Meat Handler

Job Overview:

Cuts, trims, tenderises and grinds meat using a variety of equipment in the Meat Department. Responsible for maintaining equipment daily, ensuring cleanliness and sanitation throughout the workday.

Key Responsibilities:

• Dismantles equipment, washes, rinses and sanitises removable parts of equipment and meat room
• Inspects and reassembles equipment, addressing any corrective actions from the previous night
• Reworks display case, filling and rotating merchandise
• Packs/wraps meat and seafood using automatic and manual wrapping machines
• Labels merchandise and puts labelled/wrapped merchandise in display case
• Completes department paperwork as required
• Performs weekly yield tests
• Ensures adherence to all department Standard Operating Procedures
• Follower health code by following sanitation standards and maintaining proper temperatures
• Stocks and rotates meat inside meat cooler/freezer
• Removes rubbish from department and work areas
• Operates rubbish compactor and cardboard baler
• Transfers cases of meat from cooler to preparation area
• Cuts, trims, tenderises, grinds meat and checks fat content per Costco specification

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Trade Qualification (Butcher)
• High School Certificate or Trade Qualification (Butcher)
• Butchery or comparable experience
• Strong customer service, communication, interpersonal and organisation skills
• Problem solving and critical thinking
• Attention to detail

Benefits:

• The ability to operate various pieces of equipment including band saw, tenderiser, grinder and wrapper

Other Information:

• If successful, you will be required to undertake role & department specific training within specified timeframes