Impactful Cook: Serve Meals, Lead Kitchen, Advance Career

Management & Training Corporation; Chaparral (NM); On-site; USD 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

AD&D

401(k)

Sick leave

Vacation time

Paid holidays

Employee assistance program

Career advancement

Job summary

Management & Training Corporation operates the Otero County Prison in Chaparral, New Mexico. This full-time role supports facility meals, ensuring a safe, sanitary kitchen aligned with menus and production sheets.

You will prepare and cook meals, maintain equipment, manage knives and controlled items, and assist with cleaning. The job also includes coordinating inmate helpers during service and special diets as prescribed by staff doctors.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One year of food service or related experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook quantity of food required according to menu and production sheet.
• Maintain kitchen equipment in orderly workable condition. Ensure work area is safe, clean and sanitary at all times.
• Ensure the count and control of knives and other controlled kitchen tools.Provide an accurate count of all controlled items at the beginning and end of each shift.
• Prepare foods as directed for special facility functions and special diets when prescribed by staff doctor.
• Assist in cleaning kitchen work areas following each meal.
• Coordinate the work of inmates assigned to assist in the cafeteria, which includes long periods of sitting and standing.

Job description

Management & Training Corporation operates the Otero County Prison in Chaparral, New Mexico. This full-time role supports facility meals, ensuring a safe, sanitary kitchen aligned with menus and production sheets.

You will prepare and cook meals, maintain equipment, manage knives and controlled items, and assist with cleaning. The job also includes coordinating inmate helpers during service and special diets as prescribed by staff doctors.