Job Description
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Come join our Team! Be a part of a dynamic organization by working for one of Sysco’s specialty meat companies where we provide custom-cut fresh steaks and other meat, seafood, and poultry, giving customers dependable quality, selection, and freshness.
JOB SUMMARY:
- Accurately cut to trim and yield specifications as specified by information provided by cut tickets.
- Provide communication to the supervisor of any discrepancies between cutting tickets and normal customer purchases.
- Pull raw materials and pre-cut inventory according to code dates and report any short shelf-life items to the supervisor.
- Properly label all products and equipment to conform to all legal and safety regulations.
- Properly and accurately record all necessary data to produce assigned cutting yield tests.
- Accurately count product inventory levels and maintain levels set forth by the supervisor.
- Ensure that all product specifications are being met according to guidelines.
- Maintain work areas in compliance with U.S.D.A. guidelines.
- Assemble and tear down any equipment in the work area at the beginning and/or end of your shift.
- Properly clean, store, and maintain all knives, scales, etc. assigned to you.
- Manage profitability by achieving product yields and meeting deadlines for product readiness.
- Complete other duties as assigned.
- To know and understand the company’s safety and health goals and objectives. Assist the company in achieving these goals by participating in the safety program.
- To help develop and follow all safe work practices.
- To give a written report of unsafe conditions or unsafe acts to management.
- Report all accidents, injuries, or illnesses to my supervisor immediately.
- Prior experience with portion-cutting meat.
- Ability to perform mathematical calculations and conversions to determine the amounts and sizes of products needed for orders.
- Ability to read, write and communicate in the English language.
Skills:
- Ability to adjust to sudden changes in customer demands or operational goals.
- Commitment to work until the job is completed.
- Interacts well with others.
- Good team player.
- Results-oriented.
- Customer-service oriented.
- Detail-oriented.
Physical Demands and Working Environment:
- Physical strength to lift and maneuver 50-60 pounds.
- Standing, stooping and climbing are regular activities for this employee.
- The employee must have the ability to negotiate throughout the production and warehouse areas unassisted without disrupting regular production and warehousing activities.
- Normal levels of eyesight and hearing after correction.
- Color vision is required.
- The ability to touch, feel, and manipulate fingers and limbs to operate various processing and material handling equipment is necessary.
- The ability to smell is required, in order to detect levels of wholesomeness and spoilage.
- This position requires the candidate to be in refrigerated processing and warehouse areas.
- These areas are cold and wet and exposure to moving machinery and sharp surfaces are a regular occurrence.
- This is a high-noise area.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
BENEFITS:
- Monday – Friday schedules available.
- Competitive pay.
- Ongoing job skills training, and leadership development training.
- Career growth opportunities – we promote from within!
- Paid vacation and holidays.
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits.
- Generous retirement benefits.
- Employee discount programs.
- Referral Bonus.
- Tuition Reimbursement.
- Safety programs.
- Service recognition and employee rewards.
- Cross-training opportunities.
- More benefits, too many to name.
What are we doing to keep our employees safe with regard to COVID-19?
COVID-19 Precaution(s):
- Personal protective equipment and masks were provided.
- Temperature screenings.
- Social distancing guidelines in place.
- Sanitizing, disinfecting, and cleaning procedures are in place.
BENEFITS INFORMATION:
About Sysco:
The Sysco StorySysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food and non-food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers around the world.The Sysco FamilySysco is the world’s global foodservice leader. Our robust international network supports customers in 90 different countries around the world. Our Specialty Meat BrandsPride is much more than our product brand name; it is how we conduct our business. Just as artisan Meat Cutters have done for generations, we specialize in the craft of hand-trimming and hand-cutting. It is with pride that we source and select the finest available products, then carefully craft them exactly to our customer’s highest expectations. It is with pride that we diligently deliver our product to our customers and stand behind our quality standards with incomparable customer support. Our brands have grown to be some of the largest, most reputable in the nation, but our business will always be one built on relationships of trust...one customer at a time.