Culinary Maintenance Specialist

The Utah Department of Corrections is looking for a Culinary Maintenance Specialist to work in their Salt Lake City, Utah Correctional Facility.

Successful candidates will possess:

• Skilled experience in the operation, installation, maintenance, and repair of refrigeration equipment.
• Experience and knowledge of line voltage electrical circuits.
• Experience in low voltage controls and troubleshooting electrical controls.
• Experience maintaining, troubleshooting, and repair of culinary equipment.
• Experience with commercial, coolers, freezers, and ice machines. .
• Experience with appliance repair.
• Hot Water Heaters
• Electrical experience
• Low voltage experience
• Controls/sequence experience
• Troubleshooting experience
• Preventative Maintenance (lubrication)
• Good Communication Skills
• Preference will be given to Universal Refrigeration CFC Certified, evacuation, and recharge of refrigeration systems.
• Skilled in a vocation and able to use related tools and/or equipment proficiently.

Why You Should Join Our Team

This is an opportunity for you to have year-round stable employment with an excellent benefits package. The state offers a comprehensive benefits package from day one of employment. Click here for more information.

The Agency
The Utah Department of Corrections is a dedicated team of professionals who ensures public safety by effectively managing offenders while maintaining close collaboration with partner agencies and the community. Our team is devoted to providing maximum opportunities for offenders to make lasting changes through accountability, treatment, education, and positive reinforcement within a safe environment. For more information on the Utah Department of Corrections please click here.

Health Insurance - Public Employee Health Program (PEHP):

3 medical plan options. Choose a Traditional or High Deductible Health Plan. There is an Opt-Out Cash Benefit option for those who have other medical insurance coverage.

5 dental plan options, with an Opt-Out Cash Benefit option for those that have other dental insurance coverage.

2 vision plan options under EyeMed

Retirement - Utah Retirement Systems (URS):

Employees who have any service credit with an employer covered by the Utah Retirement Systems prior to 7/1/2011 are in the Tier I Public Employees System.

Employees hired on or after 7/1/2011 and who have never been in the URS retirement system have two options for retirement in the Tier II System.

• Tier 2 Hybrid Retirement System. Employer contributes an amount equal to 10% of your salary between both plans (pension and 401(k))
• Tier 2 Defined Contribution Plan. Employer contributes an amount equal to 10% of your salary to a 401(k) plan only.

Employer contributions to your 401(k) are vested after four years.

Paid Time Off:
Annual leave and sick leave are accrued at 4 hours per pay period each (4 hours annual, 4 hours sick).

Annual leave amounts increase with years of service.

We have 12 paid holidays.

• Performs repairs of the culinary equipment including dishwashers, ovens, coolers, freezers, kettles, mixers, warmers, exhaust hoods, ranges, hot plates, and ice machines. All equipment that makes up a functioning kitchen.
• Working in the culinary department of the prison, maintaining refrigeration equipment.
• Coordinates activities with institutional needs and enforces security regulations.
• Appliance Repair
• Work with commercial, coolers, freezers, and ice machines, and may help with HVAC equipment outside of the culinary as needed.
• Designs and/or prepares training/instructional materials, teaching aids, and devices.
• Teaches others the principles and techniques used in the specific service or trade, adherence to industry and/or safety standards, and maintenance of related equipment, tools, and/or supplies.
• Provide training and supervision of inmates in Culinary Kitchen Operations at a prison facility to enable them to
  succeed outside of the prison environment.
• Works in a team effort to help the maintenance or service operations become successful.
• Uses and operates a variety of hand tools, electrical and mechanical equipment.
• Troubleshoots and diagnoses problems, make adjustments, and repairs, and/or performs preventative maintenance on equipment, machinery, etc.
• Repairs, cleans, adjusts, and/or performs preventive maintenance on equipment, tools, machinery, etc.

• principles, theories, and practices of safety and risk management.
• follow written and/or oral instructions.
• applicable laws, rules, regulations and/or policies and procedures.
• maintain and/or repair tools and equipment.
• speak clearly, concisely and effectively; listen to, and understand, information and ideas as presented verbally.
• read, interpret and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies and/or procedures.
• recognize when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong (does not involve solving the problem).
• work with or contribute to a work group or team to complete assigned task(s).
• coordinate the activities or tasks of people, groups and/or organization(s).
• equipment operation and maintenance.

• Current UDC employees hourly rate will be determined by the career ladder.
• Risks found in potentially dangerous or unusual environmental stress situations, e.g. working at great heights, working in extreme outdoor weather conditions, working in Correctional Environment.
• The work requires considerable and strenuous physical exertion such as frequent climbing, lifting heavy objects over 50 pounds, crouching or crawling in restricted areas, defending oneself and/or others against physical attack.
• This job is NOT public safety certified, and does not require peace officer status or certification.
• DHRM rules regarding promotions and transfers apply to current state of Utah employees.
• Current UDC employees hourly rate will be subjected to the Career Ladder
• Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
• All applications must be submitted online. Resumes emailed/faxed will not be considered.
• Only applicants that are asked for an interview will be contacted.
• NOTE: Department fo Human Resource Management rules regarding promotions and transfers apply to current state employees.