Meat Cutter

Harmons Grocery; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a dedicated meat cutter to join their team. In this role, you'll be responsible for ensuring the quality and freshness of various meat products while providing exceptional customer service. You'll prepare all cuts of meat, maintain inventory levels, and uphold sanitation standards. If you have a passion for meat products and enjoy working in a collaborative environment, this position offers a great opportunity to contribute to a thriving team. Join a company that values diversity and is committed to providing a safe and enjoyable shopping experience for all customers.

Qualifications

• 1 year of meat cutting experience preferred.
• Familiarity with all cuts of meat is essential.
• Strong communication and organizational skills required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality, freshness, and safety of meat products.
• Train new meat cutter associates and provide customer service.
• Maintain cleanliness and sanitation in the meat department.

Skills

Meat Cutting

Customer Service

Communication Skills

Organization and Planning

Conflict Resolution

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Brickyard, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Job Description

Posted Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM | Expires Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM

$17.10 - $21.37 PER HOUR

GENERAL PURPOSE:

The purpose of this position is to ensure the quality, freshness, safety, and profitability of Harmons’ fresh cut meat products. This person will be preparing all cuts of beef, pork, chicken, turkey, and seafood for sale in the meat service cases. This person will be in charge of cleaning and sanitation of the meat department, training new meat cutter associates, determining production and inventory levels, receiving and stocking product, and providing exceptional customer service.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Follows established departmental and store policies and procedures
2. Ensures the quality and freshness of all products and services the meat department provides
3. Responsible for maintaining the appropriate product assortment and inventory levels for the meat department
4. Confirms pricing accuracy and signage for all products, paying particular attention to ad items
5. Ensures the meat department is cleaned and sanitized daily and meets the company standards for appearance
6. Delivers excellent customer service to all customers
7. Is knowledgeable about all cuts of beef, pork, chicken, turkey, and seafood and is able to cut to accomplish profitability margins
8. Fulfills custom meat orders for customers
9. Ensures logs and other required documentation is filled out immediately and accurately to ensure food safety standards are met
10. Grinds beef, pork, chicken, and turkey as needed
11. Wraps cut and ground meat products as needed
12. Minimizes waste following production sheets, watching code-dates, and ensuring rotation is done correctly
13. Receives and restocks products for the meat department
14. Completes assigned tasks efficiently and in a timely manner
15. Sets a professional and positive example to others
16. Ensures company standards for safety, sanitation and productivity are maintained
17. Teaches, mentors, and educates associates to help them be successful members of the team
18. Provides honest, direct, and constant feedback to associates regarding their performance and areas of improvement
19. Assists as needed to ensure the success of the meat department as a whole

MARGINAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

NATURE OF WORK CONTACTS:

1. Consistent and daily interaction with store associates
2. Consistent and daily interaction with customers

TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Desired knowledge, skills, and abilities:

1. A high school diploma or GED is preferred; one year meat cutting experience preferred; or any combination of education, experience, and training which provides the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:
2. Familiarity with all cuts of beef, pork, chicken, turkey, and seafood
3. Experience cutting pork, beef, chicken, and turkey correctly, efficiently, and profitably
4. Enjoys handling, preparing, and eating meat products
5. Ability to interpret policies and procedures
6. Excellent organization and planning skills
7. Must possess solid communication skills, including verbal and listening skills in order to effectively and efficiently communicate with customers and fellow associates
8. Ability to appropriately and professionally handle conflict
9. Must possess the ability to accept constructive review and be accountable for one’s own success as well as the success of your team
10. Required to make logical, significant decisions using general, recognized skills and techniques
11. Must possess integrity, a positive attitude, be mission-driven, and be self-directed with a demonstrated passion for Harmons’ mission and commitment to working collaboratively
12. Continually strives to be product minded, customer minded, personnel minded, detailed, consistent, and forward focused
13. Ability to work weekends, evenings, and holidays

PHYSICAL/SENSORY DEMANDS:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work is generally performed in a safe and comfortable store environment with the possibility of frequent exposure to hot, cold, slippery, and wet conditions. While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to grasp, climb, push, pull, carry, stoop, twist, crouch, bend, and reach; perform tasks requiring repetitive motion and eye, hand, and foot coordination; hear and respond to customer inquiries. Also requires standing, walking, and bending throughout the entire workday and the ability to maneuver heavy objects weighing up to 80 pounds from location to location.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and celebrate our employees' differences including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. Diversity makes us better.

Brickyard, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America