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Champion the Quality of British Beef with Pickstock.

At Pickstock we’re proud to supply premium British beef to retailers, wholesalers and food service partners across the UK and beyond. Our facility in Telford handles every stage of meat processing – from slaughter to processing and distribution – ensuring full traceability, control and quality at every step.
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Overview:

  • Butcher (Experienced)
  • Telford
  • £12.21-£16.00 p/h
  • Full Time, Permanent
  • 42.5 Hours p/w Monday – Friday hours between 7.00am – 4.30pm
Find out more about this role below.

This role will be working alongside an active Abattoir, during the process of slaughtering and de-boning cattle.

We are excited to advertise for Experienced Butchers to join our fast-paced, expanding company. As an integral part of the food supply chain there has never been a more exciting time to join Pickstock!

Purpose of the Role:

Reporting to our Boning Hall Manager, the successful candidate will have an opportunity to earn within 7 levels of butchering, starting from beginners (packing and basic knife skills) – to experienced specialist butchers. The potential benefits for these roles vary depending on experience.

Candidates that are shortlisted at application stage will be invited for a knife skill test during interview to assess the capability of the employee to decipher skill level and salary.

Previous experience:

Essential:

  • Previous experience working within a food manufacturing environment
  • Have knife skills
  • Have an understanding of quality control and food safety


Desirable:

  • Specialist knife skills for trimming or de-boning
  • Experience of animal carcasses and de-boning and trimming techniques


Responsibilities will include:

  • Ensuring product is packed into the correct boxes in line with customer specification
  • Gaining specific product knowledge to bag different cuts of meat
  • Using OCM machinery to create labels ready for Despatch
  • Using the Vakpac machine ensuring product is sealed ready for Despatch
  • De-boning carcasses using specialist knife skills, based on customer and company specifications
  • Trimming of raw beef meat based on customer specification and internal requirements
  • Adhering to health and safety requirements
  • Following Quality Assurance processes and procedures
  • Quality checking for contamination and customer spec on a daily basis
  • Undergoing training and upskilling where required
  • Job rotation to ensure product fulfilment on a daily basis
  • Other duties as and when required by the business

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop through the skill levels of the business, with internal training and development.

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Why Pickstock?

  • Be part of a successful, close-knit Quality Team
  • Opportunities to grow into QA or quality technical roles
  • Consistent, full-time hours with the option for overtime
  • Clear processes and expectations in a well-managed facility
  • Competitive hourly pay and great benefits including:
    • Referral bonus programme
    • Free on-site parking
    • Exclusive Staff Meat Deals

Business Ethics and Anti-Bribery

At Pickstock, we are committed to conducting business with integrity, fairness and transparency at every level of our operations. We believe in doing things properly. This means not only producing high-quality British beef, but also upholding the highest standards of business ethics.

Pickstock is committed to acting professionally, fairly and with integrity in all our business dealings and relationships, wherever we operate, and to implementing and enforcing effective systems to counter bribery. We remain bound by the laws of the UK, including the Bribery Act 2010, in respect of our conduct both at home and abroad.

We have a zero-tolerance approach to bribery and corruption. All employees, suppliers, and partners are expected to act honestly and responsibly, ensuring that every decision we make is based on merit, fairness and respect for the law.

As part of our commitment, we also support the principles of the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) Base Code, which sets globally recognised standards for labour practices. This includes ensuring safe working conditions, fair pay, respect for workers’ rights and equal opportunities for all.

By working to these standards, we aim to build trust with our customers, partners and colleagues, while contributing to a fair and sustainable supply chain.

At Pickstock, doing the right thing isn’t optional. It’s how we do business.

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