Company Profile:
Our home is Watauga County, in the agricultural community surrounding the college town of Boone, North Carolina. We offer custom butchery and packing services with commercial and retail quality packaging.
Currently, we process beef, pork, sheep and lamb. We have a small dedicated team of employees
At just below 3,000 feet elevation, we may be the highest meat processor in the Eastern US!
Butcher
Watauga Meats & Butcher, LLC
Vilas, NC
This is a fulltime head butcher position with a USDA inspected facility in Vilas, NC.
DUTIES INCLUDE
- Sharpen and adjust knives and cutting equipment
- Receive, inspect, and store meat upon delivery
- Cut, debone, or grind pieces of meat
- Weigh, wrap meat products
- Cut or prepare meats to specification or customers' orders
- Store meats in refrigerators or freezers at the required temperature
- Clean equipment and work areas to maintain health and sanitation standards
- Supervise butchery team members including assistant butchers, meat packers, cleaning staff and the like
- Other duties as necessary for job completion
PERSONAL SKILLS
Strong work ethic with a willingness to lead and train team members.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Repetitive hand/arm movements, grasping, bending, reaching, ability to lift, push or pull up to 80 pounds by oneself, exposure to extreme temperatures • Ability to use tools equipment: knives, ladders, step stools, box cutters, pallet jacks, and other equipment • Required to spend long periods of time on feet and stand or walk.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
While performing the duties of this job, the team member constantly works in a cool environment with an average temperature range of -10 to 50 degrees • Fahrenheit is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts • The team member is frequently exposed to extreme cold when moving finished product in and out of the freezer • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
