Food Service Supervisor/Program Specialist I

The Utah Department of Corrections is looking for experienced professional supervisors in the culinary arts and foodservice industry. If you are a highly motivated career minded supervisor and enjoy collaborating to improve the lives of others, please consider joining our team as a Food Service Supervisor (Program Specialist I) in the Division of Prison Operations at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City. This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to supervise, mentor, teach and train well behaved criminal offenders in culinary arts at a large professional culinary food service operation. An important role of the Food Service Supervisor is helping offenders achieve goals to improve their lives by teaching them the culinary and workplace skills necessary to help them lead productive and successful lives. This job is NOT public safety certified and does not require peace officer status or certification. Principal Duties With assistance from correctional officers who handle all security duties, the Food Service Supervisor teaches,trains, mentors and supervises medium security/general population criminal offenders at a large prisonprofessional kitchen and food service operation. The Food Service Supervisor can perform, teach, train and monitor all kitchen operations and production activities. This includes the responsibility to ensure operations follow food safety regulations, laws, requirements and practices. Adherence to all established correctional food service standards is required. Strick adherence to safety and security guidelines, policies and practices while working in and around acorrectional institution environment is required. Other duties as assigned.