Food Service Worker

NANA; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Food Service Worker to join their team in Brownsville, TX. This role is essential for ensuring the smooth operation of a large industrial kitchen within a detention center. Responsibilities include meal preparation, serving, and maintaining cleanliness in kitchen areas. The ideal candidate will possess a high school diploma, a valid Texas food handlers permit, and the ability to work well under pressure while adhering to health and safety standards. Join a mission-driven organization where your contributions truly matter and enjoy a supportive work environment with growth opportunities.

Benefits

Comprehensive Benefits

Competitive Pay

Growth Opportunities

Excellent Retirement Options

Qualifications

• Must be a US citizen or have permanent residency.
• Requires a valid Texas food handlers permit.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve meals in a large industrial kitchen.
• Clean kitchen and dining areas as directed.
• Deliver meals to detainees and staff.

Skills

Food Preparation

Meal Presentation

Kitchen Operations

Ability to Follow Instructions

Communication Skills

Dexterity

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Kitchen Equipment

Box Truck

Job description

AIP is looking for a Food Service Worker to work in Brownsville, TX. The Food Service Worker serves as a kitchen worker in a large industrial detention center kitchen performing or assisting with duties under supervision.

Responsibilities

• Preparation and presentation of meals: measuring, mixing, slicing, chopping, etc.
• Using prepared ingredients and following repetitive steps, prepares certain routine menu items, e.g., sandwiches.
• Plating accurately measured portions in accordance with dietician certified menus.
• Delivery and serving meals to detainees in housing units.
• Packs sack lunches and delivers to processing hold rooms and transportation.
• Plates, wraps, and serves staff meals.
• Drives box truck for delivery of meals to housing units.
• Receives food orders, unloads trucks, and stocks food stores for dry, cold, and freezer.
• Either manually or with use of mechanical machines, washes dishes (e.g., plates, bowls, cups, flatware) and food prep items (e.g., pots, pans, trays, baking sheets, serving and cooking utensils).
• Cleaning dining and kitchen areas floors, tables, chairs.
• Cleaning grease traps and hoods.
• Cleaning storage areas.
• Cleans other facility areas as directed by AIP management.
• Other duties as needed.

Qualifications

• US citizen or a person lawfully admitted into the United States for permanent residence and have resided in the U.S. for at least the last five years.
• Possess a high school diploma or equivalent (GED).
• Pass a criminal background and consumer credit check (no criminal record).
• Obtain and maintain a DHS/ICE government clearance.
• Pass all pre-employment and random drug tests.
• Pass a medical examination and meet health requirements.
• At least 18 years of age.
• Possess current/valid Texas food handlers permit.
• Knowledge of day-to-day operation of an industrial kitchen.
• Capability of following and understanding written and verbal orders, policies and regulations.
• Incumbent shall be literate and able to interpret printed rules and regulations, recipes, and detailed instructions.
• Incumbent must exercise good judgment, alertness, an even temperament, and render satisfactory performance through his/her responsibilities.
• Ability to maintain poise and self-control during situations that involve mental stress, such as fires, explosions, disturbances and building evacuations.
• Maintain a professional personal appearance and calm demeanor.
• Possess a high degree of integrity, accountability and ability to adhere to the American Correctional Association and DHS ICE standards.
• Demonstrate an ability to work with a diverse population of people, including people of different cultures, with different values and lifestyles, with a cross-cultural perspective.
• Maintain current/physical residence in the continental United States.
• Must speak, read, and write fluent English.
• Possess ability to read and follow instructions and recipes in English.
• Possesses dexterity and use of motor skills to execute required kitchen tasks.
• Ability to work with a diverse population, speaking numerous languages with and from different cultures and from various countries around the world.

Job ID: 2025-15378
Work Type: On-Site
Company Description:
Work Where it Matters
Akima Infrastructure Protection (AIP), an Akima company, is not just another federal management operations contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.
At AIP, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.
For our shareholders, AIP provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.
For our government customers, AIP delivers the trained personnel, equipment, and processes to safeguard federal assets and provides protective services and detention management operations for critical mission requirements.
As an AIP employee, you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.
We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender or gender-identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability, or have known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us at [e-mail] or 571-353-7053 (information about job applications status is not available at this contact information).