Meat Cutter

JOB DESCRIPTION
· The Meat Cutter is responsible for assisting and servicing customers at the Meat department. He/she must have excellent customer service skills, as they may work one on one with customers. He/she cuts (with a knife and/or saw), bones, and trims meat product, places finished product into trays to be wrapped. The cutter may also weigh and price product. He/she must fill products into the service case, self-service cases, and other display areas and may also take down product at night. Meat Cutters may also do preparation of food products and work with cooked and uncooked foods. He/she must maintain product quality by reviewing appearance, codes, and rotating product. He/she must maintain the Meat prep area in a clean/sanitary and visually appealing manner.



ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

· This position reports to: Meat Manager, Assistant Meat Manager

· Position(s)that report directly to this position: Full time Meat Cutters may supervise,

train, and develop part time clerks when assigned.
REQUIREMENTS
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

· Work in a courteous manner in a fast paced multi functional environment alone or with

other people in a cool/cold environment.

· Cut meat products with a knife and/or band saw including boning and trimming; this

requires repetitive motion.

· Operate meat department equipment such as band saw, meat grinder, meat blender, cuber,

auto wrapper, scale, and slicer.

· Assist customers, process verbal orders (including weighing and pricing), and deliver

orders to customer from across the counter.

· Must work quickly and carefully while cutting/stocking/wrapping items at a reasonable

expectancy (R/E).

· Visually identify product and PLU code; manually enter into the scale for pricing.

· Handle various raw meat products to cut, prepare, wrap, price, and stock into meat cases.

· Read display terminal and other documents when necessary.

· Lift and load product weighing up to 60 lbs.

· Retrieve product weighing up to 60 lbs. from the cooler to the prep room.

· Lift and load 5-40 lb trays/cases onto stock carts and push or pull cart to stocking area.

· Take verbal orders over the telephone and write down pertinent information.

· Interact and communicate with others in a courteous and professional manner including

greeting and thanking customers.

· Deal with some potentially difficult situations (such as dissatisfied customers).