Meat Clerk

About the role

Hy-Vee is hiring a Meat Clerk in its Meat Department in Kearney. The role provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service, wraps, trims and stocks cases, and receives merchandise in the Meat and/or Seafood Department. It reports to the District Store Director, Store Manager, Assistant Managers and Department Managers, and may direct part-time stockers.

Key responsibilities

• Provide prompt, efficient and friendly customer service, greet customers by name when possible, escort them to products, load or unload heavy items and take customer orders by phone
• Wrap, weigh and label product; trim steaks, roasts and chops and prepare seafood for display
• Check food freshness, stock cases, rotate product and replenish coolers
• Tray, slice, tenderize and grind product; remove trash
• Follow sanitation procedures, keep the work area clean and adhere to hygiene and dress guidelines
• Report out-of-stock products to the appropriate personnel
• Secondary duties: prepare some department signs, order replenishment merchandise as directed by management, assist in other store areas and complete special projects

Required profile

• High school or equivalent education and food safety training
• Six months or less of similar or related work
• Ability to follow written or verbal instructions, do simple addition and subtraction, count and record figures
• Physical ability to lift up to 85 pounds occasionally, 40 pounds frequently and 10 pounds constantly, plus climbing, stooping, kneeling, reaching and repetitive motions
• Visual acuity from less than 20 inches to more than 20 feet with or without correction, depth perception and color vision

Working conditions include a cool, damp environment, frequent noise from saws, exposure to cleaning solvents and the possibility of electrical shock. Employment is contingent on a pre-employment drug screen.