Food Production Lead - Cook Coordinator at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Moose Lake
Job Summary
Here’s your chance to work as a food service professional without the late nights and heavy lifting. You can help transform lives and make a difference with your food service skills. Join the Department of Corrections (DOC) as a Cook Coordinator where you will provide direction to incarcerated individuals in the preparation, presentation, and serving of daily meals. You’ll also make sure nutrition and health code standards are met. Click hereto learn more!
This position has direct contact with incarcerated individuals working alongside them in an industrial kitchen setting.
This posting will be used to fill multiple vacancies.
- Start a career with excellent benefits and opportunity for advancement!
- Work dependable hours with a schedule that doesn't fluctuate!
- Retire early at the age of 55 after 10yrs of services!
- Receive a pension when you retire!
Minimum Qualifications
Applicants must be at least 18 years old and able to pass a criminal history check. For your success, you must be able to read, write, and communicate verbally in English and be able to stand, walk, bend, carry, push, and handle items the majority of shift.
To be qualified for and considered for this position, applicants must meet one (1) of the minimum qualifications listed below. Ensure that your resume contains descriptions of your work experiences sufficient for comparison against the requirements stated below and indicate the beginning and ending month and year for each job held.
- Nine months of full-time food production experience in a high-volume cafeteria, school, hospital, fast food, restaurant, catering, etc., or
- Six months of full-time experience performing cooking and food preparation in a correctional or secured environment, or
- Completion of a full-time vocational/technical school program in commercial cooking or commercial food preparation.
Required Training
Applicants who do not possess a ServSafe Food Manager Certification (or equivalent) at the time of appointment must obtain certification as a requirement to successfully pass the required probation.
Preferred Qualifications
The following qualifications are strongly desired of applicants seeking consideration for this position:
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Valid Driver’s License
- Experience working in a correctional or secured environment.
- Experience directing the work of others sufficient to direct incarcerated workers.
- Experience directing the work of others in a large food service setting.
- Two or more years of work experience in a large restaurant, cafeteria, school, hospital, or equivalent experience in large volume cooking and food preparation.
- Knowledge of food values, nutrition, and therapeutic diets
- Bilingual in a Spanish, Asian, or African dialect
Required Certification:
ServSafe certification: All Cook Coordinator employees must be certified in food safety practices. Applicants who do not currently possess the ServSafe Food Manager Certification (or equivalent) must obtain certification through our in-house training program to successfully pass probation in the position.
How to Apply
1. Apply Online: www.mn.gov/careers
2. Click Search open positions
3. Review the job posting by entering Job ID 73305 in the Search Jobs field
4. Click the green Apply for Job button in the top right corner
5. Sign in the State of Minnesota Careers site - don't have an account, Click Register Now
6. Complete the application/upload your resume
7. Click Submit
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $44,098.00 - $60,802.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Experience level:
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Work Location: In person