Butcher

Hourly rate of £18.47 (£19, 211 per year) plus great benefits

Shift details: Wednesday to Friday 5:00 am until 11:00 am and Saturday 5:00 am until 9:00 am

20 Hours per week

When you join Medina Food Service, you’ll become part of a top UK food business. You’ll also become part of Sysco – the world's leading foodservice company.  We’re growing across the country and aiming to be the absolute best in our industry. So join our in-house team of specialist craft Butchers based from our Medina Food Service in Newport, Isle of Wight. 

A satisfying role

As our new Butcher you will work alongside the small team of operatives to support a wide variety of tasks across the production operation.  We offer exclusive cuts of British and Irish beef, all butchered, prepared, aged, stored and packed on site. You can expect to be preparing a variety of meat products such as prime steak cuts, chops and roast joints.  Duties will include boning, cutting and trimming into portions as per customer requirements. At all times you'll be providing high-quality products as well as maintaining excellent standards of health and safety, food safety and HCAPP compliance. Alongside providing support to the training of our Butchery Operatives in basic meat trimming and meat preparation skills.  Keeping focused on quality and ensuring we consistently produce the very best products for our customers.

What you bring to the mix

This role includes using machinery to prepare meat to supply customer orders, picking orders, correctly packing and labelling meat products, storing products – both goods in from suppliers and finished goods from production, and cleaning equipment, tools and machinery. You’ll also be required to complete documentation – recording product temperatures and completing basic HACCP paperwork.  You can expect to be very active as a Butcher. The position requires you to keep on your feet for long periods of time in a chilled environment, and there’s also an element of manual handling where you will need to be able to bend and lift to receive supplies, handle the meat products to store finished products.  

You’ll ideally be an experienced Butcher able to trim and portion various whole primal joints, with a track record of monitoring and achieving correct portion control for high end cuts such as centre cut fillet steaks. Job training can be offered for individuals who have keen interest in the food industry (i.e. chef) who will relish the opportunity to experience training in basic knife skills and opportunity to specialise in the use of butchery machinery.

Bags of benefits

We take care of our people. On our team, you’ll be able to take your pick from everything from a pension scheme and generous holiday to family-friendly flexibility and ongoing training. You’ll get fantastic discounts on our delicious products too.

Tempted to join the team? Apply today!

At Medina everyone is welcome. We don’t want you to ‘fit our culture’ we want you to help define it and we actively celebrate the unique talents of each and every colleague. We don’t just look at your CV, we’re more focused on who you are and your potential. As part of our values, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone has a voice, is appreciated and has the same opportunities. We work hard to ensure that everyone feels part of our business, as we care for one another and connect the world through food and trusted partnerships. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that everyone belongs and thrives at Medina and we recognise that Medina Foodservice can only thrive when everyone feels they belong. We'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our resourcing team who will be happy to support you.