Butcher — Full Time

About us

Tugun Market Co is a high-end independent supermarket on the Gold Coast, built on the idea that grocery shopping should feel like a proper market visit, not a trip to a warehouse. Our butchery is a genuine over-the-counter, high street operation at the centre of the store — quality meat, cut to order, sold by people who know what they're talking about. Customers come back for the team as much as the product, and that's exactly what we intend to keep building.

About the role

You'll join a small, tight-knit butchery team in a shop that's genuinely busy every day. A year in, you'll be a trusted pair of hands on the block: cutting to spec without needing to be told twice, running the counter with confidence, and taking as much pride in how the display looks at 5pm as you did at 8am. It's hard graft in a fast-paced environment, but it's a great crew, a great place to work, and a role where the effort you put in gets noticed — and paid for.

Key responsibilities

• Serve customers directly over the counter, advising on cuts, quantities and cooking suggestions

• Break down whole pigs and lambs, and portion, bone and trim boxed beef to Tugun Market Co's quality standard

• Prepare marinated lines, crumbed products and smallgoods for daily sale

• Keep the display cabinet stocked, rotated and looking sharp from open to close

• Maintain food safety, hygiene and cleanliness standards across the department

• Pull your weight as part of a small team in a busy, fast-moving counter environment

• Help train and support newer team members on the block as the team grows

About you

• Solid hands-on butchery experience — breaking down whole carcases and cutting boxed meat in a retail or wholesale environment — a trade certificate is great but not essential if your skills stack up

• Comfortable working at pace in a busy, customer-facing retail environment

• A genuine, friendly manner with customers — this is a counter role, not a back-of-house one

• Understanding of food safety and hygiene practices

• Reliable, punctual, and happy to muck in as part of a small team

• Certificate III in Meat Processing (Retail Butcher) or equivalent trade qualification (nice to have)

• Smallgoods or charcuterie experience (nice to have)

• Experience in a high-end, specialty or independent grocery environment (nice to have)

Benefits

• A genuinely great team and working environment — the crew looks out for each other

• Busy, hands-on work with real variety, not standing around waiting for something to do

• A business that backs quality and pays for it, in the product and in the people

• Room to grow as the store and the department grow