Meat Cutter

Job Overview

To process and stock a variety of quality meat and meat‑related items in a careful, clean, neat and expedient manner; ensuring that product is fresh and appealingly displayed for our customers while maintaining great customer service.

• Must be 18 years of age.
• Must have knowledge of all cuts of meat.
• Must be Servsafe certified.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English, with the ability to follow instructions.
• Ability to work a schedule based on the business needs of the store location.
• Authorized to work within the U.S.

• Commit to the “Golden Rule” and work with other associates to build a strong meat team.
• Achieve the highest associate morale in the industry by working in a style that is Respectful, Supportive and Totally Team Oriented (RSTO).
• Have knowledge of various cuts of meat, including special cuts.
• Wrap products in trays, along with weighing and pricing cut meat.
• Be able to cut beef, pork, veal, poultry, and lamb to company standards.
• Stock meat case, freezer, and other displays in neat manner.
• Unload meat delivery and store product in designated area.
• Keep back room, cooler, freezer, fans, drains, and display cases organized and clean, monitoring the correct temperature and reporting refrigeration failure immediately to management.
• Rotate all meat products in display cases, coolers and freezers in accordance with company policy and product code dates, always using the oldest products first (first in, first out).
• Keep work area swept clean, orderly and free from safety hazards; report any hazards immediately to management.
• Practice the “Cleaner’s Creed” and proper sanitation procedures.
• Exercise safe practices on all meat department equipment and tools.

• Perform price changes, along with making and putting up signs.
• Notify management of associate theft, customer shoplifting, unauthorized markdowns or property defacement.
• Successful completion of the onboarding/e‑learnings and checklist within 30 days of hire/entering the department.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

• Sitting, balancing, fingering, and crawling.
• Climbing up to 12 feet, stooping, kneeling, crouching, feeling, talking, and smelling.
• Carrying and lifting up to 80 lbs, pushing and pulling up to 400 lbs, handling, and bending.
• Standing and walking on a tile or concrete floor, reaching at waist or overhead, seeing, and hearing.

• Hazardous cleaning solutions.
• Contact with skin irritant, toxic exposure (see material safety data sheet), nuisance dust, fumes, and sprays.
• Loud noise, twisting of back and neck, slippery and cluttered floor surface.
• Hazardous equipment (mechanical moving parts) and contact with sharp objects.

Hamburg grinder, automatic wrapping machine, needle machine, cube machine, band saw, slicer, knives, needle machine, pressure washer, pallet jack, power jack, pricing gun, scale, and trash compactor.

Working environment is inside and possibly outside within cold temperatures that may be wet.

In accordance with MA Pay Transparency requirements, the hiring range for this position is $17.30 - $22.50 per hour.

Westborough, MA

• Entry level

• Full‑time

• Management and Manufacturing

• Retail