Food Manager I Hourly

Richwood Correctional Center • Monroe, LA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

This position oversees the offender/detainee worker program in a correctional facility kitchen. The role involves creating and implementing orientation forms, training workers on duties including sanitation and hand washing, assigning daily tasks, and supervising their work to ensure efficiency and organization. The Food Manager I Hourly prepares, assists, or instructs offender/detainee labor in food preparation according to departmental standards, recipes, and instructions, while adhering to facility housekeeping and safety practices. Responsibilities also include checking in deliveries for accuracy and proper temperature, stocking food and supplies promptly, compiling weekly kitchen inventories, maintaining computer and physical inventory records, ordering necessary supplies, and adjusting menus if food costs increase. The role coordinates annual menu reviews with a registered dietitian and obtains menu approval, as well as coordinating annual food health inspections.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited senior high school or equivalent or GED.
• Successful completion of training courses and on-the-job training as required by facility training standards.
• Wage-earning experience in correctional, commercial, or institutional food preparation or food service management or eighteen months of correctional custody or law enforcement experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

Nice To Haves

• Correctional or institutional food service experience preferred.
• Correctional custody or law enforcement experience preferred.
• Experience in the supervision of employees or offenders preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversees offender/detainee worker program; creates and implements orientation forms; trains and orientates in their required duties including proper sanitation and hand washing procedures.
• Assigns daily kitchen tasks, supervises the detainees to ensure they are doing the tasks in an organized and timely manner and delivers verbal direction and warnings when needed.
• Prepares, assists, or instructs offender/detainee labor in the preparation of a variety of food items in accordance with departmental work production standards, standardized recipes, and work instructions.
• Follows assigned facility housekeeping and safety practices in all preparation, oversight, and serving of correctional facility meals.
• Checks in deliveries ensuring that the proper items are delivered in a timely manner and that the food comes in at the correct temperatures; stocks the incoming food and supplies in their proper places; stocks all frozen and perishable items immediately upon delivery; stocks all other foods and supplies within an hour of delivery.
• Compiles weekly kitchen inventory; records and maintains information in the computer inventory system; maintains a current physical inventory of all food and supplies that need to be ordered; orders groceries and other kitchen supplies; adjusts menu if needed due to the increased cost of food.
• Coordinates annual review of all menus, including a four- or six-week menu cycle, with a registered dietician; obtain appropriate approval of menus.
• Coordinates annual food health inspection.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED