Meat Production Worker

You’ll have the opportunity to work within a dynamic team environment, utilising your skills and experience to prepare and present meat products for general consumption. Working as a Meat Production Worker, your role will predominantly involve processing carcases of slaughtered livestock, selecting, cutting, trimming, preparing and arranging meat for sale or supply, operating meat or smallgoods processing machines and managing the processes of production of smallgoods.

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration of $54,000 to $60,000 + superannuation.  
• Great working environment and ability to contribute to the success of the company. 
• Diverse array of tasks. 
• Sponsorship opportunities if required. 

Task & Responsibilities

• Preparing meat for sale by removing bones, trimming fat and cutting, mincing and grinding meat to shape and size for display or as ordered.  
• Selecting and preparing meat to produce smallgoods. 
• Operating machines to grind, mix, mince and tenderise meat. 
• Operating sausage filling machines, smoking chambers, and cooking kettles and vats. 
• Scheduling. 
• Processing offal and tripe. 
• Moving carcasses to chillers and freezers. 
• Loading meat products into trucks. 
• Packing boned and sliced meat into cartons. 
• Inspecting and grading poultry for quality purposes. 
• Cleaning and sanitising equipment and work areas. 

Qualification & Experience

• Formal qualifications preferred with at least 2 years of relevant work experience. 
• If you do not have formal qualifications, further years of work experience may be required. 
• AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)  
• Experience in the various responsibilities listed above. 
• Demonstrated strong commitment to excellence and quality. 
• Well-developed communication and problem-solving skills. 
• Ability to work effectively, respectfully and collegially in a team environment. 
• A great attitude!