Skilled Meat Worker

Skilled Meat Worker

Full-time, $70,000 plus super

Biggenden

About the business

Meats R Us Pty Ltd trading as Bigmeats is a meat processing and wholesaling business based in Biggenden, Queensland. We are looking for a professional and reliable Skilled Meat Worker to join our team at Meats R Us Pty Ltd. We offer a competitive salary package of $70,000 plus super depending on the skill and experience.

About the role

· Stunning and killing livestock.

· Preparing carcasses for further processing by removing internal organs and hides.

· Operating switching controls to direct and drop carcasses and meat cuts from supply rails to boning tables.

· Cutting meat to separate meat, fat and tissue from around bones.

· Washing, scraping and trimming foreign material and blood from meat.

· Cutting sides and quarters of meat into standard meat cuts, such as rumps, flanks and shoulders, and removing internal fat, blood clots, bruises and other matter to prepare them for packing and marketing.

· Operating restrainer and stunning equipment.

· Severing jugular veins of stunned animals to drain blood and facilitate dressing.

· Trimming and removing head meat and severs animal heads.

· Splitting open, eviscerates and trimming animal carcasses; and

· May slaughter livestock according to procedures required by religious customs.

Skill and experience

· Minimum 3 years of experience as a Skilled Meat Worker

· Team spirit

· Certification in Meat Work is a plus