About KTA Super Stores
We owe our century of existence entirely to the people of Hawai‘i Island. From our modest beginnings in a 500-square-foot store in 1916, KTA Super Stores and our associates remain deeply rooted in a single, quiet philosophy: to humbly serve the community that sustains us.
Core Responsibilities
Ensure customer satisfaction and high product quality by properly cutting, trimming, grinding, packaging, and displaying various fresh and frozen meat, poultry, and seafood products while adhering to Department of Health sanitation guidelines.
• Meat Cutting & Processing: Breakdown pig, beef, and lamb carcasses into individual cuts when necessary. Breakdown primals into individual steaks, roasts, and chops with minimal waste or by-products. Grind, slice, and tenderize various meat, poultry, and seafood items.
• Trays & Product Preparation: Process reworks (by-products of lamb, beef, pork, and chicken) and tray all cut, ground, sliced, tenderized, and prepared meats for wrapping and pricing. Cut frozen products, breakdown fresh whole fish, season/prepare poke, and mix sauces for marinades.
• Freight & Department Maintenance: Receive and store department freight promptly and properly, set up display cases according to sales/promotions, pull rejects, refill meat trays and plastic containers, and clean the meat prep room.
• Customer & Team Engagement: Promptly and efficiently greet, thank, offer assistance, and meet all customer needs with local hospitality. Answer phone calls, assist with monthly inventory, and work at other store locations as needed.
Working Conditions & Physical Demands
• Environment: Continuously work in a chilled prep room that may be wet, noisy, smelly, and extremely cold. Seldom work with extremely hot water and steam when cleaning prep rooms and equipment. Occasionally work outdoors to receive freight and discard trash/boxes.
• Physical Effort: Continuously stand, walk, handle, and use fine motor skills with precise depth perception, color vision, and hand-eye coordination. Frequently lift and carry up to 100 lbs when receiving freight or moving products from storage to cutting tables and machines. Bending, squatting, reaching, and pushing/pulling up to 1,000 lbs on a stock wagon. Seldom climb ladders or operate forklifts.
• Equipment Use: Frequently use knives, mesh safety gloves, band saws, meat slicers, meat grinders, meat tenderizers, meat trays, and dollies. Line-use meat wrapping/pricing machines, hand saws, telephone systems, stock wagons, cardboard balers, and cleaning solutions. Seldom use forklifts or ladders.
• Safety: Continuously wear a back support belt while performing job duties, wear mesh gloves during cutting operations, and strictly follow all food safety and sanitation protocols
Benefits & Work Culture
• Flexible work scheduling.
• Comprehensive on-the-job training.
• Health, dental, vision, paid time off, and retirement options for eligible associates.
Notice to Applicants: This document is a summary job posting intended for public recruitment and outline purposes only. Upon hire, associates are required to review, sign, and adhere to the official internal KTA Super Stores Job Description and company standards for this position.
Equal Employment Opportunity
KTA Super Stores is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, religion, color, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, arrest/court record, or any other protected class under Hawaii law. Pay differentials are strictly based on seniority, merit, production, or bona fide occupational qualifications (BFOQs).
Qualifications
What You Bring
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Age Requirements:
• Must be at least 16 years of age to work in a walk-in freezer/chill box and use a case cutter or knife.
• Must be at least 18 years of age to clean, maintain, or operate a band saw, hamburger machine, meat grinder, meat slicer, bone duster, meat tenderizer, automatic wrapper, freight elevator, or trash baler.
• Must be at least 18 years of age with a valid Driver's License and company certification to operate a forklift.
• Experience & Certifications: Previous meat cutting experience is preferred. MUST pass the KTA Journeyman test in order to qualify as a Journeyman Meat Cutter.
• Skills & Knowledge: Basic math skills for calculating quantities, prices, and accurate quotes for customers. Ability to multi-task, communicate effectively orally and in writing, troubleshoot equipment, and work under minimal or no supervision.
• Work Habits: Professional, service-oriented, honest, and detail-oriented work ethic. Able to work efficiently under pressure and meet daily production deadlines.
• Availability: General availability 7 days a week and holidays, typically between 5:00 AM and 7:00 PM.
• Note: In accordance with Hawaii Revised Statutes § 378-2.4, KTA Super Stores does not ask for or rely on an applicant's salary history to determine starting pay.