Meat Wrapper

Role Description

Meat Wrappers wrap and label raw meat for sale. This role includes rotating and stocking product in fresh meat counter and cooler/freezer merchandisers, operating meat grinder and providing exemplary customer service.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Inspects and reassembles equipment sanitized the previous night.
• Reworks display case to assess daily production needs and rotates product.
• Brings cases of meat from cooler and empties contents onto meat cutting or other preparation area.
• Operates tenderizing machine.
• Operates meat slicer.
• Sets labeler according to product type and price, prints and applies labels to product.
• Puts wrapped and labeled meat on large trays of large wheeled cart and stocks display cases by moving rack to floor.
• Follows safety and security procedures.
• Operates meat grinder.
• Dumps meat into top of machine and checks fat content of each batch from grinder.
• Follows proper department production procedures and standards for quality and consistency of finished product.
• Assists with stocking meat case according to Meat PIC’s plan for product presentation and merchandising.
• Cleans and sanitizes area throughout the day.
• Performs duties to comply with health code, such as sanitation standards and maintaining proper temperatures.
• Performs routine maintenance for machinery, equipment, and implements.
• Provides and ensures prompt and courteous customer service.
• Assists with front end duties as necessary.
• Assists in other departments of the store as necessary.
• Performs other functions as necessary or assigned.
• Operate manual pallet jack, wheeled carts, trash compactor, cardboard baler, product marking gun, shrink wrap machine, wrench, screwdriver, pliers, box knife, trim knife, tenderizer, grinder, slicer, wrapping machine, pressure washer.
• Occasionally operate cash register, handheld scanners, computer, fax machine, phone, printer.
• Performs other functions as necessary or assigned.

Experience/Education:

• A High School Diploma or GED is preferred.
• Food Handling Certification as required by local government.