Meatcutter

Brookshire Grocery Company; United States; On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Brookshire Grocery Company in the United States is looking for dedicated individuals to process meat products and provide excellent customer service. You will ensure quality cuts, maintain a clean workspace, and engage with customers for special requests.

The ideal candidate should have a high school diploma or GED and a Food Handler certification. A commitment to safety and quality is essential. Join a community-oriented team where you can thrive in a retail environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 18 years of age; 21 to drive for company.
• One or more years of related experience preferred.
• Food Handler certification required.

Responsibilities

• Process and cut meat to customer specifications.
• Maintain cleanliness and adhere to safety standards.
• Engage with customers and manage special requests.

Skills

Ability to safely work with sharp objects

Ability to operate and maintain equipment

Effective communication skills

Flexibility to work schedules

Education

High school diploma or GED

Food Handler certification

Tools

Precision and non-precision hand tools

Job description

Company Overview

Brookshire Grocery Company (BGC) is a family‑owned retail grocery business in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, operating more than 215 stores and three distribution centers. BGC is committed to building a community where partners thrive and grow.

Job Summary

Processes meat products, fulfills special customer requests, ensures market and seafood cases are stocked, rotates and keeps pre‑packaged meats fresh, and promotes excellent customer service.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Process meat by removing fat, tenderizing, grinding, and/or cutting to proper thickness and size.
• Take cuts, weigh, package, and label products.
• Use precision and non‑precision hand tools or instruments to cut or saw unfinished meat products into desired sizes, shapes, and weight.
• Ensure sufficient product is cut and available to customers at all times.
• Clean, assemble, and prepare machinery and equipment for operation, and examine them to ensure proper function.
• Operate machinery, regulate speed, and stop machinery at precise points indicated.
• Check product for quality control and ensure food safety standards are met.
• Adhere to all governmental product origin labeling.
• Make fine judgments about aroma, texture, and color to inspect product for quality.
• Stack pallets and sort product into correct locations according to company efficiency standards and expectations.
• Provide a friendly and customer‑service oriented attitude by greeting customers, answering questions, and fulfilling request for special cuts of meat.
• Make suggestions to customers as requested.
• Maintain a 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 communicate effectively, 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.
• Attentiveness to potential hazards and ability to remedy or place appropriate warning signs or devices around or near the hazard as soon as reasonably possible.
• Ability to report any 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 or older to drive for company business.
• High school diploma or GED and one or more years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of experience and/or higher education.
• 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

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.