Meat Clerk (PT & FT)

Associated Grocers of New England; Jericho (VT); On-site; USD 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

AG Supermarkets, Inc. in Jericho, Vermont is hiring for Part-Time and Full-Time Meat Clerks. The role requires knowledge of meat, merchandising, cleanliness, and safety, with pay ranging from $17.00 to $20.00 per hour.

Responsibilities include cutting, packaging, pricing, stocking, receiving deliveries, and maintaining hygiene standards in a retail meat department. Flexibility in schedule and strong customer service are essential.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Ability to lift weights up to 50 lbs. frequently.
• Ability to stand for long periods and perform duties in varying temperatures.
• Knowledge of meat handling, safety, and sanitation.

Responsibilities

• Perform meat cutting functions; scraping and packaging in trays, cubing steaks, grinding ground meats, and processing meat according to Company standards and policies.
• Identify, wrap, price, and weigh all department items per Company standards and policies.
• Stock the fresh and frozen products using proper rotation procedures.
• Receive any meat deliveries, code, rotate, and put in appropriate storage areas.
• Responsible for ensuring clean equipment, tables, floors, grinders, coolers and production areas as required to meet Food Safety requirements.
• Label packages according to COOL, USDA and company standards.

Skills

Task prioritization

Customer service

Flexible schedule

Computer literacy

18+ years old

Tools

Meat grinder

Knives

Meat saw

Cryovac

Wrapper

Job description

Pay Range: $17.00 - $20.00/hour

AG Supermarkets, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated Grocers of New England, Inc., operates supermarkets in New Hampshire and Vermont. Customers shopping these stores find the most personalized, friendly service with the highest quality food products. We are currently looking for Part-Time and Full-Time Meat Clerks in our Jericho, Vermont store with an understanding of meat, merchandising, cleanliness, and safety.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Develop product knowledge in all areas of the department including cook procedures
• Learn and become an expert in all department equipment, hardware, software, and tasks
• Perform meat cutting functions; includes scraping and packaging in trays products, cubing steaks, grinding ground meats and cutting and processing meat according to Company standards and policies
• Identify, wrap, price, and weigh all department items per Company standards and policies
• Stock the fresh and frozen products using proper rotation procedures
• Receive any meat deliveries, code, rotate, and put in appropriate storage areas
• Responsible for ensuring clean equipment, tables, floors, grinders, coolers and production areas as required to exceed Food Safety requirements
• Label packages according to COOL, USDA and company standards and policies

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Ability to prioritize work tasks, multi-task and maintain focus.

• Strong customer service skills & effective communication.

• Must have flexible schedule availability.

• Computer knowledge..

• Must be 18 years of age or older

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Work is performed in a typical retail work environment

• Ability to lift weights up to 50 lbs. frequently

• Ability to stand for long periods of time, kneel, bend, reach as needed to perform duties

• Ability to work in different temperature control climate, indoor/ outdoor

• Use of machinery to include meat grinder, knifes, saw, cryovac and wrapper