Description:
The Skilled Meat Processor / Butcher performs a variety of hands-on meat processing duties in a local locker environment, including slaughter floor support, carcass breakdown, cutting standard and premium beef cuts, sausage making, smoking, packaging, sanitation, and occasional customer-facing store support. The ideal candidate is dependable, safety-minded, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a fast-paced production environment.
Requirements:
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Perform custom beef processing tasks, including cutting, trimming, grinding, packaging, and related production work
- Break carcasses and prepare standard and premium beef cuts according to company, customer, and production needs
- Assist with sausage making, smoking, and processed meat production as needed
- Support slaughter floor operations as needed
- Operate knives, band saws, grinders, and other meat processing equipment safely and properly
- Follow food safety, sanitation, quality, and production standards at all times
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area throughout the shift
- Assist with packaging, labeling, cooler/freezer organization, and product handling
- Work as part of a team and communicate clearly with supervisors and coworkers
Education & Experience
- Experience with meat cutting, butchering, meat processing, or similar hands-on production work preferred
- Knowledge and skill in making standard and specialty beef cuts preferred
Required Skills & Abilities:
- Ability to safely operate a band saw and other meat processing equipment
- Willingness and ability to assist on the kill floor as needed
- Experience with, or willingness to learn, smokehouse operation and processed meat production
- Dependable attendance and strong work ethic
- Ability to follow directions, work safely, and maintain quality standards
- Comfortable working in cold, wet, warm, and fast-paced production areas
- Must be eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
- Must be 18 years or older
Physical Requirements & Working Environment
The physical requirements described here represent those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this role. Reasonable accommodation may be made.
- Requires hands-on work in a meat processing environment
- Ability to walk the plant floor, including exposure to noise and production equipment
- Wet or humid conditions and slippery surfaces at times
- Exposure to both warm and cool environments
- Use of equipment and machinery
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, and lift up to 80 pounds occasionally with assistance
- Must be able to follow all safety, PPE, and USDA facility requirements
- Ability to work standard business hours with flexibility based on production schedules
