Food Service Crew Member - Jail Kitchen

Wood County Sheriff's Office • Bowling Green, OH

16d • $21 - $21 • Onsite

About The Position

The Food Service Crew Member prepares balanced, nutritious meals for inmates and staff at the Wood County Jail and outside facilities, following legally mandated standard operating procedures and menus approved by a registered dietician. The role includes instructing, supervising, and disciplining inmate workers and maintaining a sanitary food service environment with their assistance.

The position prepares inmate meals and trays based on population counts and prepares staff trays and chef salads based on submitted meal tickets. It also prepares special-diet meals according to the registered dietician’s plan, modifies recipes as needed, receives and stores food orders, rotates stock, and reports kitchen-operation problems to the food service coordinator. The employee must complete a Food Serve Safe Food Course upon employment.

Work takes place indoors in a confined area. Conditions may include wet floors, hazards such as burns, slips, falls, and chemicals, extreme cold and changing temperatures, humidity, distracting noise, vibration, and risk of physical attack or injury. Work in excess of 40 hours per week may be required. Physical demands include standing, walking, bending, twisting, reaching, crouching, stooping, kneeling, balancing, and lifting or carrying items weighing 10–50 pounds, along with substantial writing and manual dexterity.

Requirements

• At least 18 years old.
• U.S. citizen or lawfully authorized to work in the United States.
• Valid State of Ohio ID.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• No felony convictions, including expunged records.
• No OMVI, DUS, or reckless-operation arrests within the last three years.
• No misdemeanor drug convictions within the last five years and no felony drug convictions.
• Ability to read and speak English; vision correctable to 20/20.
• Ability to complete the Food Serve Safe Food Course upon employment.
• Ability to understand and follow directions.
• Ability to read, write, and perform arithmetic including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Ability to work independently and cooperatively with other staff.
• Vocational or business skills such as using measuring instruments.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of a related vocational field, such as cooking.
• Experience in quantity food production.
• Comparable education and work experience providing relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Instruct, supervise, and discipline inmate workers.
• Prepare balanced meals for inmates and staff in accordance with standard operating procedures and dietician-approved menus.
• Modify recipes to suit the food service operation.
• Prepare inmate trays according to housing-unit, booking-area, and outside-facility counts.
• Prepare staff trays and chef salads according to submitted meal tickets.
• Maintain a sanitary food service area with assistance from supervised inmate workers.
• Follow food service area standard operating procedures.
• Receive food supplier and government commodity orders and sign invoices.
• Rotate stock and place food orders in appropriate storage areas with inmate workers’ assistance.
• Instruct inmates in proper sanitation of dishes and food service equipment.
• Prepare special-diet meals according to the registered dietician’s meal plan.
• Inform the food service coordinator of problems with kitchen operations.
• Perform other related tasks as required.

Benefits

• Starting pay of $20.80 per hour.
• Low-cost health, prescription, dental, and vision coverage.
• Participation in the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS), with employee contributions at 10% and employer contributions at 12%.
• Sick leave accrual, vacation accrual, and comp time.
• 12 paid holidays annually.
• Uniforms provided by the employer.

What This Job Offers

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