High school or equivalent

Food safety training

Tools

Knives

Grinders

Slicer

Tenderizer

Rotisserie

Wrapping system

Pallet jack

Tumbler

Job description

Additional Considerations (if any): 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 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.

Core Competencies

Partnerships, Growth mindset, Results oriented, Customer focused, Professionalism

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 and treating customers as the most important people in the store.

Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner, whether the encounter takes place in the employee’s designated department or elsewhere in the store.

Makes an effort to learn customers’ names and to address them by name whenever possible.

Escorts customers to the products they’re looking for
Secures products that are out of reach
Loads or unloads heavy items
Makes note of and passes along customer suggestions or requests
Performs other tasks in every way possible to enhance the shopping experience

Answers the telephone promptly when called upon, and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call including taking 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 the food for freshness, then stocks cases or rotates product.

Finishes trims on steaks, roasts, and chops in preparing these retail cuts, including seafood for traying.

Prepares and organizes seafood items for display.

Understands and practices proper sanitation procedures and ensures the work area is always clean and neat.

Replenishes and organizes the 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 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 (ability to identify and distinguish colors), and field of vision.

Climbing
Balancing
Stooping
Kneeling
Reaching
Standing
Walking
Pushing
Pulling
Lifting
Grasping
Feeling
Talking
Hearing
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