Company description

Located in majestic oak meadow hillside on the south end of Ashland, Oregon resides a 28 acre, off grid + solar powered small food production farm. We are UPROOT!

Our primary focus has been on organically raised, slow grown heritage pork + chicken for over 10 years. We are excited to expand our meat production with a new retail butcher shop and market to the valley this winter. The concept is a brick-and-mortar farmers market opening the community’s access to a local distribution hub for our production of our heritage meats, organic veggies and fruits, along with other local rogue valley small farm family collaborators retail offerings.

Our shop will have a meat department where we will highlight our signature heritage pork and nose to tail offerings along with whole animal utilization of local beef, chicken, and beyond.

Our value-added products made in house will include but are not limited to bone broth, pâté, charcuterie, fresh + smoked ready to eat prepared meats, and a much-anticipated rotating selection of our signature fresh and smoked sausage links.

Job description

Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for breakdown of whole carcasses, portion cutting fresh items for retail meat case, sausage making, and leading the meat department

• Contributing to inventory management of received product, products sold, and WIP
• Management of labeling and traceability software in the meat department
• Cross trained in all departments, may cover other departments if needed
• Oversees staff in the meat department
• Handle all HACCP related documents throughout the dayincluding record keeping, monitoring of CCPs, and calibrations of monitoring and selling equipment (i.e. scales)
• Ensure compliant labeling of all product in the coolers and meat cases
• Careful and safe use of tools and equipment must be followed at all times, and during cleaning. Guide other staff in meat department on safe use of tools and equipment.
• Use correct dilutions of detergents and sanitizers to prevent residue on food, equipment, and other food surfaces
• Assist in the implementation of Standard Operating Procedures for Sanitation (SOP's)
• Implement and monitor SOP's in the meat department
• Assist in the development of the Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point System (HACCP Plan)
• Communicate effectively with retail, wholesale & private label customers

Knowledge, Skills & Ability

• Have extensive knowledge of the various cuts of meat and how to fabricate them from a whole carcass – including beef, pork, lamb, and goat
• Provide leadership that promotes a team effort by personnel to accomplish the highest standards for sanitation, safety, and attention to detail in butchery
• Meticulously implement the sanitation requirements for an inspected facility
• Understand where hazards in a food production process can be controlled, reduced, or eliminated
• Work with a variety of knives, hand tools, power equipment, and computer-operated machinery
• Possess good eye-hand coordination, common sense & safe working habits when using tools & equipment
• Be able to assemble and operate, disassemble, and clean all equipment, training available
• Strong customer service skills
• Possess stamina to allow for long periods of standing in a cold environment, as well as lift and carry up to 60 lbs.
• Possess a very high standard for personal hygiene

Credentials & Experience

High School Diploma or equivalent.

Five years or more meat processing experience through continuing education, apprenticeships, and/or employment.

Pistola’s Chop Shop is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug-free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $22.00 - $24.00

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline