Food Service Worker
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Food Services Supervisor-1
State of Michigan
Corrections - Saginaw Correctional Facility
Job Description
Summary
This job involves leading a team of staff and inmates to prepare and serve three daily meals in a prison, including special diets for religious or health needs, while following strict safety and nutrition rules.
It requires hands-on oversight during shifts to keep operations running smoothly and securely in a correctional setting.
A good fit would be someone with solid experience in large-scale cooking and team management, who thrives in a structured, high-security environment and values supporting veterans.
Key Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Four years of experience in quantity cooking and food preparation, including three years at a senior cook level (e.g., Cook E6) or two years at an advanced level (e.g., Cook 7)
- Alternative: Associate's degree in dietetics, food services management, hotel/restaurant/institution management, or human nutrition plus two years of relevant experience (including one year at senior cook level)
- Alternative: Bachelor's degree in the above fields with no experience required
- Ability to supervise staff and train inmate workers in food service operations
- Knowledge of safe food handling, sanitation, nutritional standards, and safety protocols
- Collaboration with custody staff to maintain facility security
Full Job Description
The position serves as Food Services Shift Supervisor at a correctional facility with responsibility for directing the work of subordinate staff and prisoner workers during a shift in food service operations.
This involves directly overseeing and managing the preparation and serving of three meals daily, including the service of general population meals, religious meals, and therapeutic diets.
The Food Services Shift Supervisor oversees subordinate staff and trains prisoner workers in quantity food service preparation and serving of meals in a prison food service setting, while ensuring adherence to policy directives, State-Wide menu, operating procedures, nutritional standards, safe food handling practices, proper sanitation, environmental and fire safety requirements.
Through direct supervision of subordinate Cooks and indirect supervision of a prisoner workforce, the position operates in collaboration with custody staff to ensure the safety and security of a correctional facility.
The Michigan Department of Corrections is proud to be a Michigan Veteran's Affairs Agency (MVAA) Gold Level Veteran Friendly Employer.MDOC is proud to employ nearly 1,500 veterans and actively serving military members across the department.
The Department has many benefits and services available to support our military and veteran employees, spouses, and families.
Learn more about what makes MDOC a Gold-Level Veteran Friendly Employer here.
Requirements
EducationEducational level typically acquired through completion of high school.
Experience
Four years of experience overseeing a variety of quantity cooking and food preparation tasks equivalent to a Cook, including three years equivalent to a Cook E6 or two years equivalent to a Cook 7.
Qualifications
Possession of an associate's degree in dietetics; food services management; hotel, restaurant and institution management; or human nutrition and two years of experience overseeing a variety of quantity cooking and food preparation tasks, including one year equivalent to a Cook E6 may be substituted for the experience requirement.
OR
Possession of a bachelor's degree in dietetics; food services management; hotel, restaurant and institution management; or human nutrition and no experience may be substituted for the experience requirement.
Additional Information
Your application for any position does not guarantee that you will be contacted by the Department for further consideration. Only those applicants interviewed will be notified of the results.
The Department of Corrections may screen out job applicants who have been convicted of a felony in accordance with Public Act 191 of 2017.
Applicants who have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony are ineligible for employment with the Department of Corrections until satisfactory completion of any sentence imposed, including parole or probation.
New hires to the MDOC along with previous MDOC employees that are returning after being away from the department for more than two years will complete Non-Custody New Employee Training (NCNET) either 40 hours or 80 hours of initial in-person training based on their level of offender contact and job classification.
All new employees will complete additional online training to successfully complete their non-custody new employee training.
**** REQUIRED INFORMATION: Employment in the state classified service demands a high degree of loyalty and imposes high ethical standards on employees to ensure the integrity of state government and maintain effective services.
All employees must meet these ethical standards and all appointing authorities are obligated to enforce these ethical standards.
As part of this effort all employees are required to report any possible conflict of interest, please review the information and be prepared to respond to questions related to the information in your application.
Ethical Standards and Conduct (Note: you do not need to fill out the form).
This is a drug and alcohol test-designated position.
The Department of Corrections will not hire individuals who convicted of a felony or who have felony charges pending, in accordance with Public Act 140 of the Public Acts of 1996.
View the entire job specification at:
https://www.michigan.gov/mdcs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdcs/JOBSPECS/F/FoodServicesSupervisor.pdf
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