Meat Cutter - Central Meats & Almost Catered
Chesapeake, VA 23320
About the Job
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Meat Cutter that can upkeep and maintain the fresh meat production of our business. Maintain the cleanliness of the meat equipment and work areas. Provide world-class customer service and ensure product quality, freshness, safety and selection.
Minimum Job Requirements
Including, but not limited to, the following:
- Must be dependable, reliable and flexible to work your assigned shifts with fluctuating days off each week. Must be able to work Monday – Saturdays anywhere between the hours of 7:30 am – 6:30 pm
- Able to be courteous, friendly, and maintain composure in dealing with co-workers and with customers.
- Able to speak, interpret, read and write, analyze and understand the English language
- Knowledge of cutting, wrapping, grinding, cubing, and tenderizing various type of the following meats: Beef, Pork, Chicken, Lamb, Goat, and Deer.
- Knowledge of using meat saws, cutters, grinders and other cutting and wrapping equipment.
- Able to use all necessary meat equipment without causing harm to yourself or others.
- Perform all duties in an efficient and accurate manner.
- Able to stand, walk, bend, turn and twist for extended periods of time while on your shift without injury.
- Reach, maneuver and lift objects of various weights and dimensions regularly without causing harm to yourself or others. Some objects can weigh up to approximately 80 lbs.
- Work in rapidly changing temperatures (coolers/freezers as cold as 0 °F and storage areas that can be hot and humid)
- Properly handle various food products and obey all federal, local, and state health and civil code regulations
- Tolerate and use cleaning products safely
- Operate Computer Scanner Devices that are used to scan meat boxes at the end of the day.
Duties and Responsibilities
Including, but not limited to:
- Provide world-class customer service throughout the work day. Customers always come first, and they are the businesses highest priority above anything else. You must be able to provide positive customer service that will keep customers coming back.
- Able to assist customers by taking and filling special meat orders. Make product suggestions and engage in suggestive selling.
- Cut, grind, weigh and wrap meat products using proper procedures to ensure the product's quality.
- Prevent sales of out of date or spoiled meat products by checking dates regularly.
- Follow the businesses policies in pricing and handling re-worked meat products.
- Ensure that product quality, grinding, trimming, packaging, wrapping, labeling, and rotation standards are met.
- Accurately complete and monitor daily grind log sheets and any other paperwork.
- Receive and break down meat deliveries that come in regularly. Accurately check new deliveries for quality and quantity. Able to put the boxes away in the correct areas and properly rotate old and new meat products.
- Maintain and keep organizing the coolers and freezers. Coolers and Freezers must be kept cleaned and sanitized.
- Accurately inventory meat products.
- Keep all Meat Trays and Meat Lugs clean & sanitized.
- Notify Management of occurring deficiencies or needs for repairs.
- Cooperate with the rest of the staff.
- Follow all health and safety regulations
- Responsible for performing all job duties safely, accurately and with honesty and integrity.
Important Disclaimer Notice:
The above statements are only intended to represent the essential job responsibilities and general nature of the work being performed, and are not exhaustive of the tasks that an employee may be required to perform. Central Meats reserves the right to revise this job description at any time and to require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of business, competitive considerations, or work environment change. This job description is NOT a guarantee of employment.
Our story begins in June of 1960, when Earl L. Edmonson started a business called Central Food Service Inc.
He purchased Cobb's Locker Plant, located at 116 Cherry Street in Suffolk, Virginia. They offered lockers for folks to store their food, sold wholesale & retail meats and provisions, as well as running a Freezer Food Plan. Central Food Service Inc. gained attention and popularity, soon boasting a respectable customer base, a full staff of salesmen and numerous delivery trucks. Earl and his employees soon found themselves working long days, night shifts and even extending hours to incorporate a second shift as the company grew.
Earl and his wife, Ernestine, started a family to grow with their business. The couple raised two girls and a boy; Laura, Janice and Richard. Although it was hard work, the business often brought the family together as something that everyone shared. At some point in their lives, all of Earl's children and his wife worked at Central. After high school, Richard began working for the company full time.
In 1972, things changed for Central. The State Highway Department needed to build an overpass directly over the top of the Cherry Street location, and Earl figured it was a sign. He sold the Central building and purchased Meixel's Meats shortly afterwards.
As far as the records show, meat has been sold from this location continuously, as far back as 1935.
There had been industry innovations since the 30's and Earl lost no time in updating the new space by adding on a second building structure, walk-in freezer, a cooler, and finally office and retail areas. The tried and true came along for the move as well; all of the employees, equipment and merchandise. The new location opened for business in June of 1972, dubbed Central Meats, and has remained in that same spot to this day.
In 1990 Central Meats expanded to include Almost Catered, a successful foray into events and gatherings. This prosperity is due to the Central Meats mission, unchanged since the Cherry Street days, which is to always offer the best quality at a lower price than the competitor, and to provide superior customer service at all times.
Thank you for your patronage of Central Meats, a Hampton Roads hallmark. We appreciate your business and we look forward to seeing your smiling face browsing our meat selection.
Nobody leaves empty-handed, so come on down if you've never been. We've got a free pound of sausage for you - because we know you'll be back after you taste it.
See you soon!
We Look for Hard Working, Dedicated, People who take Pride in doing the job right the First Time. Good Attitude, Patience, Stress Tolerance. Work well with Tough Customers. If you think you have these Skills and Talents. Please fill in application.