CDOC Food Service Supervisor CSTS I (sterling)

CDOC Food Service Supervisor CSTS I (Sterling)

Salary: $5,031.00 - $7,043.00 Monthly

Location: Sterling, CO

Job Type: Full Time

Job Number: SCF CSTS I Food 12.2025

Department: Department of Corrections

Division: Prison Operations

Opening Date: 12/03/2025

Closing Date: 12/19/2025 4:00 PM Mountain

FLSA: Determined by Position

Primary Physical Work Address: 12101 Co Rd 61, Sterling, CO 80751, USA

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt; position is eligible for overtime compensation.

Department Contact Information: Kayla Salazar at kayla.salazar@state.co.us or at 719-723-3433

Type of Announcement: The primary duties of this position are located within 30 miles of the state border; therefore, this position is exempt from the residency requirements. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.

How To Apply: Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

Description of Job: This Correctional Support Trades Supervisor I (CSTS I) is a Food Service (FS) Supervisor in a Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) prison facility. Position oversees the production of meal services for an inmate population which could range from 600 to 7500 meals daily. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: ensuring the safety and security of the public, facility staff and inmates; ensuring efficient meal service to include medical and/or religious diets during assigned shift and supervising inmate work crews in daily kitchen operations; ensuring sanitation and compliance with all applicable regulations, standards and guidelines and ensuring appropriate use of resources and inventory. The FS Supervisor prepares inmates for community re-entry by promoting the Colorado Department of Corrections Mission and Vision while adhering to a high level of integrity and commitment.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Minimum Qualifications

Ensure that the 'Work Experience' section of the application is complete and contains all relevant work experience related to the position that you are applying for. This information will be used to help determine compensation for the position. 'See resume' statements cannot be accepted in lieu of the 'work experience' section of the application. Additional work experience will not be accepted after the job announcement close date for compensation purposes.

Education:

High School diploma or General Education Diploma (GED)

Experience:

Four (4) years of professional employment experience participating in food preparation, handling and/or cooking. (Please be specific on your application regarding your job duties that were related to food preparation, handling and/or cooking.)

OR:

Applicant may meet the four (4) year requirement with a combination of work experience as follows:

A minimum of two (2) years of professional employment experience participating in food preparation, handling and/or cooking may be combined with correctional experience for a total of at least four (4) years.

Correctional experience must be security related duties where primary responsibilities throughout a shift, include monitoring and controlling inmate movement throughout their daily schedules, discovering and preventing contraband and responding to emergencies; ensuring proper key/tool/chemical/equipment control, use, storage and accountability; advising inmates in matters concerning work, programs, appropriate behavior and decision making in order to prepare them for successful community re-entry.

OR:

Applicant may meet the four (4) year requirement with a combination of work experience as follows:

A minimum of two (2) years of professional employment experience participating in food preparation, handling and/or cooking may be combined with two (2) years employment experience in the hospitality industry, for a total of at least four (4) years.

Hospitality Industry is defined as: Fields within the service industry such as food and beverage, lodging and travel/tourism.

Substitutions: Coursework at an accredited institution related to the position (such as culinary arts, hospitality, dietetic/nutrition) may substitute for experience on a year for year basis. Please attach transcripts if you are using any of these substitutions. Transcripts must include the name of institution, your student ID #, a list of the courses completed, the degree earned and the date awarded. Coursework in Criminal Justice can substitute for the correctional experience only.

Employment history is calculated on a full-time basis (40 hours per week). Part-time employment is calculated on a pro-rated basis to determine qualifications. Please be sure your application specifically addresses your qualifications, experience, work products, and accomplishments as they relate to the position and minimum requirements.

Required Competencies for Success in this Position:

Ability to read and comprehend the English language;

Ability to effectively communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing;

Strong work ethic, integrity and dependability.

Strong communication, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills and the ability to motivate co-workers/inmates to work cooperatively.

Knowledge of and ability to maintain sanitation/hygiene standards and use equipment and tools safely and skillfully.

Ability to effectively supervise inmates and prepare them for successful community re-entry.

Strong desire to work cohesively as a team.

Ability to troubleshoot and ensure timely meal service in a high stress, volume oriented and security driven environment, with firm deadlines and mandatory reporting/logging guidelines.

Strong desire to ensure organization in the kitchen and the timely and systematic completion of prep, post-production and sanitation tasks.

Willingness and ability to maintain a safe and secure work environment and respond to emergency situations.

Ability to pay special attention to details and determination to use state resources efficiently.

Ability to perform intermediate keyboarding skills, manipulate electronic computerized programs and communicate via computer based email;

Self-control, a strong sense of ability to work in stressful, potentially violent situations;

Ability to remain alert, emotionally stable, and mentally resilient under pressure and observant throughout their shift;

Tolerance to stress, confinement, and high-stakes interaction.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience within a Colorado State Agency, providing a service or support to a hard-to-serve needs population;

Experience providing Supervisory/Work Lead duties in a Correctional, Military or Law Enforcement kitchen;

Experience providing Supervisory/Work Lead duties outside of a Correctional, Military or Law Enforcement kitchen;

Working in a commercial or institutional setting, utilizing raw ingredients, following prescribed large scale recipes to create meals from scratch;

Working as a baker in a high volume, batch production bakery, following prescribed large scale recipes, monitoring production schedules and maintaining inventory and supply orders;

Knowledge of converting food measurements to satisfy smaller or larger recipes;

Working as a General Manager, Manager, Assistant Manager, Shift Leader or Team Leader for a national restaurant chain; employment must have included participation in a company endorsed, formal training program for the food production side (back of house) of operations;

Experience in Corrections, outside of a correctional kitchen, performing security related duties while monitoring and controlling offender's movement throughout their daily schedules (such as Correctional Officer);

Experience creating medical and/or religious meals;

Culinary or Hospitality Degree from an accredited, non-correspondence college or vocational school;

Serve Safe or other Food Protection Manager Certification.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The Assessment Process: Your application will be reviewed to determine if you meet the minimum Qualifications (MQ's). Applicants that meet MQ's will be included in the Comparative Analysis process. Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted through a comparative analysis which may include, but is not limited to, a suitability screening, eSkills Assessment, oral assessment, written performance assessment or it may include a review of your application material and your responses to any supplemental questions by a Subject Matter Expert (SME)