Winkler Meats Ltd.

Date: August 8, 2022

Position: Harvest and Cut Floor Labour                               

Purpose: Able to Harvest animals and prepare them for the process of removing the bones and/or able to cut, trim and prepare carcasses for packing and marketing

Position Available: Immediate

Full time-Monday-Friday. Hours may vary

Duties/Responsibilities:

Harvest Floor:

• Unload the trailer of the animals coming into the plant for slaughter
• Count and record the numbers of animals
• Stun animal prior to slaughter
• Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering
• Shackle hind legs of animals to raise them for slaughtering
• Wash carcasses in preparation
• Skin whole animals and cut the animal in half
• Cut, trim and sort the internal organs of slaughtered animals to separate edible portions from offal
• Weigh carcasses to be moved in to the cooler
• Clean and sanitize the kill floor
• Other duties as assigned
• Follow Food Safety Requirements
• Follow Health/Safety Requirements

Cut Floor:

• Saw, split or scribe carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling
• Pull, twist and remove bones and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing
• Cut bones from standard cuts of meat, such as chuck, hams, loin, plated, round and shanks to prepare meat for packing and marketing using a knife and meat hook. Insert the knife in the meat around the bones to separate meat, fat, tissue and defects
• Knowledge of the different cuts of meat
• Tend assembly line, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass
• Sort, vacuum pack, weigh, box and label the carcass cuts for shipping department
• Other duties as assigned
• Follow Food Safety Requirements
• Follow Health/Safety Requirements

Qualifications:

• Knife handling skills
• Able to move and handle carcasses of various weights on a daily basis
• Able to multi task
• Communication skills-have good spoken/written English
• Able to work independently
• An awareness of hygiene, health and safety issues
• Good physical health

Expectations: 

• Able to cope with the physical demands of the job
• Good hand-eye coordination
• Knowledge of the different cuts
• Accuracy rate
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Attention to detail
• Able to work safely

Working Conditions:

• Standing for long periods of time
• Repetitive motion
• Cold and sanitary environment
• Slippery conditions
• Able to wear the required clothing and equipment for the area worked

Winkler Meats is willing to train the right candidate.

Benefit package available after 3 months.

Please send resume or hand in applications to:

Winkler Meats Ltd.

270 George Ave.

Winkler MB

R6W 3M4                     

*Contact HR@winklermeats.ca

*Or pick up an application at Winkler Meats

For more information regarding our company, go to www.winklermeats.ca