Meat Cutter

We are seeking a skilled Meat Cutter to join our team at Albertsons. As a Meat Cutter, you will be responsible for maintaining the highest level of fresh meat production, ensuring customer satisfaction, and adhering to company policies and regulations.

• Adhere to company customer service programs to meet or exceed customer service goals.
• Handle customer relations in a positive manner, including effective resolution of customer complaints and reporting to the Meat Manager or Store Director as appropriate.
• Receives and breaks down loads, checks for quality and quantity, and maintains product quality by ensuring compliance with company policies and federal and state regulations on storage and temperatures.
• Cuts, grinds, weighs, and wraps fresh meat products according to proper procedure to ensure product quality, controls shrink and expenses, and prevents the sale of out-of-date or spoiled product.
• Accurately completes and monitors daily log sheets and other required paperwork and logs.
• Maintains and organizes the meat department cooler and freezer, ensuring cleanliness and sanitation of sales floor, work area, cooler, freezer, equipment, and retail cases.
• Ensures that product quality, trimming, grinding, packaging, labeling, rotation, and wrapping standards are met.
• Ensures proper merchandising of product by understanding and implementing schematics, merchandising of advertised items, proper signing procedures, and monitoring product flow.
• Complies with retail labeling laws, federal and state regulations, and company policies.
• Follows company policies in pricing and handling re-worked and reduced-to-clear items.
• Complies with all federal, state, and local health, and food handling and safety standards.
• Assists customers by taking and filling special orders, makes product suggestions, and engages in suggestive selling.
• Answers and responds to incoming calls appropriately.
• Responsible for performing all job duties and responsibilities safely, accurately, and with honesty and integrity.

• Ability to be friendly, courteous, tactful, and maintain composure in dealing with customers and co-workers.
• Requires working knowledge of all job duties within the Meat Department, including cutting, wrapping, steaming, grinding, cubing, tenderizing, and customer service.
• Ability to communicate orally and read and follow written work assignments.
• Requires a good understanding of overall company practices and Meat Department policies and procedures.
• Must have knowledge of product variety, standards, perishability, food safety, sanitation, labeling, and department policies and procedures.
• Frequently reaches, lifts, stacks, and maneuvers objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 80 lbs.
• Bends, stoops, and reaches frequently and occasionally climbs ladders.
• Pushes and pulls fully loaded hand trucks, high boys, and pallet jacks.
• Performs repetitious arm movement to prepare and package products.
• Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination are necessary.
• Mental alertness is necessary to ensure safe and accurate completion of work activities.
• Requires knowledge of basic mathematics and weights and measures.
• Must have knowledge of taste, content, and perishability of products, safety and sanitation procedures, and department policies and procedures.
• Operates computer software and electronic ordering devices to input orders and inventory and print labels.
• Utilizes saws, cutters, grinders, and other cutting and wrapping equipment.
• Utilizes cleaning supplies and equipment.
• Utilizes safety cutters.
• Requires use of safety gloves.
• May be required to work nights, weekends, and holidays. Scheduled hours will vary. Good attendance is required.
• Exposure to potential hazards exists with respect to cutting equipment and other work aids necessary to perform job duties.

• Hands remain moist during the majority of work time.
• Hands are frequently exposed to 30 Fahrenheit while handling product in the display cases.
• Requires the ability to work for prolonged periods in an environment with a temperature range of 40 to 50 Fahrenheit.
• Exposure to 35 Fahrenheit while handling products in cold cases, 28 Fahrenheit in cooler, and -20 Fahrenheit in freezer.
• Working conditions consist of a temperature-controlled store environment.

• Job responsibilities include tasks or duties that could affect the safety or health of the employee performing the task or others.