Meat Cutter

Intercity Packers Ltd.; Grand Prairie (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Prescription Drug

EFAP after 30 days

Dental

Vision

Pre-Tax Saving Accounts

Profit Sharing

Family culture and career advancement

Job summary

Halperns' Steak & Seafood in Grand Prairie, TX is seeking a Meat Cutter to portion and merchandise bone-in meat products, ensuring accurate cuts and adherence to specifications.

You will work with supervisors to schedule production, perform QC checks, read customer instructions, and maintain high quality standards in a fast-paced environment.

Join a team committed to quality and safety, with benefits and opportunities for growth within a growing food service organization.

Qualifications

• Must be able to read and comprehend customer-specific instructions.
• Accurate portioning of beef, pork, lamb and veal for future processing.
• Perform quality control checks and communicate defects to supervisors/managers.

Responsibilities

• Schedule production with supervisors and production managers.
• Clean, trim, slice, and portion subprimals.
• Inspect meat products for defects and remove as needed.
• Read and follow customer specifications precisely.
• Weigh meats and tag containers for weight and contents.

Skills

Production equipment knowledge

Meat cutting

Precision portioning

Quality control

Team player

English communication

Tools

Knife

Band saw

Portion scale

Tenderizer

Flattener

Vacuum packaging

Job description

Welcome to Halperns Steak & Seafood! We are excited that you are thinking about opportunities with us, and we have an amazing story to share. Here's a quick glance of who we are and the impact you could have on the food service industry. There's a seat at our table for you... Meat Cutter Grand Prairie , TX Welcome to Halperns’! The dedicated employees who work at Halperns' are passionately committed to this business and the customers they serve. Being part of Halperns' means being part of something important, something unique, and something special. This commitment is made clear by the superior meat and seafood specialty products we distribute. There's a seat at our table for you…

What we offer:

• Medical
• Prescription Drug
• EFAP Benefits after 30 days of employment
• Dental
• vision and other voluntary plans
• Pre-Tax Saving Accounts
• Profit Sharing
• Family culture and career advancement opportunities

Position Summary:

Responsible for portion and merchandising all bone-in meat products.

Essential Functions:

• Works with supervisors and production managers to schedule production.
• Cleans, trims, slices, and portions subprimals of beef, pork, lamb and veal for future processing.
• Inspects meat products for defects, bruises or blemishes and remove.
• Accurately read and comprehend all customer specific special instructions.
• Perform Quality Control checks and communicate with supervisors and manager any defects.
• Separates meats and byproducts into specified containers and seal containers.
• Uses knives, cleavers, band saw and/or other equipment to perform meat cutting and trimming.
• Weighs meats and tag containers for weight and contents.
• Follows company’s detailed product specifications.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Must have working knowledge of production equipment.
• Demonstrates ability to portion all cuts of meat in an accurate and timely manner.
• Ability to reduce processing costs by cutting and sizing portions accurately with good yields as well as meeting customer specs.
• Ability to problem solve in terms of trimming and product substitutions.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, high pressure, challenging environment
• Must be a team player and possess a positive attitude.
• Ability to effectively communicate, both written and verbally, in English.
• Must demonstrate the ability to understand the Meat Buyer’s Guide specifications as they relate to the company’s internal product specifications.
• Ability to tie a standards butcher’s knot for tying roasts and chops.
• Follows company’s Quality Control procedures.

Equipment / Tools / Technology:

• Knife Cut
• Glove
• Band Saw
• Portion Scale
• Tenderizer
• Flattener
• Vacuum Packaging Machine

You are required to provide your most recent employment experience for your application to be considered complete.

BE PART OF AN AMAZING CULTURE WHERE WHAT MATTERS TO YOU, MATTERS TO US!

Halperns' Steak & Seafood values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent upon their workforce.

To demonstrate our commitment to our partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a Halperns' Steak & Seafood customer to provide a letter of support from their management if they are selected for the interview process.

Equal Employment Opportunity is a matter of policy at Halperns' Steak & Seafood. and we are committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to [e-mail] and use the words “Accommodation Request” in your subject line.

Halperns' currently operates seven production and distribution facilities, which are located in Atlanta, Baltimore, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Dallas, Walton (KY), and Kalamazoo (MI). With a strong and established presence in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic areas of the United States, the company serves a variety of independent and national chain customers across much of the East Coast and beyond, and currently employs over 1,000 people.