Master Butcher

Our client is a well-established family-owned pork processing company with more than 30 years of industry leadership. Their commitment to quality innovation and responsible growth has helped them deliver some of the freshest highest-quality products in the market.

Position Overview

The Master Butcher is a highly skilled meat professional responsible for advancing product quality consistency and innovation. This role combines expert-level butchery with product development and innovation quality assurance and training.

Working closely with operations QA sales and leadership the Master Butcher plays a key role in:

• Developing and refining product specifications
  
• Troubleshooting quality and yield issues
  
• Supporting new product innovation
  
• Elevating butchery standards through hands-on training
  

This role requires deep expertise in meat anatomy (particularly pork) fabrication techniques and customer expectations along with a strong curiosity for continuous improvement and product evolution.

Key Responsibilities

Butchery Expertise & Product Development

• Perform advanced fabrication of pork with precision and consistency
  
• Develop and refine product specifications based on customer requirements and operational capabilities
  
• Collaborate with leadership to explore new product opportunities and value-added offerings
  
• Translate customer needs into cutting standards yields and presentation expectations
  

Quality Assurance & Continuous Improvement

• Investigate and respond to product quality concerns and customer complaints
  
• Identify root causes (cutting technique yield loss trim standards etc.) and implement solutions
  
• Partner with QA to ensure alignment with food safety traceability and regulatory standards
  
• Support development and documentation of standard operating procedures (SOPs)
  

Specifications & Standardization

• Support the creation and continuous improvement of product specification documents
  
• Establish clear cutting standards tolerances and visual guides
  
• Ensure consistency across teams
  

Training & Capability Building

Deliver hands-on training in:

• Knife skills and safety
  
• Fabrication techniques
  
• Yield optimization
  
• Support onboarding and upskilling of butchers and production staff
  
• Act as a subject matter expert and mentor across the floor
  

Customer & Stakeholder Engagement

• Participate in customer presentations product demos and show & tell sessions
  
• Provide expert guidance on product capabilities cuts and customization
  
• Represent the organization with professionalism craftsmanship and credibility
  

Core Competencies

• Craftsmanship & attention to detail
  
• Curiosity and innovation mindset
  
• Problem-solving and root cause analysis
  
• Communication and teaching ability
  
• Customer focus and presentation skills
  
• Collaboration across operations and QA
  

This posting is for a newly created position.

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience

• Extensive hands-on experience in butchery (typically 810 years or equivalent expertise)
  
• Deep knowledge of pork carcass anatomy and fabrication (other proteins an asset)
  
• Demonstrated experience in product development or specification creation
  
• Strong understanding of food safety standards (e.g. HACCP CFIA requirements)
  
• Experience training or mentoring others in a production environment
  
• Formal certification preferred
  

Benefits

Why Join

• Hands-on role combining R&D QA and technical project work
  
• Opportunity to work on customer-driven product innovations
  
• Salary: $70000 $90000