Meat & Seafood Clerk

If you enjoy working with fresh food, helping customers, and being part of a hands-on team, our Meat & Seafood Clerk position could be a great opportunity for you! You'll assist customers with their selections, help maintain fresh and attractive meat and seafood displays, support product preparation and stocking, and ensure our department provides the quality and service our customers expect. This role is perfect for someone who takes pride in quality, enjoys staying active, and wants to be part of a team dedicated to providing an exceptional shopping experience.

At Sendik's Fine Foods, we're more than just a grocery store—we're a family-owned company that values our employees and promotes a positive, supportive work environment. We offer flexible scheduling, opportunities to learn and grow within the company, and a comprehensive benefits package for all team members that includes a 401(k) with company contribution and employee discounts. Full-time team members also enjoy health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and more. If you're looking for a workplace where your contributions are appreciated and you can build a long-term career, we'd love to have you on our team!

Meat & Seafood Clerk Job Description:

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:  To provide customer service and department cleaning duties.  To perform meat cutting, food preparation, stocking and product rotation.  To contribute toward ensuring a positive shopping environment for customers and a positive working environment for employees.

NATURE AND SCOPE: Emphasis in this position is to meet daily customer service needs.  Primary learning challenge is learning and retail cutting techniques for all meat and seafood cuts, proficiency with the saw and merchandising techniques.  This position requires ongoing heavy lifting, standing, operation of meat equipment, exposure to cold temperatures and wet surfaces, judgment/decision making, social skills/verbal interaction, listening skills and reading.  Position functions and work hours may vary according to business needs.  The Meat and Seafood Manager or person in charge provides assignments and work directions.

ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS

• Assist customers with requests and information
  • Ensure customer satisfaction
  • Assist with special orders, product information and location and service counter
• Maintain Meat and Seafood cases
  • Pull outdated product and properly rotate
  • Restock as needed to maintain maximum selection
  • Follow merchandising plan
• Assist with Food Preparation 
  • Ensure proper handling, sanitation, freshness and quality of all products

1. Ensure proper assembly and recipes are followed for all production items
2. Follow tare weight procedures

• Clean and sanitize equipment, cases, work area and sales floor
  • Break down equipment according to procedures
  • Continuously monitor area and sales floor for cleanliness
  • Utilize personal protective devices (rain suit, over boots, chemical splash goggles, metal mesh gloves, chemical resistant gloves) as instructed
• Receive and process meat and seafood shipments correctly
  • Verify product with invoice and log
  • Ensure product meets quality standards
  • Follow proper security measures
  • Keep cooler properly rotated and organized
  • Assist in placing orders
• Perform meat and seafood cutting and preparation while in training 
• Follow daily cutting lists and complete work in allotted time
• Demonstrate proficiency in sawing, boning, cutting, trimming, grinding, weighing, traying and wrapping techniques 
• Maintain Sendik’s Fine Foods quality and trim standards
• Assist in training employees
• Follow all store and department policies and procedures

FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Physical
  • Lifting/carrying up to 100 lbs.
  • Pushing/pulling up to 2000 lbs.
  • Equipment operation (telephone, meat slicer, wrapping machine, flatbed, pallet jack, racks, meat saw, bone scraper, knives, meat grinder, cuber, patty machine, tenderizer, bulker, meat mixer)
  • Reaching squatting, kneeling, walking, standing, stooping, bending, turning
• Mental
  • Social skills/verbal interaction
  • Listening skills
  • Judgment/decision making
  • Reading, writing, math
  • Memorization
• Environmental
  • Working in cold conditions
  • Working with hot equipment