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Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Are you looking for a career you can feel good about? We hire only those that strive to do their best. By joining our family, you'll receive the honor and recognition that comes with working for the industry's global leader in evidenced based rehabilitation.

Who We Are:

GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.

Why Work for GEO:

• We believe that work is more than a place you go to every day. It is about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things.
• Employee benefits play an important role in making The GEO Group a great place to work. At GEO, we believe in the three pillars of employee wellbeing: physical, emotional, and financial. With comprehensive benefits and competitive wages, we trust that you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.

Responsibilities

Your Main Responsibilities:

Working with our Food Service Manager, you will prepare large quantities of meats, fish, gravies, cereals, soups, and vegetables. What we expect from you:

• Prepare food according to the menu plan.
• Manage inventory (place and receive orders for food and supplies).
• Ensure food quality and schedule preparations.
• Guide and train employees.
• Maintain high standards of sanitation and safety.
• Train inmate/detainee food service workers and inspect their work.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent certification required.
• College credits or relevant technical training courses in food service preparation and cooking preferred. Prior cooking and correctional food service training preferred.
• Minimum two (2) years prior experience in successfully managing and/or quantity food production experience in commercial, military, or institutional setting or an equivalent combination of work experience and training required.
• Must be able to communicate to all personnel the minimum production/service requirements of the job.

Physical Requirements:

• Continuously : Lift or carry up to 10 lbs.; stand.
• Frequently : Lift or carry up to 20 lbs. and push/pull up to 40 lbs.; bend, stoop, reach above shoulder level, walk, and work with machinery and/or in extreme temperatures.
• Occasionally : Lift or carry and push/pull up to 60 lbs. (sometimes more); climb and sit.

GEO Reentry Services LLC.