Important Notice: Nikuya Meats will be closing its business on October 20, 2025. We want to thank all our customers and partners for their support over the years.

Delivery Driver
Assistant Meat Cutter

Come work with us

Delivery Driver and Assistant Meat Cutter, Full-Time

Salary:  $17.50 per hour to start. Moving to $18.50 per hour after 3-month probationary period.

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent, Minimum 40 hours per week

Start Date: As soon as possible

Language: English, Basic Japanese (ability to read) would be an asset

Minimum Education: High School, Food Safe Level 1 Preferred

Positions Available: 0

Job Location

1-11220 Voyageur Way

Richmond BC V6X 3E1

Hours: 7:30am – 4:00pm, Thursday to Monday, 5 days a week including weekends

Responsibilities:

  • Drive around Vancouver, listening to your music and making deliveries to restaurants and retailers, in a timely and efficient manner.
  • Provide customer with a great experience when they interact with you. You are representing our company.
  • Be happy working with limited supervision. Take initiative and be willing to assist others, be happy to get the job done in a team environment.
  • Proper inventory control and product rotation to maximize product freshness and availability, while minimizing waste.
  • Cut, trim and grind proteins to prepare for processing, while attaining yield standards placed by management to control costs.
  • Ensure products meets specifications.
  • Clean, wash and sanitize adjacent areas and equipment.
  • Use and care of knives, grinder, bandsaw, meat slicing and wrapping equipment.
  • Weigh proteins and record weights on order forms.
  • Pack wholesale and local customer orders.
  • Enter weights into accounting software to make invoices for deliveries.
  • Load delivery van with orders based on delivery routes.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Skills/Job Requirements:

  • A Class 5 Driver’s License and a clean driving record a must.
  • Ability to comfortably drive a Ford Transit cargo van around Vancouver, in all types of weather, displaying excellent driving skills.
  • Familiarity with surrounding areas is preferred.
  • A warm and engaging personality.
  • Meat and/or Seafood processing experience preferred, but not necessary
  • Ability to work in a refrigerated, fast paced environment.
  • Ability to lift 50 lbs
  • Must be a team player and possess a positive attitude
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to complete repetitive tasks with attention to detail
  • Ability to work autonomously and part of a collaborative team.
  • Demonstrate analytical, problem solving and time management skills.
  • Dependable, punctual, honest individual with integrity.

Experience:

  • Delivery Driver: 2 years (Preferred).
  • We will train the right individual with no experience if they meet above qualifications and have keen desire to succeed in this role with a growing company.

On the job training is provided

Benefits:

20% discount on all meat products sold in our store.

How to Apply:

Interested applicants email your resume to hr@nikuya.ca.  We thank all applicants, but only short-listed applicants will be contacted for interviews.