Butchery Team Member | Buckfastleigh, Devon

Although perhaps better known for our veg, Riverford has its own butchery, and delivers organic meat to homes across the country. Riverford meat is organic, British, meticulously sourced, properly hung and carefully butchered for the very best quality and flavour.

At our butchery we produce over 18,000 packs of meat a week. As a Butchery Team Member in the poultry department, you will cut and pack chicken, duck and turkeys to produce our meat packs and stock. This will involve packing the retail packs into vacuum packs for the dispatch team. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate that they have the right work ethic, and the aptitude and enthusiasm to learn and progress; if you have that and are willing to work hard, we can offer you the chance to learn more about meat production.

Skills & experience…

Ideally you will have previous experience of working in a production or warehousing environment
Must be comfortable working in a cold environment
You must be able to lift and manoeuvre crates of produce.
You should have good communication skills and be able to speak and write English to a level that enables you to comprehend instructions and daily requirements of the role
Accurate and efficient
This is a permanent contract, 39 hours a week Sunday to Thursday from 6am until 15:00. Based at The Butchery, Dean Court, Lower Dean, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0LT

Work with us at Riverford and join a thriving employee-owned business

Be part of a friendly & supportive butchery team
Grow with us – we’re proud to offer a bucket load of training and development opportunities to support your chosen career path
We’ll give you an abundance of free organic fruit & veg plus, a bounty of benefits: 33 days holiday pro rata (including bank holidays), generous company pension scheme, annual profit share (10% of all our profits are split equally between all co-owners), time and half on bank holidays, and free parking.