Meatcutter

Brookshire Grocery Company; Scott (LA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused grocery retailer in Louisiana is looking for a Meatcutter to process meat products, maintain fresh market and seafood cases, and deliver strong customer service. The ideal candidate will possess a high school diploma or GED, be 18 years or older, and have Food Handler certification. Responsibilities include ensuring product quality, assisting customers with requests, and following safety procedures to maintain a clean work environment. This position offers a stable work environment with opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• Minimum age requirement of 18 years.
• Experience handling and preparing meat products.
• Attentive to safety and hygiene standards.

Responsibilities

• Process meat products and fulfill customer requests.
• Maintain fresh meat and seafood cases.
• Provide excellent customer service.

Skills

Ability to work with sharp objects

Ability to operate and maintain equipment

Effective communication skills

Ability to learn new systems

Attention to potential hazards

Education

High school Diploma or GED

Food Handler certification

Job description

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Brookshire Grocery Company (BGC) is based in Tyler, Texas and operates over 215 stores across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.

We’re a community-focused employer that offers growth opportunities and a supportive team. This role involves processing meat products, fulfilling customer requests, and maintaining full, fresh market and seafood cases while delivering strong customer service.

Job Summary

Processes meat products, fulfills customer requests; ensures market and seafood cases are kept full, rotates and fresh with prepackaged meats; and promotes customer service.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Processes meat by removing fat, tenderizing, grinding, and/or cutting to proper thickness and size.
• Cuts, weighs, packages, and labels product. Uses precision and non-precision hand tools to cut or saw unfinished meat products into desired sizes, shapes, and/or weight. Ensures sufficient product is cut and available to customers at all times.
• Cleans, assembles, and prepares machinery and equipment for operation; operates machinery, regulates speed, and stops machinery at precise points.
• Checks product for quality control and ensures food safety standards are met. Adheres to governmental product origin labeling. Makes fine judgments about aroma, texture, and color to inspect product for quality.
• Stacks pallets and sorts product into correct locations according to company efficiency standards and expectations.
• Provides friendly, customer service-oriented attitude by greeting customers, answering questions, and fulfilling requests for special cuts of meat. Makes suggestions to customers as requested.
• Maintains clean, safe, and sanitary working and shopping environment by adhering to company safety procedures.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Ability to safely work with sharp objects such as knives and box cutters.
• Ability to safely operate and maintain department equipment.
• Ability to use non-precision and precision hand tools.
• Ability to effectively communicate (in written and verbal form) with customers and partners.
• Ability to learn new systems, methods and processes.
• Ability to work flexible schedules including nights, weekends and holidays.
• Must be attentive to potential hazards and remedy or place appropriate warning signs or devices around the hazard as soon as possible.
• Must report potential hazards that cannot be immediately remedied to a supervisor.

Education, Experience And Qualifications

• Minimum of 18 years of age required.
• Partners must be 21 years of age or older to drive for Company business in accordance with the BGC Business Driver Policy.
• High school Diploma or GED and one or more years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of experience and/or higher education required.
• Food Handler certification required.

Physical Demands

• Continuously required to use close vision, distance vision, depth perception or the ability to focus.
• Continuously required to stand or walk.
• Continuously required to use hands for reaching, touching or handling.
• Continuously required to maintain a steady hand while manipulating objects by hand and using fine finger movements.
• Continuously required to push, pull, maneuver or lift objects up to 40 lbs.
• Frequently required to push, pull, maneuver or lift objects up to 75 lbs.
• Frequently required to talk and hear.
• Frequently required to bend, kneel or squat.
• Occasionally required to push, pull, maneuver or lift objects up to 100 lbs.
• Attendance at work is required.

Work Context And Environment

• Work is generally performed in a retail store.
• Continuously exposed to equipment with sharp blades or edges.
• Continuously exposed to extreme cold conditions (non-weather).
• Continuously exposed to wet, slippery or damp conditions.
• Frequently exposed to cleaning agents.
• Moderate to loud noise level.

Brookshire Grocery Company strives to provide a safe, drug- and alcohol-free environment for its partners and customers. The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information or military status and any other trait protected by law.

Referral programs and other employment- related notices may be included as allowed by law.