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Food Services Supervisor 9

Michigan Economic Developers Association

Michigan Economic Developers Association

People & HR, Operations
New Haven, MI, USA
Posted on Mar 14, 2026

Job Description

The position serves as Food Services Shift Supervisor at a correctional facility with responsibility for directing the work of subordinate staff and prisoner workers during a shift in food service operations. This involves directly overseeing and managing the preparation and serving of three meals daily, including the service of general population meals, religious meals, and therapeutic diets. The Food Services Shift Supervisor oversees subordinate staff and trains prisoner workers in quantity food service preparation and serving of meals in a prison food service setting, while ensuring adherence to policy directives, State-Wide menu, operating procedures, nutritional standards, safe food handling practices, proper sanitation, environmental and fire safety requirements. Through direct supervision of subordinate Cooks and indirect supervision of a prisoner workforce, the position operates in collaboration with custody staff to ensure the safety and security of a correctional facility.

Position Description (Download PDF reader)

Required Education and Experience

Education

Educational level typically acquired through completion of high school.


Experience

Four years of experience overseeing a variety of quantity cooking and food preparation tasks equivalent to a Cook, including three years equivalent to a Cook E6 or two years equivalent to a Cook 7.

Alternate Education and Experience

Possession of an associate's degree in dietetics; food services management; hotel, restaurant and institution management; or human nutrition and two years of experience overseeing a variety of quantity cooking and food preparation tasks, including one year equivalent to a Cook E6 may be substituted for the experience requirement.

OR

Possession of a bachelor's degree in dietetics; food services management; hotel, restaurant and institution management; or human nutrition and no experience may be substituted for the experience requirement.

Additional Requirements and Information

The Department of Corrections will not hire individuals who convicted of a felony or who have felony charges pending, in accordance with Public Act 140 of the Public Acts of 1996.

View the entire job specification at:

https://www.michigan.gov/mdcs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdcs/JOBSPECS/F/FoodServicesSupervisor.pdf (Download PDF reader)


YOUR APPLICATION FOR ANY POSITION DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE CONTACTED BY THE DEPARTMENT/AGENCY FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
Applicants that proceed to the interview process will be notified exclusively via email. Please ensure the email address you provide is valid, and is frequently accessed
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ONLY THOSE APPLICANTS INTERVIEWED WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE RESULTS.

Applicants who fail to provide the information requested in this posting may be removed from consideration.

Applications will be screened on information provided on the application itself. Please include your resume and cover letter for additional consideration, but it will not be accepted as a substitution for a completed application.

During the online application process any additional documentation that is required must be attached from your master profile to the individual application.


The Department of Correction may screen out individuals who have been convicted of a felony in accordance with Public Act 191 of 2017.

An applicant who has been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony shall not be eligible for employment until one year after satisfactory completion of any sentence imposed, including parole or probation. However, an applicant with a conviction for a violation of the controlled substance act or criminal sexual conduct in any jurisdiction, including the military, will be ineligible for consideration for employment by the Department of Corrections.


Please attach your cover letter, resume and. if applicable, your OFFICIAL transcript to your application.

Employment in the state classified service demands a high degree of loyalty and imposes high ethical standards on employees to ensure the integrity of state government and maintain effective services. All employees must meet these ethical standards and all appointing authorities are obligated to enforce these ethical standards.

As part of this effort all employees are required to report any possible conflict of interest, please review the information and be prepared to complete the form, you may complete the form now and bring it OR fill it out at interview if selected.
CS-1783 form (Download PDF reader) (Download PDF reader)


New hires to the MDOC along with previous MDOC employees that are returning after being away from the department for more than two years will complete Non-Custody New Employee Training (NCNET) either 40 hours or 80 hours of initial in-person training based on their level of offender contact and job classification. All new employees will complete additional online training to successfully complete their non-custody new employee training.

Accommodations
If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or selection processes, please contact the ADA coordinator (Download PDF reader) for the agency that posted this position vacancy.