SENIOR SKILLED BUTCHER – AM SHIFT
Location: Boston, Lincolnshire
Hours: 40 hours per week
Working Pattern: 5 days from 6 (Sunday to Friday) Hours: 40 hours per week
Contract: Permanent | Full-Time
Shift: 7:00 am – 3:30 pm
Pay: £17.25 per hour | Overtime: £18.25 per hour
About Pilgrim Foodservice & C.J. Butchers
Pilgrim Foodservice is a growing, family-owned foodservice business based in Boston, Lincolnshire, supplying hospitality and catering customers across the Eastern side of the UK.
C.J. Butchers is our in-house butchery operation and plays a key role within the business. Quality, consistency and workmanship are central to everything we produce.
The Role
We are recruiting for an experienced Skilled Butcher to join our AM shift team in Boston.
This is a hands-on butchery role focused on quality workmanship, knife skills and product standards. You will work across a variety of meat products including beef, lamb, pork and chicken, preparing wholesale and customer-specific orders for the hospitality and catering sector.
This is not a production-line role. We are looking for someone who takes pride in traditional butchery skills and can work efficiently within a fast-paced team environment.
Please note this is not a slaughterhouse environment. Work is focused on skilled meat preparation, portioning and wholesale order fulfilment within a modern food production setting.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Preparing and portioning beef, lamb, pork and chicken products
- Working with primal and part-processed cuts
- Producing wholesale cuts and customer-specific portions
- Preparing processed products including mince, burgers and sausages
- Operating butchery machinery safely and effectively
- Receiving and checking stock deliveries
- Boxing, labelling and preparing customer orders
- Using internal systems to process orders and generate labels
- Maintaining hygiene and food safety standards at all times
What We’re Looking For
- Previous butchery experience within retail, wholesale or food production
- Strong knife skills and good product knowledge
- Experience preparing value-added and processed products
- Confidence using butchery equipment and machinery
- Good attention to detail and quality standards
- Ability to work efficiently within a team environment
- Basic IT confidence for order processing and labelling
With competitive pay, stable hours and long-term opportunities within a respected local business, this role suits an experienced butcher looking for a secure and skilled position.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £17.25 per hour
Expected hours: No less than 40.0 per week
Benefits:
- Canteen
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Store discount
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Boston, Lincolnshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Skilled Butchery: 2 years (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
