Quick overview
Job description
The Food Service Director at South Dakota Woman's Prison oversees daily food production in a secure correctional facility, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant meal service for the incarcerated population. This role manages large‑scale kitchen operations, supervises staff and incarcerated workers, maintains strict food safety and security standards, and controls inventory and costs. The manager ensures menus meet nutritional requirements and that all food service activities follow facility, state, and federal regulations.
Lead, mentor, engage and develop teams to maximize their contributions, including recruiting, assessing, training, coaching and managing performance
- Ensure food services appropriately connects to the Executional Framework
- Ensure safety and sanitation standards in all operations
- Build revenue and manage budget, including cost controls regarding food, beverage and labor
- Achieve food and labor targets
- Manage resources to ensure quality and cost control within budgetary guidelines
- Create value through efficient operations, appropriate cost controls and profit management
- Full compliance with Operational Excellence fundamentals, including food and labor
- Direct and oversee operations related to production, distribution and food service
- Comply with all applicable policies, rules and regulations, including but not limited to those relating to safety, health, wage and hour
- Ensures that requirements for appropriate sanitation and safety levels in respective areas are met
- Coordinates and supervises unit personnel regarding production, merchandising, quality and cost control, labor management and employee training
- Conducts period inventory
- Interacts with Client Management and maintains effective client and customer relations at all levels with client organization
- Looks for opportunities to implement new products and services which support sales growth and client retention
- Develop and implement food service plans aligned with the client's mission and vision, to include sustainable practices
- Requires previous experience in food service
- Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Ability to develop and maintain effective client and customer rapport for mutually beneficial business relationships
- Ability to demonstrate excellent customer service using Aramark's standard model
- Ability to maintain an effective working relationship with other departments to a unified food service experience for all customers
- Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet.
About Aramark
The people of Aramark proudly serve millions of guests every day through food and facilities in 15 countries around the world. Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet. So, no matter what you're pursuing - a new challenge, a sense of belonging, or just a great place to work - our focus is helping you reach your full potential. Learn more about working here at or connect with us on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter .
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