Food Services Supervisor
Davenport University
People & HR, Operations
Carson City, MI, USA
Posted on Mar 10, 2026
Job Description
The position serves as Food Services Shift Supervisor at a male correctional facility with responsibility for directing the work of subordinate staff and prisoner workers during a shift in food service operations. This involves directly overseeing and managing the preparation and serving of three meals daily, including the service of general population meals, religious meals, and therapeutic diets. The Food Services Shift Supervisor oversees subordinate staff and trains prisoner workers in quantity food service preparation and serving of meals in a prison food service setting, while ensuring adherence to policy directives, State-Wide menu, operating procedures, nutritional standards, safe food handling practices, proper sanitation, environmental and fire safety requirements. Through direct supervision of subordinate Cooks and Indirect supervision of a prisoner workforce, the position operates in collaboration with custody staff to ensure the safety and security of a correctional facility.
Required Education and Experience
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Education
Educational level typically acquired through completion of high school.
ExperienceFour years of experience overseeing a variety of quantity cooking and food preparation tasks equivalent to a Cook, including three years equivalent to a Cook E6 or two years equivalent to a Cook 7.
Alternate Education and Experience
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Possession of an associate's degree in dietetics; food services management; hotel, restaurant and institution management; or human nutrition and two years of experience overseeing a variety of quantity cooking and food preparation tasks, including one year equivalent to a Cook E6 may be substituted for the experience requirement.
ORPossession of a bachelor's degree in dietetics; food services management; hotel, restaurant and institution management; or human nutrition and no experience may be substituted for the experience requirement.
Additional Requirements and Information
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The Department of
Corrections may screen out job applicants who have been convicted of a felony
in accordance with Public Act 191 of 2017. Applicants who have been
convicted of a misdemeanor or felony are ineligible for employment with the
Department of Corrections until satisfactory completion of any sentence
imposed, including parole or probation.
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INFORMATION: Employment in the state classified service demands a high
degree of loyalty and imposes high ethical standards on employees to ensure the
integrity of state government and maintain effective services. All employees
must meet these ethical standards, and all appointing authorities are obligated
to enforce these ethical standards. As part of this effort all
employees are required to report any possible conflict of interest, please
review the information and be prepared to respond to questions related to the
information in your application. Ethical Standards and Conduct (Note: you do not need to
fill out the form)
New hires to the MDOC,
along with previous MDOC employees that are returning after being away from the
department for more than two years, will complete Non-Custody New Employee
Training (NCNET) either 40 hours or 80 hours of initial in-person training based
on their level of offender contact and job classification. All new
employees will complete additional online training to successfully complete
their non-custody new employee training.
View the entire job specification at: https://www.michigan.gov/mdcs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdcs/JOBSPECS/F/FoodServicesSupervisor.pdf (Download PDF reader)
Position Description: FSS1PD (Download PDF reader)We will be filling multiple vacancies.
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Accommodations
If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or selection processes, please contact the ADA coordinator (Download PDF reader) for the agency that posted this position vacancy.
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