Meat Cutter

Winco Foods; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking grocery retailer where you can make a real impact in the community. In this role, you'll maintain fresh meat production while ensuring top-notch customer service and product quality. You'll work in a friendly environment, engaging with customers and handling various meat products. The company offers competitive benefits, including medical plans and tuition support, making it an exciting place to grow your career. If you're passionate about food safety and customer service, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Medical Plans

Tuition Support

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Flexible Hours

Qualifications

• Ability to provide friendly, courteous service.
• Food Handlers Certification required by State Laws.
• Experience in meat preparation and handling.

Responsibilities

• Maintain fresh meat production and ensure product quality.
• Provide friendly customer service and engage with customers.
• Ensure cleanliness and sanitation of work area and equipment.

Skills

Customer Service

Food Safety

Meat Preparation

Basic Math

Education

Food Handlers Certification

Tools

Scales

Knives

Meat Slicers

Grinders

Job description

About Us

Join us at WinCo Foods, where we're more than just a grocery retailer - we're a growing family of over 140 supermarkets in 10 states with over 22,000 employee owners. Our purpose is to make the lives of our customers and employee owners better by offering the lowest possible prices to feed their families. Currently, WinCo is the second largest Employee-Owned company in the United States, with more than 500 millionaire employee-owners in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Our benefits, including top-tier medical plans and tuition support, set us apart. In your role, you'll be instrumental in making a real impact in the communities we serve, embodying our purpose every day.

Overview

Job Summary

Maintain desired level of fresh meat production. Ensure customer service, product quality, freshness, and selection. Maintain cleanliness of department and equipment. Consistently provide friendly, courteous customer service to internal and external customers. Perform other related work.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

• Seek opportunities to welcome, engage, serve, and thank customers. Maintain an atmosphere of friendly, enthusiastic customer service with an emphasis on taking care of the customer.
• Maintain an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with an emphasis on fast, friendly, courteous customer service.
• Engage in suggestive selling and other sales techniques.
• Cut, grind, and wrap fresh meat products according to related quantity, quality, and freshness standards.
• Stock and rotate product.
• Ensure trim specifications are followed and proper temperatures are maintained in all phases of meat preparation, display, and storage.
• Prevent shrink and control expenses.
• Prevent sale of spoiled and/or outdated product by following legal regulations and company policy on weighing, labeling, code dating, and the processing of re-worked or reduced-to-clear items.
• Ensure proper merchandising of product, signing, inventory level in retail cases, and eye-appeal of the department.
• Ensure cleanliness and sanitation of work area, equipment, cutting room, and retail cases according to company policy and law.
• Perform other duties as assigned or needed.

Requirements

Ability to:

• Consistently provide friendly, courteous service to internal and external customers.
• Work varied hours primarily between 5:00 am to 11:00 pm in a 24/7 operation, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Perform friendly, courteous, tactful interactions and maintain composure in dealing with customers and co-workers.
• Conduct visual inspections, read production guides, and product labels.
• Properly use cleaning chemicals in accordance with manufacturer’s guidelines and instructions.
• Handle related food products per State and County laws, and WinCo standards.
• Communicate with co-workers and follow written work instructions.
• Reach, lift, and maneuver objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 80 lbs. frequently.
• Push and pull fully loaded handtrucks and pallet jacks.
• Perform repetitious arm and hand movements required to cut, slice, and process meat products.
• Stand for long periods, walk, move rapidly, bend, twist, and turn frequently.
• Operate related equipment with manual dexterity and hand/eye coordination.
• Work with hands exposed to moisture.
• Work in refrigerated areas (32 to 50°F), occasionally at -20°F and frequently at 28°F.
• Learn product variability, perishability, safety, sanitation procedures, and department policies.
• Perform basic math and compute weights and measures.
• Work efficiently and accurately.
• Wear hats, hairnets, gloves, and other PPE as required.

Additional Requirements:

• Food Handlers Certification (per State Laws)

Machines and Equipment Operated:

• Scales, knives, band saws, meat tenderizers, meat slicers, grinders, and bailer.

The above statements describe the general nature of work performed by employees in this role. All employees must comply with company policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities, duties, and qualifications may vary.

EEO/Inclusivity

As WinCo Foods continues to grow, our diversity—from our variety of perspectives and wide range of experiences—is essential to our strategy and success. We are committed to cultivating and celebrating an inclusive environment where all employees are valued and respected regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.