Butcher

Stew Leonard's

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

Yonkers, New York

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

Prepare and cut a variety of meat products according to customer specifications and company standards. Maintain meat cases, operate cutting equipment safely, and ensure adherence to all health and sanitation regulations.

Qualifications

You have at least 1 year of meat cutting experience and can operate essential meat cutting equipment like knives, band saws, and grinders. You are able to custom trim meats to customer specifications and maintain high standards of food safety and sanitation.

Must Have Skills for ATS

meat cutting

knives

band saws

grinders

cube steak machine

meat wrapper

food safety

sanitation

Job Description

Stew Leonard’s, a family-owned and operated fresh food store founded in 1969, has locations in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. Stew’s earned its nickname, the “Disneyland of Dairy Stores” because of its country-fair atmosphere, with costumed characters and animated entertainment throughout the store that keep children entertained while parents shop.

Full Time Meat Cutter - Butcher

Hourly - Weekly Pay
Pay range: $18.60/hr. - $20/hr. depending on qualifications and experience.
Availability: Flexible availability and weekends are a MUST.

Position Description:

Meat Cutter has knowledge in three of the following areas: chop meat, pork/lamb/veal/, beef or gourmet. Meat products are prepared according to standards and customer preference, including cutting, weighting and trimming a wide variety of meats. Team members work safely and adhere to all food safety and sanitation standards in each area of the department to provide customers with the highest quality meats.

Your day-to-day:

Cutting and preparing meat products, while safely operating equipment

Custom trim meats to customer specifications

Exam cases and prepare production list, based on day of the week, being mindful of sale items

Maintaining, filling and rotating products in the meat cases

Moving meat from cooler to cutting area

Providing excellent customer service by greeting customers and responding to questions

Dismantle equipment for cleaning and reassemble for production

Training other team members, as needed

Adhere to all health, sanitation and safety regulations

Assist in other duties, as assigned

What you bring to the team:

·     18 years of age or older

Minimum 1-year meat cutting experience, with product knowledge

Safely use/operate knives, band saws, grinders, cube steak machine, and meat wrapper

Great customer service

Good oral communication skills

Ability to successfully work on a team

Working Conditions:

The temperature in the department is colder than room temperature due to the products being highly perishable

 The position requires frequent walking, standing, lifting, pushing and pulling with a maximum of 100lbs and occasionally climbing and reaching.

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Why you’ll love working here! 

Family Oriented: We respect the personal balance between work and family with career opportunity and growth- over 80% of our managers have been promoted from within. 

Benefits: High value, high quality Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, 401 K plan for FT & PT team members, family & personal time, life insurance, and more! 

Environment: Have you seen the Avocado Girls? Chiquita Banana? Or the singing Parrot? 

 Pay Day: We’re thrilled to offer our employees Dayforce Wallet – a new way to get paid. Say bye-bye to pay day and hello to pay your way. Get your pay as soon as you earn it, at no cost to you – It’s your money, why should you have to wait? Request your pay as you earn it.   

We take pride in the power of diversity, inclusion, and being socially responsible to the communities which we live and do business

Apply today and start as soon as 1 week! 

For more information on working at Stew Leonard’s click on the link below!

http://www.stewleonards.com/work-at-stews/

Stew Leonard's is an equal opportunity at will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation or national origin. 

Stew Leonard's

Stew Leonard’s began as a small dairy store founded in 1969 with just seven employees. Today, Stew Leonard’s is still family-owned and operated, but has grown to become a nearly $600 million business with more than 2,000 employees. The company has received worldwide acclaim for excellence in customer service and quality and was selected to FORTUNE magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work for in America” list for ten consecutive years. In addition to the headquarters in Norwalk, Conn., Stew Leonard’s has stores in Danbury and Newington, Conn., Yonkers, Farmingdale and East Meadow, N.Y and a food and wine store in Paramus, NJ. Stew Leonard's was dubbed the "Disneyland of Dairy Stores"​ by the New York Times, because of its costumed characters, scheduled entertainment, petting zoo and animatronics throughout the stores. The company has received worldwide acclaim for excellence in customer service and quality and is featured in two of management expert Tom Peter's books: A Passion for Excellence and Thriving on Chaos. In 1992, Stew Leonard's earned an entry into The Guinness Book of World Records for having "the greatest sales per unit area of any single food store in the United States."​
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