UFCW Apprentice

Meat and Seafood Specialist Full Time – Mid Level to Master

Reports Directly To Meat Department Manager

Pyramid Foods Team Objective Pyramid Foods believes in supporting our local communities and is dedicated to providing our customers and employees quality food and service at the best prices! In this friendly, flexible team environment, you will play an important role in helping us to provide outstanding service in a clean and friendly atmosphere. Your role in the store will be to provide high quality meat and seafood products with expert knowledge, meeting the cut, trim, or prepared consumer sized portions of meat to customers, in a clean, friendly environment.

Daily Operations

• Providing exceptional service to all clientele and sharing your expert knowledge on meat and seafood
• Assuming the Meat Manager’s responsibilities in their absence as requested
• Assisting the Meat Manager in completing all their daily duties
• Assisting the Meat Manager in receiving trucks and breaking down the loads into coolers
• Cutting and preparing meat and seafood products to meet trim, cut, and prepared consumer sized portions while properly pulling and rotating meat case

Company Standards

• Following all safety guidelines and avoiding use of equipment if safety mechanisms have been bypassed
• Reporting any missing or non-functional safety mechanisms to Meat Manager
• Using the markdown program according to department policy
• Complying with all company policies including following dress code and wearing name tag including completing all company training as required for the meat department
• Staying up to date with the latest training and knowledge available for meat and seafood
• CIU Apprentice/UFCW Journeyman

Basic Functions And Physical Requirements Must be able to lift 60 lb. boxes on occasion and/or exert 25-60 lbs. of force frequently and/or 10-20 lbs. of force constantly while moving and handling materials and products. Must have dexterous use of both hands. Must be able to stand and move about to various workstations. Must be able to lift, carry, push and pull items so that objects move toward areas of use. Must be able to use knives and other sharp instruments utilized in the preparation of food items and/or removing product from boxes.

This is medium work requiring good, corrected vision, hearing, lifting, carrying, stooping, kneeling, standing, reaching, pushing, pulling and the ability to work on floors that sometimes become slippery.