Food Service Supervisor

About the role

Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado. Hiring Pay Rate: Salary plus any earned shift differential and/or overtime. (Swing shift differential- 7.5%, Graveyard shift differential- 14%, Weekend shift differential - 20%). This Correctional Support Trades Supervisor I (CSTS I) is a Food Service (FS) Supervisor in a Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) prison facility. Position oversees the production of meal services for an inmate population which could range from 600 to 7500 meals daily.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the safety and security of the public, facility staff and inmates
• Ensuring efficient meal service to include medical and/or religious diets during assigned shift
• Supervising inmate work crews in daily kitchen operations
• Ensuring sanitation and compliance with all applicable regulations, standards and guidelines
• Ensuring appropriate use of resources and inventory
• Preparing inmates for community re-entry by promoting the Colorado Department of Corrections Mission and Vision while adhering to a high level of integrity and commitment
• Maintaining safety and security by training and guiding staff and inmates in key, tool and chemical control; performing inmate counts, shakedowns, searches, escorts, movement control, inmate access to kitchen and the proper application of restraints and force
• Following prescribed menus and recipes, instructing inmate workers in the proper methods and procedures to execute efficient meal service within limited time constraints; monitoring progress and ensuring accurate production and completion of post production tasks
• Tracking usage and keeping appropriate inventory, ordering products, overseeing expenses and waste in order to maintain efficient and effective use of resources
• Providing supervision of assigned inmate workers; promoting a high level of performance by setting the work standard according to agency mission, vision and values
• Participating in the hiring of inmates, training and instructing inmates in the science of baking, cooking techniques, sanitation and proper use of tools and equipment
• Creating schedules, assigning work and conducting job evaluations; monitoring hours, posting wages and updating records
• Exemplifying a professional workforce that embodies honesty, integrity and ethical behavior
• Providing real life, meaningful work experience to prepare inmates for community re-entry
• Ensuring a sanitary, healthy workplace by following standard food handling guidelines during preparation, service and storage
• Ensuring all food service workers follow proper production procedures and hygiene rules
• Ensuring all food service equipment is kept in working order and that kitchen is kept clean and sanitized

Qualifications

• High School diploma or General Education Development (GED) certificate
• Four (4) years of professional employment experience in food preparation, handling, or cooking. Please be specific in your application regarding the duties you performed in these areas
• Two (2) years of professional employment experience participating in food preparation, handling and/or cooking may be combined with *correctional experience for a total of at least four (4) years. *Correctional experience must be security related duties where primary responsibilities throughout a shift, include monitoring and controlling inmate movement throughout their daily schedules, discovering and preventing contraband and responding to emergencies; ensuring proper key/tool/chemical/equipment control, use, storage and accountability; advising inmates in matters concerning work, programs, appropriate behavior and decision making in order to prepare them for successful community re-entry
• Two (2) years employment experience in the **hospitality industry, for a total of at least four (4) years.** Hospitality Industry is defined as: Fields within the service industry such as food and beverage, lodging and travel/tourism
• Coursework at an accredited institution related to the position (such as culinary arts, hospitality, dietetic/nutrition) may substitute for experience on a year for year basis. Please attach transcripts if you are using any of these substitutions. Transcripts must include the name of institution, your student ID #, a list of the courses completed, the degree earned and the date awarded
• Criminal Justice coursework can substitute for the correctional experience only