Food Service Manager

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Hiring Agency:

Correctional Services - Agency 46

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:

$24.304

Job Posting:

JR2025-00018566 Food Service Manager - Reception and Treatment Center (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):

08-15-2025

Job Description:

The Reception and Treatment Center is seeking a dependable individual to join our food service team. If you have food service management experience, and are looking for great benefits, become a member of our team.

Information about the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services can be found at: www.corrections.nebraska.gov. For Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodations, please contact Megan Jones at megan.jones@nebraska.gov.

Additional $3/hour facility differential for hours worked.

DUTIES:

• Supervises food preparation in the kitchen and serving procedures in the dining room; responsible for sanitation and safety conditions of work areas.
  
• Orders meats, staples, and other supplies through the central warehouse or supply area; supervises the storage of foods.
  
• Estimates for needs; keeps food purchase and consumption records; supervises periodic inventories.
  
• Plans menus and standardizes recipes for a large number of meals; may plan for special occasion or special diet menus; make sure menus are followed and may give suggestions to workers to improve and expedite work.
  
• Hires and trains staff and inmate workers; maintains personnel records; makes progress and performance reports on subordinate employees.
  

Requirements/Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree from an accredited university with emphasis in Foods and Nutrition, Institutional Management or a related area OR post-high school coursework/training in related area plus four years' experience in food service activities, one of which was in a responsible supervisory or management capacity.

Preferred Qualifications: Experience with managing large-scale food service operation using food service production techniques and sanitation standards. Experience working with medical and religious diets. Experience in maintaining physical and computerized inventories.

Other: Must be able to work weekends and holidays. Duties may include prolonged standing and walking. Transcripts required prior to appointment. Applicants accepting a job offer must pass the following pre-employment exams: medical exam, and at a randomly announced time, pass a drug test. Once at the Staff Training Academy, must successfully complete the fully paid NE Corrections Training Program to include CPR, first aid and self-defense tactics.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.

Equal Opportunity Statement

The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.

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Applicants who need accommodation in the selection process should request this in advance. Requests can be made by contacting the Nebraska State Personnel Office 1526 K Street, Suite 100, Lincoln, NE. (402)471-2075.

These positions are subject to application of Veterans' Preference.