FOOD CONTROL SPECIALIST – 50000145

FOOD CONTROL SPECIALIST – 50000145

Date: Oct 4, 2024

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Requisition No: 838742

Agency: Veterans Affairs

Working Title: FOOD CONTROL SPECIALIST – 50000145

Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 50000145

Salary: $35,092.51 / Annually

Posting Closing Date: 10/25/2024

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FOOD CONTROL SPECIALIST ‎‎(COOK)‎

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ‎VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

Emory L. Bennett State Veterans ‎Nursing Home

Daytona Beach, Volusia County, FL.

Annual Salary: $35,092.51

Paid Bi-weekly

Shifts vary

We are looking for compassionate and dedicated employees that align with our mission to help our residents live their lives to the fullest!

Excellent retirement package and optional deferred compensation plan. Health, vision, dental, disability, and other supplemental insurance are available at reasonable premium rates. Paid vacation and sick leave. Nine (9) paid holidays and one (1) personal day. Tuition waiver available for State Universities and Community Colleges (up to six (6) credits per semester).

Other vacant positions ‎‎(shifts), including OPS ‎‎(Temporary) positions may be filled from this ‎advertisement within six (6) ‎months of the closing date.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:‎

One (1) year of verifiable ‎institutional cooking experience.

Must be willing and able to work ‎weekends and holidays as ‎required.

Basic computer skills.

Must participate in Direct Deposit.‎

Must be willing and able to work overtime.

Successful completion of the due diligence process, to include but not limited to, a Level II Background check and drug screen.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:‎

The incumbent will work under the ‎supervision of the Food Service ‎Director and the Food Production ‎and Services Supervisor in the ‎day-to-day food service operation ‎at the State Veterans Nursing ‎Home and may act as the Food Production ‎and Services Supervisor as needed to ensure that food is ‎stored, prepared, distributed, and ‎served under sanitary condition.‎

Ensure compliance with state ‎and facility safety procedures in ‎the operation of food production ‎and cleaning of equipment.‎

Ensure that clean ‎and sanitary conditions are ‎maintained in all areas of the ‎kitchen food preparation and ‎serving lines; turn on and set ‎temperature on grills, stoves, ‎deep fryer, and broiler.‎

Responsible for ‎operating and maintaining equipment ‎according to FDVA ‎procedures.‎

Responsible for estimating food requirements, for ‎the preparation and cooking of all ‎types of hot and cold food items ‎according to menu and approved ‎recipes. Cut and de-bone ham, ‎poultry, and fish. Slice meats ‎according to menu needs. Utilize ‎leftover meat items.‎

Responsible for placing food items on ‎serving lines and keeping the serving ‎line well stocked.‎

Maintain, check, and ‎control kitchen inventory to ‎determine quantities available and amounts needed for ‎operation. Assist with purchase ‎requests for food, cleaning ‎supplies, utensils, pots and pans, ‎dishes, and paper products in the ‎kitchen. Verify incoming ‎shipments and receipts in the ‎absence of stock person.‎

Attend in-service training classes ‎and performs related duties ‎assigned by supervisor.‎

Perform other related duties as ‎required including special catering ‎events and meal charges.‎

This position is in the Career Service ‎system.‎

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clickinghere (http://www.dms.myflorida.com/content/download/97612/566545) . All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.

Location:

DAYTONA BEACH, FL, US, 32117

Nearest Major Market:Daytona Beach