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About the Role

The Wholesale Meat Cutter is responsible for cutting, trimming, portioning, and preparing a wide variety of beef, pork, lamb, veal, and poultry products to meet wholesale customer specifications while maintaining the highest standards of quality, safety, and efficiency. Training is provided for motivated candidates with foundational knife skills or experience handling meat products.

Responsibilities

• Cut, trim, portion, and prepare beef, pork, lamb, veal, and poultry products according to customer specifications and company standards.
• Fabricate primal and sub-primal cuts into steaks, roasts, chops, stew meat, ground products, and other wholesale items.
• Safely operate knives, band saws, grinders, slicers, and other meat processing equipment.
• Accurately weigh, label, and package products for wholesale distribution.
• Inspect products for quality, freshness, and appearance.
• Maintain production standards and daily production schedules.
• Follow USDA regulations, food safety standards, sanitation procedures, and company policies.
• Maintain clean, organized work areas and equipment.
• Assist with inventory rotation using FIFO practices.
• Work collaboratively with production team members.
• Learn company cutting specifications and production methods through training.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Basic knowledge of meat cuts or experience in food production, grocery, restaurant, butcher shop, or similar environment.
• Foundational knife skills or willingness to learn.
• Ability to safely operate or learn meat processing equipment.
• Basic math skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Reliable attendance and teamwork.
• Prolonged standing and working in refrigerated production areas.
• Ability to lift and carry at least 50 pounds regularly.
• Continuous bending, lifting, reaching, gripping, and repetitive hand movements.
• Ability to work weekends and holidays as needed.

Skills

• Knife skills
• Meat handling
• Food safety standards
• Sanitation procedures
• USDA regulations
• Inventory rotation (FIFO)
• Teamwork
• Attention to detail
• Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Location

• Farmingdale

Work Type

• Full-time
• Onsite

Experience Level

• Entry-level

Education Level

• High school diploma or equivalent

About the Company

• Farmingdale Meat Market is committed to developing skilled meat cutters.