AC Cook

AC Cook | AHCC

Full Time | Non-Permanent

Location:
Airway Heights Corrections Center | Airway Heights, WA

Salary Range: $5,425 - $7,298 Monthly

This position is represented by the Teamsters 117 bargaining unit.

The Washington State Department of Corrections Airway Heights Corrections Center is seeking dedicated cooks to join their team as a non-permanent AC Cook! The goal of this position is to improve public safety by providing oversight for the vocational training, direction, and supervision of an incarcerated individual work crew.

The candidate of choice will provide incarcerated individuals needed vocational and job skills training to become better prepared and equipped to find meaningful and productive employment upon their transition back into the community. Under the supervision of an AC Cook, incarcerated individuals attain job skills and training in the preparation, cooking, serving, and storage of food, receiving and unloading trucks, and receiving instruction in the appropriate use of equipment.

A completed application packet will include:

• A detailed resume
• Three professional references

Important:
Failure to attach all required documents will result in an incomplete and considered withdrawal from the recruitment process.

We are looking for teammates who share our vision of public service, committed to an equitable and inclusive culture that fosters and inspires excellence, while promoting innovation, engagement, and safety, leading to better outcomes for our incarcerated population, our agency, and our community.

• Participating in the preparation and service of all food on a shift which could include:
  • Performing mathematical calculations, to figure out the right amount of food to serve
  • Ensure adherence to appropriate portion control so you don’t run out of food. Each item has a portion size
  • Checking food temperatures during and after preparation and make sure the food is held to temperature on the serving line
  • Following basic safety practices to preclude hazards and accidents such as slipping on wet floors or where food has been spilled, possible cuts from knives, and being burned from steam, hot foods, stove, hot grease, and water
  • Maintaining and tracking all tools controls from four cages within the kitchen
• Supervise and instruct incarcerated individuals in general cooking, baking, meat cutting, and food preparation and service which could look like:
  • Supervising, training and instructing incarcerated individuals in general food services practices including receipt of goods, storage of goods, preparation, cooking, and serving of food
  • Supervising and training offenders in preparing special diets (medical or religious) and preparing and setting up satellite trays or carts and serving lines
  • Serving meals including segregation trays, service of mainline, preparation and distribution of sack lunches, and lock down meals
  • Supervising, coaching, instructing training and providing constructive feedback to incarcerated individuals in the safe handling, operation, care, use, and cleaning of kitchen equipment such as mixers, slicers, grills, steam kettles
  • In accordance with policy, training incarcerated individuals in the preparation and serving of food, hygiene, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), use and care of equipment, and safety hazards (HAZMAT)
• Performing inventory and reporting tasks
• Supervising and monitoring incarcerated individuals
• Ensuring areas remain locked at all times

• High School diploma or equivalent

AND

• Successful completion of a culinary arts program at an accredited community college or vocation technical school

OR

• High School diploma or equivalent

AND

• Two years of experience as a cook in a…