Retail & Production Team Member (Flex)

Bryant Beef is hiring an experienced, dependable person to help lead our meat processing department.

This is a hands-on working leadership position. We are looking for someone who can come into an established operation, learn our production system quickly, take responsibility for daily processing workflow, and help keep the department organized, clean, accurate, and moving.

We are specifically interested in applicants who already have experience in meat processing, food production, commercial kitchens, butcher shops, slaughter/processing facilities, grocery meat departments, or similar production environments.

Previous knowledge of beef, pork, and chicken cuts would be a major advantage.

What You'll Be Responsible For

The Meat Processing Department Lead will work directly in daily production while also taking ownership of the department's organization and completion of required tasks.

Responsibilities include:

• Packaging and vacuum sealing meat products
• Proper labeling and organization of finished products
• Monitoring packaging quality and seal integrity
• Helping organize daily beef, pork, and chicken production
• Maintaining an efficient production flow throughout the day
• Understanding and identifying different cuts of beef, pork, and chicken
• Maintaining required USDA production and sanitation logs
• Completing end-of-day production reports
• Tracking what was processed, packaged, completed, and remaining
• Maintaining accurate production records
• Cleaning and sanitizing equipment, tables, work areas, floors, and production spaces
• Ensuring required cleanup is completed before the department leaves for the day
• Helping maintain food-safety and sanitation standards
• Identifying production problems before they become larger problems
• Communicating clearly with ownership and other employees
• Helping keep the department prepared during high-volume processing periods, including deer season
• Training and directing other production employees as needed

What We're Looking For

We are not looking for someone who needs several months to become comfortable working in a production environment.

We have our own system and will train the right person on exactly how Bryant Beef operates, but our goal is to find someone with enough previous experience that they can understand the majority of the position within approximately 5–10 working days.

The ideal candidate will be:

• Experienced in meat processing, food production, butchering, or a related field
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced production environment
• Familiar with beef, pork, and/or poultry cuts
• Extremely reliable
• Organized and detail-oriented
• Comfortable maintaining production paperwork and required logs
• Capable of following USDA and food-safety procedures
• Comfortable taking responsibility for the condition of the department at the end of each day
• Able to work independently without constant supervision
• Comfortable directing other employees when necessary
• Willing to work hands-on alongside the rest of the production team
• Able to prioritize production and keep work moving
• Able to recognize when something is wrong and address it instead of waiting to be told

Experience

Preferred:

• Meat processing or butcher experience
• Beef and pork cut identification
• Food-production experience
• USDA-inspected facility experience
• Vacuum packaging and labeling experience
• Sanitation and food-safety recordkeeping
• Previous lead, supervisor, or production-management experience

Previous leadership experience is helpful, but we are more interested in finding someone who understands production, works hard, stays organized, and can take ownership of the department.

Schedule

This is a full-time position.

Our preferred schedule is currently:

Tuesday through Saturday 8-4:30pm

Availability during high-volume production periods and deer season is important.

Physical Requirements

This is an active, hands-on position in a meat-processing environment.

Applicants should be comfortable:

• Standing for extended periods
• Working in refrigerated production areas
• Lifting and moving boxes and meat products
• Performing repetitive packaging and production tasks
• Cleaning and sanitizing equipment and workspaces
• Working around raw beef, pork, poultry, and other meat products

What Success Looks Like

We want this person to eventually be able to walk into the processing department, understand what needs to happen that day, organize the workflow, make sure the paperwork is correct, keep the crew productive, make sure the product is packaged correctly, and leave the department completely cleaned and ready for the next production day.

The right person should become someone ownership can depend on to take responsibility for the department instead of simply completing individual tasks.

If you have previous meat-processing or food-production experience and are looking for a full-time position where you can take ownership of an operation, we would like to hear from you.

Please include your previous meat-processing, butcher, production, food-manufacturing, or supervisory experience when applying.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $23.00 per hour

Work Location: In person

Salary : $18 - $23