Butcher/Meat Cutter

Bruce Mines

Skilled Trades

POSTED: 1 month ago

Penokean Hills Farms Inc.

4872

August 30, 2024

18

Full Time

Penokean Hills Farms is a growing, local beef business with good opportunity for advancement and a strong sense of community. Our unique team fabricates our local brand of beef and supports the food/agriculture industry here in Algoma. We provide premium cuts of beef across the province to niche high end markets such as restaurants and butcher shops. We are looking for talented, reliable, and hard-working individuals to join our team in a brand new state of the art facility (2023). Ideal candidates are those who want to make Penokean Hill Farms their career choice.

We are looking for experienced Butchers or trainable meat Cutters who are eager, safety-conscious, and dependable, with a positive attitude. We offer an excellent work environment with competitive wages and wonderful work culture. The Butcher/Meat Cutters prepare meats for further processing and packaging for retail and wholesale distribution. The job requires standing for extended periods of time, as well as some heavy lifting. Knife work involves regular repetitive use of hands, wrists, arms, and shoulders.

Main Duties:
- Working in a time-sensitive process of deboning trimming, and preparing standard or specialized cuts of meats using knives
- Cut beef, and pork into primal cuts for further cutting, processing, or packaging
- Working with specialized knives and equipment adhering to workplace health and safety requirements as well as safe food handling practices
- Remove skin, excess fat, bruises, or other blemishes from meat portions
- Possible kill floor opportunities as well

- Good character/attitude
- Previous experience in meat processing and packaging environment using manual cutting utensils is an asset
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Ability to work under cold conditions
- Commitment to safety and food quality processes
- Ability to stand and perform repetitive physical tasks for extended periods
- Attention to detail and working well with others
- Enthusiasm and willingness to learn and develop
- Critical thinking, significant use of memory and continuous learning
- Excellent hand-eye coordination and decision-making skills
- Reliability/Dependability

Visit www.phfarms.ca for more info about us

Job type: Full-time
Pay $18.00-$27.00 per hour

Schedule:
- Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:
- Bruce Mines, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:
- Secondary School (preferred)

Experience:
- Meat Cutting: 1 year (preferred)
- Kill Floor: 1 year (preferred)
- Retail Butcher: 1 year (preferred)