Meat Cutter FT

The Winn-Dixie Company; Melrose (FL); On-site; USD 17,908 - 24,796; Full time

Job summary

The Winn-Dixie Company in Florida is seeking a Meat Department team member to assist customers and cut meat to specifications, and support daily department operations. You will help promote fresh, high-quality products while delivering courteous, knowledgeable service.

The role emphasizes safety and compliance with USDA and department standards, handling knives, wrapping and labeling, and meeting merchandising and shrink-reduction goals. Varied shifts, on-site work, and teamwork are expected.

Qualifications

• Education: High School or GED required.
• Language: English required; Spanish preferred.
• Experience: Supervisory experience 0–3 years minimum.

Responsibilities

• Service: assist customers, cut and package meat to spec; handle seafood and other deli items as needed.
• Leadership: promote teamwork, share information, comply with laws and guidelines.
• Financial: rotate stock, minimize waste, monitor inventory and price accuracy.
• Compliance/Safety: follow food safety regs, report hazards, handle recalls when required.
• Disclaimer: perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Knife handling

Teamwork

Communication

Basic math

Safety awareness

Education

High School / GED

Job description

Job Summary

Assists customers and cuts meat to specifications for variety, size, quality and trim for sale. Assists in the daily operations in meat and seafood departments. Increases customer confidence and loyalty by promoting and executing consistent and compliant operating conditions. Provides fresh and appealing products, courteous, knowledgeable and prompt service. Executes merchandising plans as outlined in department planners, toolkits or event packs being mindful of merchandising standards, product levels, shrink, and sales trends. Values diversity and supports an inclusive environment by embracing the backgrounds and experiences of the team.

Essential Responsibilities

• Service (60%)

  Creates an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated to increase customer confidence and loyalty. Prepares and packages food products and processes customer orders to their specifications; processes fresh meats, smoked meats, seafood, random weight, lunchmeat, frozen food and salted meats to production standards. Utilizes peak time performance cutting lists to cut and trim all products as directed by company standards. Properly wraps, weighs and prices product as needed. Properly cubes, slices and grinds meat as needed. Operates department equipment and tools. Ensures customer requests and special orders are fulfilled. Performs duties of meat/seafood counter clerk, as necessary.

• Leadership (20%)

  Promotes trust and respect among associates by collaborating, promoting teamwork, and communicating company, department, and job specific information. Adheres to all local, state, and federal laws, and company guidelines.

• Financial (10%)

  Stocks and rotates department products to ensure freshness and date control; restocks and uses supply items efficiently to eliminate waste and maintain the lowest supply cost. Receives and breaks down meat deliveries. Keeps work area clean, orderly and free from safety hazards. Maintains awareness of inventory/stocking conditions and reports any discrepancies. Reviews and inspects products for quality and freshness and takes appropriate action. Utilizes production planning tools to accurately produce fresh products and ensures discarding or markdown processes are followed to reduce shrink. Ensures product is held at the proper temperature per food safety guidelines and retains documentation of temperature logs per policy.

• Compliance/Safety (10%)

  Ensures company standards for safety, proper food handling practices, sanitation and productivity are maintained. Adheres to all regulatory compliance requirements pertaining to food safety, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) & Country of Origin Labeling (COOL), and Department of Agriculture (DOA). Executes all product recalls and withdrawals in a timely manner while ensuring all items are secured and removed from customer access. Reinforces safety programs by complying with safety procedures and inspects and identifies unsafe conditions to report to store management. Notifies management of customer or employee accidents. Reports all safety risk, or issues, and illegal activity, including robbery, theft or fraud. Ensures adherence to wage and hour policies and regulations. Cultivates a culture of safety within the store. Ensures self and all associates are working safely and have received necessary safety training. Ensures Hazardous Assessments are posted for associate reference and that Personal Protective Equipment is available and utilized by all associates executing tasks within the department, as required. Ensures equipment is in good repair; reports and assists with remediation of safety hazards within the department.

• Disclaimer (10%)

  Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education: High School / GED (Required)

Language(s): English (Required), Spanish (Preferred)

Experience: Supervisory experience 0–3 years minimum

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Must be 18 years of age
• Authorization to work in the United States or the ability to obtain the same
• Successful completion of pre-employment drug testing and background check
• Strong customer service skills
• Exceptional interpersonal, motivational and communication skills
• Knowledge of basic math
• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Possess adequate knife handling skills and knife speed
• Knowledge of cutting, traying, wrapping, and labeling

Environmental Factors

Retail – Meat/Seafood: Physical demands include standing or walking on various types of flooring, manual dexterity, talking, seeing, hearing, smelling, and performing repetitive movements with both hands. Frequently required to reach at waist level or overhead, carry, push, or lift various loads up to 10 lb. Occasionally required to sit, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and climb up to 10 ft. Working conditions may involve indoor, outdoor, cold, freezing, heated, and wet/humid environments. Safety risk factors include twisting back and/or neck, walking on a slippery or cluttered floor surface, work with hazardous equipment and exposure to sharp objects. Occasionally exposed to loud noise, skin irritants, nuisance dust, fumes and sprays, hazardous cleaning solutions and other toxins. Required equipment includes cleaning supplies, general office equipment, register, pricing gun, scales, scanner, various material handling equipment, baler/compactor, general hardware tools (ladder, pliers, wire cutters, ice machine, shovel, powered cutting equipment such as slicers, saws, grinders, knives, wrapping equipment, automatic meat wrapper, lobster tanks, box cutter). Personal protective equipment: goggles, gloves, cutting gloves, fryer gloves, oven gloves, back brace. Pulling requirement: 250 lb. Lifting requirement: 70 lb.

Travel & Overnight

Occasional travel percent. No overnight stay required.

Shift(s)

Varied shifts.