Meat Cutter

HOUCHENS FOOD GROUP, INC. Meat Cutter

Department: Meat
Job Status: Full Time
Reports To: Meat Manager
Grade/Level: (not specified)
Travel Required: No
Work Schedule: Flexible
Positions Supervised: None

Responsible for meat operation including but not limited to preparing, storing, cutting, cleaning, and serving meat.

• Monitor food distribution and ensure that guidelines are followed.
• Clean and sterilize dishes, kitchen utensils, equipment, and facilities.
• Maintain coolers, cases, and displays by keeping them stocked.
• Observe scheduled shift hours as assigned by meat and/or store manager.
• Provide friendly, courteous, and prompt service to customers.
• Maintain good communication with the meat manager.
• Share responsibility for controlling shrink.
• Properly record all hours worked; verify and sign the time ticket report.
• Monitor food preparation and serving.
• Assist in recording and maintaining accurate bookkeeping systems for weekly and monthly meat purchases.
• Assist in maintaining proper records to control shrink through inventory and ordering.
• Assist in inventorying all products on hand before prepaying a meat order.
• Assist Meat Manager in taking a four‑week period meat inventory.
• Ensure that product is being rotated when received and stocked.
• Ensure that all meat coolers and meat cases are running at the proper temperature.
• Ensure that proper safety procedures are being used.
• Properly clean and maintain meat department, coolers, cases, and equipment.

• Accountability – Accept responsibility and account for actions.
• Adaptability – Adapt to change in the workplace.
• Autonomy – Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Communication, Oral – Communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Creative – Produce new concepts or ideas.
• Customer Oriented – Attend to customer needs while following company procedures.
• Detail Oriented – Pay attention to minute details.
• Energetic – Work at a sustained pace to produce quality work.
• Enthusiastic – Bring energy to task performance.
• Friendly – Exhibit a cheerful demeanor toward others.
• Motivation – Inspire oneself and others to reach goals.
• Organized – Follow a systematic method of performing tasks.
• Patience – Act calmly under stress and strain.
• Presentation Skills – Present information publicly effectively.
• Reliability – Be dependable and trustworthy.
• Self‑Motivated – Be internally inspired to perform tasks with initiative.
• Time Management – Use available time to organize and complete work within deadlines.
• Working Under Pressure – Complete tasks under stressful situations.

High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED).

No prior experience necessary.

Basic skills.

• Lift / Carry: 10 lbs or less frequently.
• Stand Frequently: 10 lbs or less.
• Walk Occasionally: 11‑20 lbs frequently.
• Sit Occasionally: 21‑50 lbs frequently.
• Handling / Fingering: 51‑100 lbs not applicable.
• Reach Outward Frequently: over 100 lbs not applicable.
• Reach Above Shoulder Occasionally.
• Push / Pull 12‑100 lbs occasionally or frequently; up to 33% of time occasionally; 33‑66% frequently; >66% constantly.

Houchens Food Group is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring decisions are made without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, religion, disability, or pregnancy. Applicants may request accommodations based on religious beliefs, disability, or pregnancy. Subject to pre‑employment background and drug screening.