Corrections Kitchen Supervisor - Lead Inmate Cooks

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

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.