Commercial Meat Processing Butcher

Job Description

Job Description

Make Precision Your Craft

Join a team where accuracy, speed, and food safety define success. In this role, you’ll turn whole and sub-primal cuts into exact portions for customers, using professional tools in a cold, fast-moving production setting.

What You'll Do

• Cut, trim, debone, and portion beef and other proteins to customer specs and production plans.
• Operate knives, band saws, grinders, and other equipment safely and efficiently.
• Deliver uniform cuts that meet size, weight, and visual standards.
• Follow cutting procedures and order requirements accurately.
• Inspect meats for freshness, quality, defects, and presentation.
• Remove excess fat, bones, and non-usable components while reducing waste.
• Weigh and label portions precisely for further processing, storage, or shipment.
• Maintain strict USDA, HACCP, food-safety, sanitation, and company quality practices.
• Keep tools, surfaces, and process areas clean and sanitized throughout the shift.
• Adhere to safe knife handling and equipment operation at all times.
• Hit daily productivity and quality targets and help teammates do the same.
• Communicate proactively with supervisors regarding priorities, quality, and equipment issues.
• Pitch in on additional production tasks as needed.

Must-Haves

• Experience as a Meat Cutter, Butcher, Meat Trimmer, or Meat Processing Worker preferred.
• Background in beef cutting or other protein processing preferred.
• Advanced knife handling and meat-cutting proficiency.
• Ability to thrive in a high-volume food-processing environment.
• Capable of standing for long periods and performing repetitive tasks.
• Strength to lift, carry, and move product and supplies as required.
• Detail-driven with a strong commitment to quality.
• Consistent adherence to food-safety, sanitation, and workplace safety procedures.
• Reliable attendance, solid work ethic, and teamwork mindset with the ability to work independently.

Nice-to-Haves

• Beef cutting and trimming expertise
• Meat fabrication experience
• Deboning proficiency
• Portion control knowledge
• Knife handling mastery
• Quality control and meat inspection
• Food safety and sanitation practices
• Experience in a USDA processing environment
• Production and packaging familiarity
• Accuracy in weighing and measurement
• Waste reduction methods
• Operation of meat-processing machinery

Physical Demands

• Extended standing in refrigerated/cold processing areas.
• Frequent, repetitive hand, wrist, and arm motions for cutting and trimming.
• Safe use of knives and powered equipment.
• Lifting and moving meat products and materials as needed.

Work Environment

Work in a professional meat-processing and production facility where excellence in food safety, sanitation, product quality, and workplace safety is expected. San Lorenzo Foods identifies itself as a USDA-approved meat processor and provides meat products and custom-processing/prepped-ingredient services.

Proficiency Checklist

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)
• Butcher
• Deboning
• Knife Skills
• Meat Cutter
• Meat Fabrication
• Beef Cutting and Trimming