FOOD CONTROL SPECIALIST - 67011616 - SUNLAND

State of Florida; Marianna (FL); On-site; USD 35,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual and Sick Leave

Nine paid holidays

Health insurance options

Retirement plan options

Flexible Spending Accounts

Tuition waivers

Direct Deposit

Maternity and Parental Leave

Job summary

Agency for Persons with Disabilities in Marianna, FL is seeking a Food Control Specialist to procure, check quality, prepare, and issue food at Sunland Food Service Department.

The role requires basic arithmetic, strong attention to food safety, and the ability to manage inventory and production sheets. You will ensure foods are cooked to proper temperatures, maintain a clean work area, and complete mandatory training as part of a team serving residents and staff.

Qualifications

• Food service experience preferred, but not required.
• Knowledge of basic arithmetic.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetical calculations.
• Ability to prepare various reports related to food procurement and control.
• Ability to review food items for appropriate quality and quantity.
• Ability to conduct inventory checks of food items and order items as needed.
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

Responsibilities

• Cook all foods to proper temperature and chart it on temperature chart.
• Ensure all food is appealing and appetizing.
• Ensure texture and consistencies are correct before issuing to serving line.
• All duties and responsibilities required to prepare food to be served at Sunland.
• Check in all food to ensure proper amount of food has been issued according to production sheet at the beginning of each meal.
• Check and approve quality of product before cooking or preparing.
• Checking in and out knives on chart in supervisor’s office.
• Ensures work area is clean and always sanitized.
• Hair control nets must be worn at all times; hand washing, and gloves used frequently as required on a daily and ongoing basis.
• Make daily inventory checks to make sure you have what you need for the menus following day according to production sheets.
• Anything you need to order must be charted at bottom of menu.
• Chart leftovers at bottom of menu and on left over chart with the amount, date, meal, and time.
• Exhibits a positive work attitude in working with all people, residents, co-workers, management, and community on a daily and ongoing basis.
• This includes completing all assigned staff training deemed mandatory on a daily and ongoing basis.
• Performs Other Related Duties As Required.
• Maintain timesheet, ensuring accuracy and submit timely in accordance with policy and procedure.
• Completes all required training.

Skills

Food service

Arithmetic

Quality control

Inventory management

Communication

Teamwork

Food safety

Job description

Requisition No: 884186

Agency: Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Working Title: FOOD CONTROL SPECIALIST - 67011616 - SUNLAND

Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 67011616

Salary: $34,760.00 - $38,235.86 Annually

Posting Closing Date: 09/29/2026

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Agency For Persons With Disabilities

POSITION: Food Control Specialist - Career Service

POSITION NUMBER: 67011616

OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY

This posting may close before the posted closing date.

CANDIDATE POOL: Future vacancies may be filled from this advertisement for a period of up to six months.

This advertisement is for multiple positions

Benefits

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for eligible employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits, including:

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits.
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com ).
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Tuition waivers.
• And more! For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com .
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave.

The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self-motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics.

This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission.

Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application, and "see resume" will not be considered an acceptable response.

SALARY RANGE

$34,760.00 - $38,235.86 Annually $1,336.92 - $1,470.61 Bi-weekly

The hiring salary may exceed the maximum posted salary.

Position Summary

This is work procuring, checking quality, preparation, and issuing food at Sunland Food Service Department.

The Work You Will Do

Cook all foods to proper temperature and chart it on temperature chart. Ensure all food is appealing and appetizing. Ensure texture and consistencies are correct before issuing to serving line. All duties and responsibilities required to prepare food to be served at Sunland.

Check in all food to ensure proper amount of food has been issued according to production sheet at the beginning of each meal. Check and approve quality of product before cooking or preparing. Checking in and out knives on chart in supervisor’s office.

Ensures work area is clean and always sanitized. Hair control nets must be worn at all times; hand washing, and gloves used frequently as required on a daily and ongoing basis.

Make daily inventory checks to make sure you have what you need for the menus following day according to production sheets. Anything you need to order must be charted at bottom of menu. Chart leftovers at bottom of menu and on left over chart with the amount, date, meal, and time.

Exhibits a positive work attitude in working with all people, residents, co-workers, management, and community on a daily and ongoing basis. This includes completing all assigned staff training deemed mandatory on a daily and ongoing basis.

Performs Other Related Duties As Required.

Maintain timesheet, ensuring accuracy and submit timely in accordance with policy and procedure.

Completes all required training.

Minimum Qualifications

• Food service experience preferred, but not required.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Knowledge of basic arithmetic.
• Knowledge of the principles and techniques of effective communication.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetical calculations.
• Ability to prepare various reports related to food procurement and control.
• Ability to review food items for appropriate quality and quantity.
• Ability to conduct inventory checks of food items and order items as needed.
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

Additional Information

Profile Completion

To qualify for this position, applicants must complete all fields in the Candidate Profile, including their work history with the month and year.

Resumes and other documentation can be attached to provide additional information but will not replace the required completed Candidate Profile.

Retiree Notice

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be suspended or voided, and you will be required to repay all benefits received depending upon your retirement date.

Direct Deposit Program

As a condition of employment, a person appointed to a position in the State Personnel System is required to participate in the Direct Deposit Program. Rather than receiving a paper paycheck, your funds will be deposited directly into your account at your financial institution. This will be accomplished by Electronic Funds Transfer. Banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions are eligible to accept such deposits. Retirement funds are also required to be in the Direct Deposit Program.

Background Screening Requirement

It is the policy of the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities that applicants for employment undergo Level 2 employment screening in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, as a condition of employment or being permitted to serve as a volunteer.

No applicant for a designated position will be employed or permitted to volunteer until the Level 2 screening results are received, reviewed, and approved by the Agency.

Level 2 background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for Statewide criminal and juvenile records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Federal criminal records checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and may include local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies.

Pursuant to S. 110.1127(1), Florida Statutes, this position requires a background investigation, including fingerprinting.

Applicants for employment will also be screened through the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. For additional information, please visit the AHCA Background Screening Clearinghouse .

APD only hires U.S. citizens and those lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. APD participates in the U.S. government’s employment eligibility verification program (E-Verify), which electronically confirms an employee’s eligibility to work in the U.S. after completing the employment eligibility verification form (I‑9).

All applicants should complete the online application process. If you need assistance applying for this position, please call the People First service center at 1-877-562-7287.

Responses to the qualifying questions are required to be considered for this position. Answers to the qualifying questions must be verifiable based on your submitted application.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

Recruiting Contact

Lizzie Holland

Human Resource Specialist/Recruitment Manager

Sunland Human Resources

Division of Administration and Facility Operations

E-mail: [e-mail]

3700 Williams Drive

Marianna, FL. 32446

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.

Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here . All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.