Meat Cutter - Apprentice

Save-A-Lot, Ltd.; Youngstown (OH); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Save-A-Lot, Ltd. in Youngstown, OH seeks a Meat Manager apprentice to learn trimming beef and pork for retail, packaging chicken, and handling merchandising, inventory, and customer service in a refrigerated cutting room.

You will operate meat saws and slicers, stock shelves, assist vendors, and follow safety guidelines as you gain hands-on skills. Shifts typically run up to 8 hours per day.

Qualifications

• Pass a pre-employment drug screen.
• Ability to read and write.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic.
• Lift and stack up to 100 pounds.
• Work shifts, up to 8 hours.
• Travel to and from work.
• Follow verbal and written instructions.
• Pull or push wheeled equipment up to 1000 pounds.
• Operate meat saws, cubers, slicers, scales, grinders and labeling machines.
• Normally work a maximum 8 hour shift.
• Provide assistance to customers and employees.
• Prepare, weigh, package and price product to maximize gross profit, stock, merchandise and rotate product.
• Write work schedules and supervise employees.
• Maintain sales and other written records.
• Perform freshness checks and re-condition product.
• Perform sweeping, cleaning and mopping functions.

Responsibilities

• Unload product from trucks and stock shelves up to 6 feet high.
• Cut and package meat items and weigh them.
• Prepare, weigh and wrap meat items; price to maximize gross profit.
• Assist customers and cut orders; display and merchandize meat.
• Maintain product freshness and rotate stock; check codes.
• Clean and sanitize work areas; sweeping and mopping.

Skills

Read and write

Basic math

Physical stamina

Lift heavy loads

Team coordination

Tools

Meat saws

Slicers

Scales

Grinders

Labeling machines

Case cutters

Job description

Position:

Meat Manager

Overview:

A meat apprentice learns the skills of cutting meat for retail sales. The apprentice will learn knife skill of cutting fresh beef, pork and packaging chicken, production, sales and merchandising objectives and, in addition, unload product from trucks, cut and trim, date, weigh, package, merchandise and stock product on racks and shelves up to 6 feet high. They operate meat saws, cubers, stock dollies, grinding machines, slicers, scales, price marking devices, labeling machines and use knives, cleavers and case cutters. They work shifts, normally up to 8 hours a day, read and write, add, subtract, multiply and divide, lift and stack up to 100# and work in a refrigerated environment in the cutting room, cooler and freezer in temperatures from 0 degrees to 55 degrees. They prepare, weigh and wrap meat items such as steaks, ground meat, roasts, and pork. They assist customers, make cuts to order, control inventory and stock levels, check in vendors, log spoilage and item sales and maintain product freshness. They also stock pre-packaged meat items, rotate product, check code dates for freshness and perform sweeping, mopping, case cleaning and general cleaning functions.

Job Requirements:

• Pass a pre-employment drug screen.


• Work shifts.


• Read & write.


• Add, subtract, multiply & divide.


• Lift & stack up to 100 pounds.


• Reach & stock product up to 6 feet high.


• Travel to & from work.


• Give and follow verbal & written instructions.


• Pull or push wheeled vehicles weighing up to 1000 pounds.


• Operate saws, cubers, slicers, scales, grinders and labeling machines.


• Normally work a maximum 8 hour shift.


• Provide assistance to customers and employees.


• Prepare, weigh, package and price product to maximize gross profit, stock, merchandise and rotate product.


• Write work schedules and supervise employees.


• Maintain sales and other written records.


• Perform freshness checks and re-condition product.


• Perform sweeping, cleaning and mopping functions.