Food Service Worker

Akima; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Competitive pay

Job summary

Akima Infrastructure Protection (AIP) is seeking a Food Service Worker to join our Brownsville, TX team in an industrial detention facility kitchen. You will prepare meals, plate portions, and assist with daily kitchen operations under supervision.

The role requires fluent English, ability to read recipes, and strong teamwork in a demanding environment. Experience in food service and Texas food handler certification are preferred; background checks and security clearances apply.

Qualifications

• Must speak, read, and write fluent English.
• Ability to read and follow instructions and recipes in English.
• Dexterity and motor skills for kitchen tasks.
• Ability to work with a diverse population from different cultures.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and present meals, measure and mix ingredients.
• Deliver and serve meals to detainees and staff.
• Wash dishes and clean kitchen and dining areas.
• Stock supplies and assist with food orders and deliveries.

Skills

Fluent English

Instruction following

Dexterity

Cultural sensitivity

Education

High school diploma or GED

Texas Food Handlers Permit

CPR/First Aid certification

Job description

AIP is looking for a Food Service Worker to work in Brownsville, TX. To join our team of outstanding professionals, apply today!

Responsibilities

• Serves as a kitchen worker in a large industrial detention center kitchen performing or assisting with the following duties under supervision:
  • 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 deliver 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

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• 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

Core Competencies

• Commitment to Excellence - Identifies what needs to be accomplished and takes action to achieve a standard of excellence beyond job expectations
• Corporate Values - Understands, embraces, and integrates AKIMA corporate values into everyday duties and responsibilities
• Customer Service - Identifies and responds to current and future needs by providing excellent service to internal and external customers
• Safety and Security - Promotes a safe work environment for co-workers and customers
• Teamwork - Resourceful team player that builds, strengthens, and maintains collaborative relationships with others inside or outside the organization

Qualifications

• Minimum one-year experience as a Food Service Worker or related position in a commercial or industrial kitchen
• A high school diploma or GED is required
• Possess a State of Texas Food Handlers Permit
• Ability to become First Aid, CPR and AED certified with initial training and maintain certification

Required 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

Working Environment

• The majority of the work is performed in an indoor industrial kitchen in a detention facility often working side by side with detainee workers.

Essential Job Functions and Physical Demands

• The position is required to work most hours in an indoor detention facility environment, standing and walking most of the time, while maintaining a degree of physical fitness to respond quickly to changes in work demands, emerging situations and emergencies. The position is frequently required to work in extreme weather conditions to accomplish food service delivery outdoors including cold, heat, heavy rain, and winds. At a minimum, the Food Service Worker must be able to perform the following physical activities with or without a reasonable accommodation.:
  • Stand for 4 or more hours between breaks
  • Walk, talk, hear, taste, smell, and feel
  • Use fine motor skills (ability to make movements using the small muscles in hands and wrists)
  • Use manual dexterity in food preparation
  • Use close vision, distance vision, and color vision
  • Reach with hands and arms
  • Work safely on uneven and/or slippery surfaces
  • Occasionally climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
  • Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds; frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds; and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
  • Provide CPR and first aid to others

Reasonable Accommodation:

• It is our business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

A review of this position has excluded marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills or abilities.

This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.

The duties and responsibilities listed in this job description generally cover the nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. This is not intended to be a complete list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Subject to the terms of an applicable collective bargaining agreement, the company management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as may be necessary.

Job ID

2026-26317

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.