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County Market Meat Apprentice

Niemann Foods
Springfield, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 11/8/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/7/2025

SUMMARY

The Meat Apprentice works under the Meat Manager learning meat cutting skills and equipment use, while providing genuine customer service.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Learn how to read cutting lists
  • Learn how to cut all primal to specific techniques
  • Learn how to grind meats
  • Learns how to rotate product properly
  • Learns how to operate wrapping scale & other machinery in Meat Department
  • Learns how to receive and process meat shipments
  • Maintains meat cases
  • Fills cases/stocks meat
  • Assists customers with requests and information
  • Cleans and sanitizes equipment, cases work area, and sales floor
  • Works within company programs, policies and procedures
  • Other duties as assigned

KEY ATTRIBUTES

  • Friendly & Sales Minded
  • Ability to work in a cold environment
  • Knife skills
  • Ability to prioritize and multi task in fast paced environment
  • Communication Skills
  • Self-motivated
  • Problem solving skills
  • Adaptability
  • Desire to move up within department 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • No experience required
  • Supermarket experience helpful

LANGUAGE SKILLS

  • Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
  • Write simple correspondence.
  • Present information and respond to questions from groups of customers or associates

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

  • Basic math concepts. (addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, )

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

  • Food Handler’s Certification as required by State Law

RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT

  • Slip resistant shoes with closed toe and heel
  • Safety Cutter
  • Knives
  • Apron
  • Uniform per store policy

PHYSICAL DEMAND

Regularly (Over 2/3 of the time)

  • Stand
  • Walk
  • Use hands to finger, handle, or feel
  • Reach with hands and arms
  • Communicate with associates and customers
  • Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

Frequently (Between 1/3 to 2/3 of the time)

  • Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
  • Stoop

 Occasionally (Less than 1/3 of the time)

  • Sit
  • Climb
  • Balance
  • Kneel
  • Crouch
  • Crawl
  • Smell
  • Lift and/or move up to 100 pounds

Vision

  • Close
  • Distance
  • Ability to adjust focus
  • Ability to distinguish colors

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

     Frequently

  • Moving mechanical parts
  • Exposed to wet and/or humid conditions
  • Extreme cold and chemicals while cleaning.

Occasionally

  • Fumes or airborne particles
  • Toxic or caustic chemicals
  • Risk of electrical shock

Noise Level

  • Moderate in most areas

 PAY RANGE (depends on industry experience)

       $16.50 up to $20/hour (IL Locations Only)

BENEFITS (eligibility based on full-time/part-time status)

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care)
  • Life Insurance
  • Voluntary Benefits
  • Paid Time Off
  • Retirement Plans
  • Employee Assistance Program

 

**Niemann Foods Management retains the discretion to add to or change the position requirements at any time.                                                     

**Position requirements may vary by store location

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