First seen by our source: 14 days ago
Butcher Assistant
@ Elisa
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
Elisa is hiring a full-time Butcher Assistant for its Luigi & Sons boutique retail butcher shop in Yaletown, Vancouver. The work covers meat cutting, grinding and preparation, customer service, receiving and inventory, and food safety, in a cold environment with a flexible schedule including weekends.
Responsibilities:
- Serve customers and recommend products
- Cut, grind and prepare meat to order
- Receive, inspect and store meat deliveries
- Price, package and display product
- Maintain inventory and food safety standards
Requirements summary:
- Experience in a meat department
- Technical butchery skills including portion cutting and grinding
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail and organization
- Able to lift 50 lbs and stand for long periods
- Available for flexible scheduling including weekends
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- Employer posting date
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- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-23
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-23
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Retail |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | weekends |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Store, Plant or factory |
| Position | Mostly standing |
| Physical demands | physical high · lift 50 lb · computer low |
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Elisa
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 7 |
Position: Butcher Assistant
Reports to: Butcher
A new boutique retail space in Yaletown, Luigi & Sons is a one-stop shop for the best butcher experience in Vancouver, high quality takeaway options, and house-made provisions. An extension of the Elisa Steakhouse family, Luigi & Sons allows guests to bring the very best selections home, including a hand-selected curation of meats sourced from high-grade local and global suppliers.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Butcher Assistant ensures the availability of a wide range of quality well cut meat for customers and contributes to an exceptional customer experience through sharing product knowledge, making recommendations, and offering a personalized service.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
(other duties may be assigned as required)
- Actively engage with customers, cultivating relationships and ensuring customer satisfaction
- Order, receive, inspect and store meat upon delivery
- Ensuring accurate cutting, grinding and preparing of meats for sale into portions and cooking form
- Preparing custom cutting to specific customer needs
- Using butcher’s cutlery and powered equipment, and maintaining same
- Weighing, packaging, pricing, and displaying product
- Managing budgets and tracking inventory
- Ensuring adherence to all Food and Safety procedures and to stock control guidelines
- Remain current on market trends and competitor activity
- Consistently meet sales targets
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience in a meat department, working with equipment and machinery
- Experience in technical butchery skills including portion cutting and cleaning and grinding for sausages, burgers, etc.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent attention to detail with strong organizational skills and work ethic
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the job, including working in a cold/refrigerated environment, lifting 50 Ibs. and standing for extended periods of time
- Available to work a flexible scheduling, including weekends
This position will remain open until filled.
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