Meat Prep Associate

Job Summary of Meat Prep Associate:

As a Meat Prep Associate within the Meat Market, you hold the responsibility of providing friendly and efficient service to customers, assisting with their inquiries, preparing and managing meat products, and ensuring a satisfactory shopping experience. You also play a role in maintaining a clean and organized work environment and aiding team members in their daily operations.

Responsibilities of Meat Prep Associate:

• Comply with all company policies, procedures, and government regulations.
• Meet all applicable Management Planning guidelines.
• Treat all co-workers with fairness, dignity, and respect.
• Develop product knowledge in all areas of the meat department including cooking procedures.
• Assist in special projects and perform other functions as assigned by supervisor.
• Assist in training of other associates when assigned.
• Maintain a neat, well-groomed personal appearance at all times; comply with company personal appearance policy.
• Maintain solid communication in the department and throughout the organization.
• Support company safety standards. Communicate any needed equipment repairs or maintenance work needed. Keep work area free from debris and safety hazards.
• Observe and maintain company sanitation and food safety standards.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.
• Provide outstanding customer service. Communicate with and assist customers in selection of product.
• Identify, wrap, price, and weigh all meat department items in accordance with specified procedures outlined by standard practice.
• Stock the fresh, frozen, and self-service cases using proper rotation procedures.
• Assist meat cutters by scraping and traying products, cubing steaks, and grinding ground meats.
• Receive any meat delivery, code, rotate, and put in appropriate storage area.
• Wash, rinse and sanitize all cases, wrap stations/area, scaling equipment, cooler, cutting room, including disassembling and re-assembling equipment therein.

Qualifications of Meat Prep Associate:

• Exceptional people skills and a preference for team-oriented work environments.
• Satisfaction of the age prerequisites is a must.
• The key to successful customer service lies in adept communication skills.
• Evidenced proficiency and motivation in acquiring knowledge about multiple tasks and technical aspects of the job.

Physical Requirements of Meat Prep Associate:

• Transport meat products of varying weights, with packages ranging from 1 to 40 pounds handled on a regular basis and occasional items up to 100 pounds.
• Satisfy the designated expectations for the quantity of work output.
• Staff are required to be either standing or walking without pause, with the work environment set at around 45 degrees Fahrenheit most of the time.
• Engage in a set of repetitive hand and arm movements including grasping, twisting, reaching, and manipulation during the tasks of identifying, wrapping, pricing, and weighing the product.
• Skilled in dealing with a diverse range of materials used in cleaning supplies, packaging materials, and meat items.
• Frequent bending.

Hannaford Supermarkets started out as a fresh produce vendor in Portland, Maine way back in 1883, and is still connected to those early roots as a local market. Hannaford actively seeks out farmers and producers to join our Local program which celebrates not only local foods, but the preservation of farmland, local traditions and local jobs. The connection we have to the source of our fresh foods is core to the way we do business, becoming the first major supermarket in the United States to document that all its seafood products were sustainably harvested. Hannaford provides equal opportunity in employment to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions), age, veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.