Cook Supervisor (Cook Foreman)

Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 53,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System is seeking a corrections professional to supervise 25-30 inmate workers across cooks, bakers, and dining roles, ensuring sanitation and proper presentation of food items. You will train inmates, oversee receiving, storing, and issuing materials, and enforce security measures throughout the work area.

The role emphasizes security-focused duties including key control, contraband searches, and overall institutional safety compliance in a correctional setting.

Qualifications

• Supervise 25-30 inmate workers in food production roles and sanitation.
• Oversee security operations including key, knife/blade and contraband controls.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision and instruction to inmate workers in cooks, butchers, bakers, dining and dish workers, and related roles.
• Train inmate workers on production, presentation, and sanitation of food items; oversee receiving, storing, and issuing food and non-food items.
• Conduct security-related tasks such as key control and contraband searches; uphold institutional security.

Job description

• Hiring Agency: Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

Key Responsibilities

Primary responsibility is to provide supervision and instruction to 25-30 inmate workers who are assigned the duties of cooks, butchers, bakers, dining and dish workers, vegetable preparation workers, and pot and pan washers. Provides continual training to the inmate workers in order to update their knowledge in all phases of production, presentation, and sanitation of food items. Oversees the receiving, storing, and issue of all food and non-food items.

Responsible for security operations such as key control, yeast control, knife and blade control, inmate accountability and conducts routine contraband searches throughout the work area. Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System, Department of Justice.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $38.36 – $44.76/hr.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Other security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-17.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.