Food Service Manager - Industries Manager 3

Description

 Food Service Manager - Industries Manager 3  Airway Heights Corrections Center Airway Heights, WA 
This position is exempt from Washington State Civil Service Laws.  
This recruitment will remain open until filled with the first review of applicants on June 24, 2022, we encourage applicants to apply early. The hiring authority reserves the right to make a hiring decision any time after the initial review date.
  Correctional Industries (CI)  within the Department of Corrections (DOC), is seeking a highly motivated and qualified individual for a Food Service Manager - Industries Manager 3   position. This position is located at Airway Heights Correctional Center in Airway Heights, WA.

In order to be considered for this position, please apply directly at  www.careers.wa.gov to this announcement and attach the following items to your application:

• A current resume (Indicating your related experience);
• A Letter of Interest (Preferably no more than two pages) describing how you meet the qualifications and why you are an ideal candidate for this position;
• Three professional references.

We are looking for evidence in your application materials that you have the experience, skills, and abilities indicated in this job posting. Qualified applicants whose responses most closely match the requirements of this position may be invited to interview. Carefully review your application before submitting. All information may be verified and documentation may be required.

Correctional Industries (CI) is a unique blend of business and government, using private industry tools and techniques to provide a public service. Operations within the state correctional facilities are supported by sales to state agencies, county and local governments, and not-for-profit organizations.

AGENCY PROFILE :
For information about the Correctional Industries, please visit the  Washington CI   webpage.

Our mission at the Department of Corrections is to 'improve public safety by positively changing lives'. With more than 8,000 employees, we recognize that staff are our greatest asset, and the efforts of our dedicated workforce have garnered national recognition! Whether the work is inside a prison, out in the field, or an administrative office, DOC staff experience a high degree of personal reward knowing their efforts are creating an environment in which incarcerated individuals can learn to make choices that contribute to safer communities.

DOC OFFERS:

• Flexible schedules
• Comprehensive compensation packages
• Training and development opportunities
• The fulfillment of public service

Duties

Correctional Industries is committed to maintain and expand incarcerated individual training programs which develop marketable job skills, instill and promote positive work ethics, and reduce the tax burden of corrections.  

This position supports that objective as the Facility Food Service Manager. This position has facility responsibility to blend Food Service operations with key stakeholders, including the prison facility, and incarcerated individuals.   This position is to implement effective incarcerated individual training preparing them for their release and providing the best possible food operation to the facility.

Accountability - Scope of Control and Influence
In conjunction with the Assistant Food Service Administrator, the Facility Food Service Manager is responsible for general day to day management issues at the facility including:

• Planning, raw material procurement, inventory control, quality, safety and security, and staff management and development.
• Development of operating budget and effectively manages financial controls on a monthly basis.  Achieves gross profit and contribution margin forecasts by controlling expenses at the facility. 
• Acts as liaison with the facility addressing any food service related issues.
• Manages and develops a diverse staff, holding them accountable to performing their jobs on a daily basis.   
•  Provides opportunities for professional growth, as well as development of a supportive team environment.

The Facility Food Service Manager is accountable to deliver consistency at the facility to meet or exceed the CI's promise and values to DOC. The Facility Food Service Manager ensures production has the necessary equipment and raw materials to meet the customer demand.

Financial Dimensions
In conjunction with the Assistant Food Service Administrator, the Food Service Manager is responsible for developing the operating budget at the facility. Facility Food Service Manager is accountable for the facility food service budget to include:
Raw materials, finished goods, staffing, and controllable expenses to meet customer demand.  Approximate annual budget $5.5M.

Other financial influences/impacts

• Achieve gross profit and contribution margin forecasts by controlling expenses at the facility.
• Have the ability to work in conjunction with facility administrators in regards to facility equipment needs to support food service operations.  
• Works to minimize waste created by dynamic meal attendance numbers due to incarcerated movements, Individual meal choices and programming, theft, poor food storage practices (FIFO), improper portioning, etc.

Decision Making and Policy Impact
The Facility Food Service Manager has the authority for planning, monitoring, and altering production needs for demand of products or services at the facility, as well as oversight of the daily operations and procedures. Decisions are both tactical and strategic by nature based on facility need and customer demand.

• Provides input for the overall management of CI Food Service operations. 
• Provides input and suggestions to the Food Service Administrators on policy, as well provides expertise to the religious and medical diet policies.
• Provides food service expertise to staff and incarcerated individuals for purchasing and Department of Health protocols to ensure operations meet targets and goals of Food Operations Group at the facility.
• The Facility Food Service Manager makes decisions based on facility constraints and manufacturing needs while working with Assistant Food Service Administrator and facility liaison to meet service need and production. 

Qualifications

Required:

• Working knowledge of accounting principles, inventory control, shipping/receiving and warehousing
• Minimum of 4 years management experience which include supervising paid employees in progressively responsible position
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Ability to work with diverse stakeholders and bring resolution to orders and issues
• Excellent communication skills
• Regular and predictable attendance 

Desired:

• Knowledge and experience utilizing LEAN principles to meet budgets and customer needs.
• 2 years institutional food service experience
  
  

Special requirements or conditions of employment beyond the qualifications above.

• This position is exempt from Washington's civil service rules.  Exempt employment is considered "at will," and there are no contractual employment rights.  Exempt employees serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Complete a felony disclosure form prior to employment and submit to a criminal background check.
• Successfully complete, within mandated timeframes, employee orientation and all other mandatory annual, in-service, and other required training.
• Provide physical residential address and home telephone number to the Department of Corrections.
• Become familiar and comply with all Department policies and procedures and Collective Bargaining Agreements as applicable.
• Valid driver's license.
• Must pass criminal justice background check
• Required to complete CORE training for effective interaction with incarcerated individuals if not previously completed

Supplemental Information

Vision:  Working together for safer communities.
Mission:  Improving public safety by positively changing lives.
Our Commitment:  To operate a safe and humane corrections system and partner with others to transform lives for a better Washington.
 
DOC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, honorably discharged veteran, veteran status, genetic information, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability.
 
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