Meat Wrapper

Job Location:

KTA Puainako Store 3 - Hilo, HI 96720, Position Type:
Part Time, Salary Range: $17.00 - $19.00 Hourly, Job Shift: Day, This is a continuous recruitment posting for ongoing hiring needs across our store locations. Applications received under this posting are reviewed regularly as openings become available.

We owe our century of existence entirely to the people of Hawai‘i Island. From our modest beginnings in a 500-square-foot store in 1916, KTA Super Stores and our associates remain deeply rooted in a single, quiet philosophy: to humbly serve the community that sustains us.

The primary responsibility of a Meat Wrapper is to ensure customer satisfaction by properly packing, wrapping, pricing, and displaying various fresh and frozen meat, pork, and poultry products, while following Department of Health sanitation guidelines and providing courteous, pleasant, and patient service.

• Packing & Merchandising:
  Pack, wrap, price, and merchandise all Meat Department products quickly and efficiently. Fill and maintain the quantity and quality of products in self-service showcases.
• Inventory & Quality Control:
  Rotate products by date to prevent outdated and spoiled merchandise. Reduce or remove merchandise nearing or at its expiration date.
• Sanitation & Department Care:
  Clean shelves and change matting in showcases. Sweep sales floors near showcases, assist with receiving freight, clean prep room equipment, and process cardboard/trash.
• Customer & Team Engagement:
  Promptly and efficiently greet, thank, offer assistance, and meet customer needs with local warmth and hospitality. Answer phone calls, take special orders, engage in suggestive selling, and make PA announcements.

• Environment:
  Continuously work in a chilled room that may be wet, noisy, cold, and have a strong smell of raw meat and seafood. Occasionally work on the sales floor to display merchandise. Seldom work outdoors receiving freight or discarding trash/boxes.
• Physical Effort:
  Continuously stand, walk, handle items, use fine finger dexterity, eye-hand coordination, and depth perception/color vision (for evaluating meat cuts). Frequently lift and carry up to 40 lbs when wrapping and pricing products. Occasionally bend, squat, reach, and push/pull up to 100 lbs using a meat dolly. Seldom lift/carry up to 50 lbs or push/pull up to 1,000 lbs during receiving.
• Equipment Use:
  Frequently operate meat trays, meat dollies, and wrapping and pricing machines. Occasionally use telephones. Seldom operate pallet jacks, cardboard balers, stock wagons, or cleaning equipment.
• Safety Equipment:
  Continuously wear a back support belt while performing job duties and follow all safety/sanitation guidelines.

• Flexible work scheduling.
• Comprehensive on-the-job training.
• Health, dental, vision, paid time off, and retirement options for eligible associates.

This document is a summary job posting for continuous recruitment purposes only. Active openings are filled from this applicant pool on an as‑needed basis. Upon hire, associates are required to review, sign, and adhere to the official internal KTA Super Stores Job Description and company standards for this position.

KTA Super Stores is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, religion, color, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, arrest/court record, or any other protected class under Hawaii law. Pay differentials are strictly based on seniority, merit, production, or bona fide occupational qualifications (BFOQs).