Meat Wrapper

Save-A-Lot stores; Wilkinsburg (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A grocery retail chain is seeking a meat wrapper in Allegheny County, Wilkinsburg. Responsibilities include unloading meat products, packaging, weighing, and ensuring item freshness. Candidates must be able to lift up to 50 pounds, work shifts of at least 8 hours, and assist customers with their selections. The role requires operating various machinery such as slicers and grinders. This position demands a hardworking individual who can thrive in a refrigerated environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to work shifts of a minimum of 8 hours.
• Capability to read, write, and perform basic arithmetic operations.
• Experience in handling and operating machinery safely.

Responsibilities

• Unload product from trucks and stage meat items in coolers and freezers.
• Weigh, wrap, package, and price meat products for sale.
• Assist customers with their orders and maintain product freshness.

Skills

Customer service

Ability to lift and stack up to 50 pounds

Basic math skills

Familiarity with slicers and grinders

Tools

Slicers

Scales

Grinders

Labeling machines

Job description

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

• a. Pass a pre-employment drug screen.
• 1. Work shifts.
• 2. Read & write.
• 3. Add, subtract, multiply & divide.
• 4. Lift & stack up to 50 pounds.
• 5. Reach & stock product up to 6 feet high.
• 6. Travel to & from work.
• 8. Pull or push wheeled vehicles weighing up to 500 pounds.
• 9. Operate slicers, scales, grinders and labeling machines.
• 10. Work a minimum 8 hour shift.
• 11. Provide verbal & physical assistance to customers.
• 12. Prepare, weigh, package and price product.
• 13. Operate hydraulic baler.
• 14. Maintain sales and other written records.
• 15. Perform freshness checks and re-condition product.
• 16. Perform sweeping, cleaning and mopping functions.