Meat Cutter

Sysco; Warwick (RI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Sysco in Warwick, RI is seeking a Meat Cutter to accurately cut to trim and yield specifications, pull materials, label products and maintain USDA-compliant work areas. You will record data for yield tests, count inventories, and ensure orders meet required specs and deadlines.

The role requires attention to detail, strong teamwork, and the ability to communicate issues to supervisors. Prior meat-cutting experience and fluent English are essential.

Qualifications

• Prior experience with portion cutting meat.
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations and conversions for order sizes.
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English.

Responsibilities

• Accurately cut to trim and yield specifications as per cut tickets.
• Provide communication to supervisor for any discrepancies between tickets and customer purchases.
• Pull raw materials and pre-cut inventory according to code dates and report short shelf-life items.
• Label all products and equipment to conform to regulations.
• Record data to produce assigned cutting yield tests.
• Count product inventory levels and maintain supervisor-set levels.
• Ensure product specs meet guidelines and USDA safety standards.
• Assemble and tear down equipment at shift start/end.
• Clean, store and maintain knives, scales, etc.
• Manage profitability by achieving yields and meeting deadlines for readiness.
• Complete other duties as assigned.
• Follow safety goals and participate in safety program.
• Report unsafe conditions or acts to management.
• Report accidents, injuries or illnesses to supervisor promptly.
• Ability to negotiate production and warehousing areas without disruption.

Skills

Flexibility

Team player

Detail oriented

Customer-service oriented

Results oriented

Job description

JOB SUMMARY:

• Accurately cut to trim and yield specifications as specified by information provided by cut tickets.
• Provide communication to the supervisor of any discrepancies between cutting tickets and normal customer purchases.
• Pull raw materials and pre-cut inventory according to code dates and report any short shelf-life items to the supervisor.
• Properly label all products and equipment to conform to all legal and safety regulations.
• Properly and accurately record all necessary data to produce assigned cutting yield tests.
• Accurately count product inventory levels and maintain levels set forth by the supervisor.
• Ensure that all product specifications are being met according to guidelines.
• Maintain work areas in compliance with U.S.D.A. guidelines.
• Assemble and tear down any equipment in the work area at the beginning and/or end of your shift.
• Properly clean, store and maintain all knives, scales, etc. assigned to you.
• Manage profitability by achieving product yields and meeting deadlines for product readiness.
• Complete other duties as assigned.
• To know and understand the company’s safety and health goals and its objectives. Assist the company in achieving these goals by participating in the safety program.
• To help develop and follow all safe work practices.
• To give a written report of unsafe conditions or unsafe acts to management.
• To report all accidents, injuries or illnesses to my supervisor immediately.
• Prior experience with portion cutting meat.
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations and conversions to determine the amounts and sizes of products needed for orders.
• Ability to read, write and communicate in the English language.

Skills:

• Ability to adjust to sudden changes in customer demands or operational goals.
• Commitment to work until the job is completed.
• Interacts well with others.
• Good team player.
• Results-oriented.
• Customer-service oriented.
• Detail-oriented.

Physical Demands and Working Environment:

• Physical strength to lift and maneuver 50-60 pounds.
• Standing, stooping and climbing are regular activities for this employee.
• The employee must have the ability to negotiate throughout the production and warehouse areas unassisted without disrupting regular production and warehousing activities.
• Normal levels of eyesight and hearing after correction.
• Color vision is required.
• The ability to touch, feel, manipulate fingers and limbs to operate various processing and material handling equipment is necessary.
• The ability to smell is required, in order to detect levels of wholesomeness and spoilage.
• This position requires the candidate to be in refrigerated processing and warehouse areas.
• These areas are cold and wet and exposure to moving machinery and sharp surfaces are a regular occurrence.
• This is a high noise area.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.