Butcher | Spalding

Meatex Trading Ltd.; Spalding; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job description

At Morrisons we’re proud to produce high quality meat products for our customers, both in store and our external partners. As a Manufacturing Butcher – Skilled in our abattoir, you’ll work on the deboning line removing small bones from primals of fresh meat, working towards the site objective of providing high quality products in a safe, efficient and hygienic environment.

Follow training in food safety to ensure high quality, food safe products are produced for our customers, ensuring health and safety processes are maintained to create a safe working environment for yourself and colleagues. You’ll use a knife or bladed machine to prepare primal for trimming, and will focus on completing tasks efficiently in order to reduce waste and downtime.

In return for your hard work we will offer you:

1. 15% discount in our stores available from the day you join us
2. Additional 10% discount card for a Friend or Family member
3. Guaranteed day off that’s important to you – whether that be a birthday, religious holiday or a special occasion
4. Career progression and development opportunities
5. Subsidised staff canteen
6. Competitive pension and life assurance
7. Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP
8. Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
9. Optional Payroll charity donations
10. A range of family friendly policies including Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Neonatal and Fertility leave

About You

You’ll be the kind of person who:

• Has previous butchery and knife skills experience
• Is able to maintain concentration and consistently high standards in a fast paced food manufacturing environment
• Is able to understand detailed training and follow guidance and instructions
• Food Safety Level 2 is desirable, but can be trained at site

Please note that this is an abattoir / slaughterhouse environment and you will be in the presence of raw meat and carcasses, working in a chilled environment of between 2 and 9 degrees. Full personal protective equipment is provided and must be worn at all times.

What happens next?

Click apply today to join our team – it only takes a couple of minutes, we’ll contact you soon, so please check your emails and phone regularly!

Please note – As part of our application process we conduct pre-employment checks which consist of right to work and background checks (including, where appropriate, social media checks).

We will only recruit individuals who are over the school leaver’s age. To find out the school leavers age please visit the following link. Additionally, some of our roles have an age restriction due to the nature of the role.

About the site

At our Spalding site in Lincolnshire, we cure bacon and supply our stores with over 190 meat products from beef brisket to pork loins and pork belly.

Our team of 780 colleagues also processes beef and pork for our Farmers Boy team to use in our pies, sausages and cooked meats. Open five days a week, this recently redeveloped facility covers 15,000 square meters on 7.5 acres of land.

About The Company

We’re Foodmakers and Shopkeepers and together, we make Morrisons. We’re the only UK retailer with our own manufacturing business spread across 18 sites, not to mention nearly 500 stores. Our warehouse, transport, engineering and logistics teams make storing, picking and delivering thousands of products every day a logistical dream.

We’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part. So, whether you want to make the freshest food or distribute it, we’d love to meet you…