Job description:

As the Butcher, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality, freshness, and safety of our meat products. Your role will handle the cuts, trims and packages for meat for retail sales. You’ll work closely with our customers, fellow team members, and suppliers to deliver exceptional service and maintain high standards.

About Us:

Headquartered in Vernon, CA, our client is a premium full spectrum manufacturer and distributor of fine food and beverage products in Fort Worth, Texas. Family owned and operated since 1977, our client offers more than 4,000 products to a variety of customers in both the foodservice and retail channels. They are committed to providing the highest quality food products with an unrelenting commitment to fresh, nutritious ingredients and promotion of eco-friendly business practices. This role is based out our manufacturing location in Fort Worth, Texas.

Responsibilities:

· Cuts, grinds, trims, and packages fresh meat products according to proper procedure to ensure product quantity, quality and freshness.

· Operates meat processing equipment.

· Uses hand tools and power equipment to cut meat to specifications.

· Tenderizes, packages, weighs, labels, and prices meat products.

· Labels meat package to indicate cut, grade, preparation date, best-by date, and other relevant information.

· Maintains the sharpness, cleanliness, and sterilization of knives and tools.

· Ensures preparation areas are kept clean.

· Closely follows all safety and sanitation procedures.

· Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience:

· Minimum of three years of experience in meat cutting, packaging, and food handling.

· Thorough understanding of types, cuts, and preparation methods of meat.

· Understanding of, or ability to quickly learn, applicable food handling and sanitation requirements.

· Ability to use knives, scales, and other implements safely and with precision.

· Ability to concentrate on a singular task.

· Must be able to operate related equipment including scales, knives, band saws, meat tenderizers, meat slicers, and grinder.

· Mental alertness is necessary to ensure safe, accurate completion of work activities. Requires knowledge of basic math, weights and measures.

· Familiarity with USDA guidelines.

· Good verbal communication skills.

Other Job Requirements:

· Ability to work around and with raw meat.

· Ability to work in cold and wet environment (38-40 degrees) for multiple hours.

· Ability to stand on hard surfaces for extended periods of time.

· Ability to wear required personal protective equipment.

· Ability to work in a repetitive and fast paced environment.

· Ability to rotate through various positions/tasks.

· Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at times.

· Excellent hand-eye coordination.

Note: The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Benefits Overview:

· Holiday Pay

· Paid Time Off

· Health Insurance

· Vision Insurance

· Dental Insurance

· Accident Insurance

· Life Insurance

· Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

• · 401k

Ability to Relocate:

• Fort Worth, TX: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $16.50 - $20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 – 60 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Food handling: 5 years (Preferred)
• Meat cutting: 5 years (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Fort Worth, TX 76140 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Fort Worth, TX 76140: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person