Butcher Retail

Employer details: Windsor Meats Ltd. O/A Windsor Meats

About Windsor Meats: Windsor Meats is a Canadian specialty meat retailer dedicated to offering premium-quality, locally sourced and free-range products. Working with trusted, family-run farms and suppliers across British Columbia and Canada, the company offers a wide selection of specialty meats, including beef, poultry, pork, lamb, sausages and chef-made products.

Driven by its commitment to quality, community and customer satisfaction, Windsor Meats takes pride in responsible sourcing, unique product offerings and delivering an exceptional customer experience.

Job Summary:

Windsor Meats is seeking an experienced Butcher to prepare, process and cut meat, poultry and seafood products while maintaining quality standards and supervising meat preparation activities.

Job details:

• Position: Butcher Retail

• Location: 12251 No 1 Rd suite Unit 190 Richmond, BC V7E 1T6

• Work Location: On site

• Wages: 24.26 hourly

• Working Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week

• Employment Type: Permanent employment Full time

• Work Schedule: Evening, Morning, Day, Weekend

• Start Date: Starts as soon as possible

• Vacancies: 1 vacancy

Key Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be responsible for cleaning meats in preparation for processing or cutting; cutting carcasses, sides and quarters; preparing special cuts of meat ordered by customers; cutting, trimming and preparing standard cuts of meat; wrapping and packaging prepared meats; removing bones from meat; weighing meats for sale; cutting poultry into parts; pricing meat products; cleaning and preparing fish and shellfish; selling meats to customers; cutting fish into steaks and fillets; supervising other butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers; grinding meats; training meat cutters; making special sausages; preparing special displays of meats, poultry and fish products; and shaping, lacing and tying roasts, other meats, poultry and seafood.

Qualifications and Requirements

Language

·         English

Education

·         Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

·         1 year to less than 2 years

Equipment and machinery experience

• Manual cutting utensil

• Power grinder

• Sausage machine

• Slicing machine

Area of Specialization

• Retail meat department

• Meat and poultry retail operations

Work Setting

• Urban area

• Work environment On-site

• Relocation costs covered by employer

• Retail business

• Willingness to relocate

Security and Safety

• Bondable

• Criminal record check

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Fast-paced environment

• Work under pressure

• Tight deadlines

• Attention to detail

• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

• Fast paced environment

• Handling heavy loads

• Hand-eye co-ordination

• Physically demanding

Personal suitability

• Accurate

• Client focus

• Efficient interpersonal skills

• Flexibility

• Organized

• Reliability

• Team player

• Dependability

• Excellent written communication

• Excellent oral communication

Benefits

• Free parking available

Equal Employment Opportunity

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

Newcomers and Refugees

• Supports social and labor market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)

• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)

Youth

• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth

Indigenous People

• Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations

Mature Workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Visible Minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)

Who can apply for this job?

• a Canadian citizen

• a permanent resident of Canada

• a temporary resident of Canada with a valid work permit

Important: Do not apply if you are not authorized to work in Canada. The employer will not respond to your application.

How to apply

Interested and eligible candidates are invited to submit their applications by email.

Email: info@windsormeats.com

What you must include in your application:

• Answers to the following screening questions:

  • Are you currently a student?

  • Do you have experience working in this field?

  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?

We look forward to hearing from you!

Windsor Meats Ltd. O/A Windsor Meats

Richmond, British Columbia