Job Description

Are you passionate about working with high-quality meats and ensuring customers receive top-notch products? If you're a skilled and experienced Meat Cutter and Processor, we invite you to join our team at Stone Gardens Farm Market. We are a well-established meat processing facility known for providing premium meat products to our customers. We seek someone knowledgeable, organized, and ready to contribute to our team's success.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Cutting and Packaging: Cut steaks and roasts from beef and pork, break down poultry into parts; ensuring that all products are retail-ready--package and label products to maintain quality and presentation standards.

2. Grinding and Packaging: Operate meat grinders and package ground meat according to specifications.

3. Sausage Production: Participate in the seasoning and stuffing of sausages following our recipes.

4. Beef Patty Production: Utilize our hamburger press to create beef patties with precision and consistency.

5. Animal Breakdown: Skillfully break down cows for whole, half, and quarter share customers--breakdown and cutting of pork and lamb under USDA inspection for external farms and companies.

6. Maintain cleanliness and sanitation of work area and equipment

7. Inventory Management: Maintain and organize all coolers and cooler space to ensure a fresh and clean working environment. Take regular inventories and place orders with meat distributors, using inventories as a guide.

8. Product Rotation: Implement the FIFO (First-In-First-Out) method for cycling products to ensure freshness.

9. Knowledge Requirements: Must possess comprehensive knowledge of beef, pork, and poultry breakdown processes.

10. Timeliness and Organization: Be punctual, organized, and efficiently manage tasks.

11. Teamwork: Work collaboratively with colleagues as a team player and take initiative when required.

Qualifications:

- Proven experience as a Meat Cutter or Processor in a similar role.

- Knowledge of meat breakdown and processing.

- Familiarity with food industry regulations and standards for handling and preparing meat products

- Strong organizational skills.

- Ability to work well in a team.

- Excellent time management skills.

- Must be detail-oriented and have a strong commitment to quality.

- Ability to lift heavy objects and work in a refrigerated environment.

- Prior experience with inventory management is a plus.

If you're ready to be a part of a dedicated and passionate team that takes pride in delivering top-quality meat products, we encourage you to apply. Join us at Stone Gardens Farm and help us maintain our reputation for excellence in the meat industry.

Stone Gardens Farm and Market is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences to apply.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: From $17.00 per hour

Benefits:

Employee discount Flexible schedule
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Experience:

Meat cutting: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:

ServSafe (Required)
Shift availability:

Day Shift (Required)
Work Location: In person