Butcher - Skilled

More about the role

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 - Semi Skilled at one of our manufacturing sites, you'll slice and trim meat to required specifications in a safe and efficient manner, in order to deliver quality food safe products for our customers. This will include trimming meat from the bone, and trimming primals and joints, using equipment such as hand held trimmers with rotating blades.

You'll make sure products are butchered to specification based on the training that you receive, and will strive to be an expert, sharing your knowledge and experience with the team and supporting team members around you. Working flexibly to support all areas of the business, you will also follow other company policies such as health and safety, security, hygiene and cleaning.

More about our perks

• Generous holiday entitlement

• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores from the day you join us

• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member

• Genuine career progression and development opportunities - read more about our Leadership School here

• Subsidised staff canteen

• Free parking

• Competitive pension and life assurance

• Healthcare / Wellbeing benefits including Aviva Digital GP

• 'MyPerks' with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more

• Optional payroll charity donations

• A range of family-friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

More about you

You'll be the kind of person who:

• Has good teamwork skills and is able to follow instructions
• Has some knife skills (although previous butchery experience is not essential) and the dexterity to undertake intricate knife work
• Is able to wear Personal Protective Equipment e.g. chainmail gloves, and work in a production environment with varying temperatures
• Has a flexible approach, and is able to maintain concentration when tasks are repetitive

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

Please note: We only recruit individuals who have reached the school leaving age. To check this, please visit the following link. Please be aware that some roles may have additional age restrictions due to their nature. 

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).