Skilled Butcher Operative | Malton
| Company: | Karro Food Group |
| Location: | Lancashire |
| Salary: | Competitive |
The Role
The role holder will have a key part to play in the preparation of fresh meat. Their particular tasks will depend on where they work – Main butchery, slaughter, primal or middle de bone – as the type of work and specialist skills will differ for each part of the process.
About Us:
Sofina Foods is more than just a food company. It’s a place where you can grow your career, learn new skills, and make a positive impact on the world.
With a wide range of meat and seafood products that delight consumers worldwide, Sofina Foods is always looking for talented and passionate people to join its team of over 5,000 employees across 21 sites in Canada and Europe, including Young’s Seafood Limited and Karro Food Group.
At Sofina Foods, you will be part of a culture that values innovation, quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. You will also have the opportunity to work with diverse and delicious products that are sourced responsibly and sustainably from over 50 different protein sources from 5 continents.
Sofina Foods has a 25-year history of excellence in the food industry and provides over 500 million meals for the global market every year.
Our vision is to be the most successful food company in the world – If you are looking for a rewarding and exciting career in the food sector, Sofina Foods is the place for you.
Duties Include:
Typical activities will vary according to the specific department where the individual works but may include:
- Strict adherence to Health & Safety rules and procedures. It is every employee’s duty, no matter what their position within the Company, to assist the employer with its responsibilities towards Health and Safety.
- Cutting, boning and trimming meat against strict specifications, while comfortably keeping pace with the speed of the line.
- Clean removal of bones/sinew.
- Waste minimised by ensuring all trims/off-cuts are collected in designated areas.
- Product and equipment handled with care – avoiding unnecessary damage.
- Cartilage and Flat Meat Removal.
- Maintaining your own knife and keeping it sharp.
- Cutting and butchering of products (department specific) to pre-set standards whilst maintaining quality standards and within departmental timings.
- Checking the product against specifications (size, weight, colour, packaging etc.).
- Identifying errors/faults and taking appropriate steps to rectify these.
- Competently performing any other tasks for which training has been completed and signed off.
- Adjusting machine settings to handle changes from one size/type of product to another.
- Identifying errors/faults and taking appropriate steps to rectify these.
- Reporting faults in machinery or goods to Chargehand.
- Ensuring hygiene and cleanliness procedures are followed at all times (e.g. hand-washing, knife sterilising and kit wash-down)
Skills & Experience Required:
- Attention to detail/good observational skills to spot faults/contamination and report them accordingly.
- Ability to work quickly and safely in order to meet production targets.
- Good team working skills and the ability to work as part of a team/line or individually.
- Ability to follow strict health & safety guidelines and adhere to any H&S updates.
- Ability to work at all time to Site quality procedures.
- Patience to carry out repetitive tasks and maintaining required standards whilst considering safety of self and fellow workers. • Self motivation and reliability.
- Ability to be flexible and adapt to change, occasionally at short notice.
Location
Malton
Hours of Work
Full time
No. of Positions
8
Country
UK
AutoReqId
3037BR