Wild Game Butcher

Seasonal Wild Game Butcher / Meat Processor

Tripp’s Meat Co. | Montgomery, Texas | Seasonal - Hunting Season

About Tripp’s Meat Co.

At Tripp’s Meat Co., we understand that a successful hunt means more than bringing home an animal. It means providing quality food for family and friends, and trusting someone to handle that harvest with care.

We’re a locally rooted meat company serving Montgomery County and surrounding communities through wild-game processing and premium retail meats. We take pride in quality craftsmanship, attention to detail, and treating every customer’s harvest with the respect it deserves.

We’re looking for a dependable, hardworking Seasonal Wild Game Butcher / Meat Processor to join our team during hunting season. If you have strong knife skills, take pride in your work, and can keep up in a fast-paced processing environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Job Summary

As a Seasonal Butcher / Meat Processor, you’ll play an important role in turning hunters’ harvests into high-quality, properly packaged meat products. You’ll assist with processing, cutting, trimming, grinding, packaging, labeling, and organizing wild game while maintaining strict food safety standards and accurate animal identification throughout the process.

Hunting season brings a busy, hands-on work environment where teamwork, efficiency, and attention to detail are essential. We’re looking for someone who works hard, takes direction well, handles meat carefully, and understands the importance of delivering quality results for every customer.

Key Responsibilities

• Wild-Game Processing: Break down and process whitetail deer, wild hogs, exotic game, and other eligible animals according to company procedures and customer specifications.
• Meat Cutting and Trimming: Use knives, saws, grinders, and other processing equipment to debone, trim, portion, and prepare meat efficiently and accurately.
• Grinding and Specialty Products: Assist with ground meat, sausage, and other specialty products as assigned.
• Packaging and Labeling: Weigh, package, seal, and label finished products accurately to maintain freshness, organization, and product traceability.
• Animal Identification and Tracking: Follow established identification and tracking procedures from intake through processing and packaging to ensure every customer receives their own harvest.
• Food Safety and Sanitation: Maintain clean and sanitary workstations, tools, equipment, and processing areas. Follow all applicable food safety, temperature-control, and sanitation procedures.
• Quality Control: Inspect meat for quality and condition, identify concerns, and promptly communicate any issues to the appropriate team member.
• Equipment and Facility Care: Operate equipment safely, follow cleaning and maintenance procedures, and help keep the facility organized and ready for production.
• Teamwork and Production: Work efficiently with the processing team to manage seasonal volume, meet production goals, and maintain consistent quality during peak periods.
• Additional Meat Department Support: Assist with other meat preparation, packaging, inventory, and facility duties as needed.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in wild-game processing, commercial butchery, meat cutting, or meat production is strongly preferred.
• Strong knife skills and an understanding of meat cutting, trimming, and deboning techniques.
• Familiarity with meat grinders, bandsaws, vacuum sealers, and other processing equipment is a plus.
• Knowledge of safe meat handling, sanitation, temperature control, and food safety practices.
• Ability to follow detailed procedures and maintain accurate product identification and labeling.
• Dependable, punctual, hardworking, and able to work effectively as part of a team.
• Comfortable working in a cold, wet, and physically demanding processing environment.
• Ability to stand for extended periods and repeatedly lift, carry, and handle heavy materials, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Willingness to work flexible hours, including early mornings, evenings, and weekends as needed during hunting season.
• A positive attitude, strong work ethic, and pride in producing quality work.

What We’re Looking For

The ideal candidate understands that every animal represents time, effort, and investment for the hunter who brings it to us. You take that responsibility seriously, work carefully without sacrificing efficiency, and help maintain the quality and trust that our customers expect from Tripp’s Meat Co.

Whether you’re an experienced wild-game processor or a skilled butcher looking to put your experience to work during hunting season, we value reliability, craftsmanship, attention to detail, and a willingness to learn.

Pay: $17.00 - $23.00 per hour

Expected hours: 20.0 – 40.0 per week

Work Location: In person

Salary : $17 - $23