Meat Wrapper

Save-A-Lot stores; Alliance (OH); On-site; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A grocery retail chain in Ohio is looking for a Meat Wrapper who will be responsible for packaging and weighing meat products, assisting customers, and maintaining the freshness of items. You will handle various equipment such as slicers and grinders while ensuring sanitation standards. Candidates must be at least 18 years old and able to lift up to 50 pounds. This role requires working in a refrigerated environment, engaging with customers, and performing cleaning duties.

Qualifications

• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen.
• Must be 18 years old or older.
• Ability to read, write, and perform basic math.
• Experience working in a cold environment.
• Must be able to operate various meat processing machines.

Responsibilities

• Unload product from trucks and stage meat items.
• Weigh, package, and merchandise meat products.
• Stock product on racks and shelves up to 6 feet high.
• Maintain sanitation standards and perform general cleaning.
• Assist customers with order selection.

Skills

Ability to lift 50 pounds

Customer assistance skills

Mathematics (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)

Experience with slicers and grinders

Tools

Slicers

Scales

Grinders

Hydraulic baler

Job description

Position: Meat Wrapper

OVERVIEW

A meat wrapper unloads product from trucks, stages meat items in the cooler and freezer, dates, weighs, packages and merchandises product and stocks product on racks and shelves. They operate stock dollies, grinding machines, slicers, scales, mechanical price marking machines and devices and use knives and case cutters. They work shifts, normally up to 8 hours a day, read and write, add, subtract, multiply and divide. They lift and stack up to 50# and reach and stock product on shelves and racks up to 6 feet high. In addition, they work in a refrigerated environment in the cutting room, cooler and freezer in temperatures from 0 degrees to 55 degrees. They weigh and wrap meat items such as steaks, ground meat, roasts, lamb, veal and pork. They recondition product, use knives and operate automatic weighing and labeling machines, slicers and grinders. They help customers with order selection, perform suggestive selling, 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 50 pounds.
• Reach & stock product up to 6 feet high.
• Travel to & from work.
• Pull or push wheeled vehicles weighing up to 500 pounds.
• Operate slicers, scales, grinders and labeling machines.
• Work a minimum 8 hour shift.
• Provide verbal & physical assistance to customers.
• Prepare, weigh, package and price product.
• Operate hydraulic baler.
• Maintain sales and other written records.
• Perform freshness checks and re‑condition product.
• Perform sweeping, cleaning and mopping functions.
• Operate telephones and intercoms.
• Stock and merchandise product.
• Date and rotate product.
• Maintain sanitation standards.
• Bag and remove trash.

AGE REQUIRED

18 (for duties requiring minimum age)