Meat & Seafood Cutting Specialist (Cutter)

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Meat & Seafood Cutting Specialist (Cutter)

Grand Prairie, TX

Welcome to Halperns’! The dedicated employees who work at Halperns' are passionately committed to this business and the customers they serve. Being part of Halperns' means being part of something important, something unique, and something special. This commitment is made clear by the superior meat and seafood specialty products we distribute.

There's a seat at our table for you…

Pay: $18/hr. to $22/hr. (Based on Experience)

Schedule: Monday to Friday

Position Summary:

Responsible for precision portioning, master trimming, and showcasing premium meat and seafood products to the highest culinary standards.

Essential Functions:

• Collaborates with supervisors and production managers to coordinate daily production schedules and workflow.
• Hand-crafts, trims, slices, and portions subprimals of premium beef, pork, lamb, veal, and seafood to exacting customer specifications.
• Carefully inspects all incoming and outgoing product for quality, consistency, and standard compliance.
• Accurately reads, interprets, and executes detailed customer-specific special instructions with precision.
• Performs quality control checks, maintaining open communication with supervisors and management regarding product standards.
• Organizes products and byproducts efficiently into designated containers, ensuring proper sealing, tagging, and tracking.
• Safely and skillfully operates specialty cutlery, cleavers, and production tools to perform clean trimming and portioning.
• Accurately weighs products, tags containers for precise weight and content verification, and manages yield logs.
• Upholds and aligns work with the company’s detailed product specifications and artisan quality standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned to support overall team production goals.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Working knowledge and hands-on experience with commercial production and processing equipment.
• Proven track record of portioning accurately, efficiently, and in a timely manner.
• Strong focus on maximizing yield efficiency and reducing processing costs through precise cutting, portioning, and customer specification alignment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills regarding yield optimization, custom trimming, and appropriate product substitutions.
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, high-volume production environment while maintaining product excellence.
• Strong team player with a positive attitude, safety-first mindset, and commitment to the team.
• Clear effective verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Strong understanding of Meat Buyer’s Guide specifications as they apply to internal specs and customer requirements.
• Consistent adherence to company Quality Control procedures and food safety standards.

Equipment / Tools / Technology:

• Specialty Cutlery & Knives
• Cut-Resistant Safety Gloves
• Digital Portion Scales
• Meat Tenderizers
• Portion Flatteners
• Vacuum Packaging Equipment
• Processing Meat Hooks
• Blade Sharpening Machinery

You are required to provide your most recent employment experience for your application to be considered complete.

BE PART OF AN AMAZING CULTURE WHERE WHAT MATTERS TO YOU, MATTERS TO US!

Halperns' Steak & Seafood values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent upon their workforce. To demonstrate our commitment to our partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a Halperns' Steak & Seafood customer to provide a letter of support from their management if they are selected for the interview process.

Equal Employment Opportunity is a matter of policy at Halperns' Steak & Seafood. and we are committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.  If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to halpernshr@gfs.com and use the words “Accommodation Request” in your subject line.