Food Production Supervisor

SALARY DETAILS

APPLICATION FILING DATES

October 24th, 2025 - November 11th, 2025

PROMOTIONAL STATUS IS REQUIRED. You must be a current or retired employee of LAUSD with 130 paid days in regular status in the Classified Service or permanent status in the Certificated Service or have been laid-off within the past 39 months from a regular, permanent LAUSD position in which you passed probation. Laid-off employees’ eligibility as a promotional candidate expires at the end of their 39 month period; as such, laid-off employees applying for promotional career opportunities may not be eligible to complete the assessment process or may be removed from the employment eligibility list once their eligibility as a promotional candidate expires.

Department or School Site

LAUSD Food Services Division is responsible for the operation of the largest School Breakfast Program (SBP) and second largest National School Lunch Program (NSLP) in the United States. This amounts to approximately 726,000 student meals served daily at 694 school cafeterias and 88 child care food programs. In addition, the Newman Nutrition Center prepares over 140,000 meals every day and distributes them to 167 schools where on-site preparation is not feasible. The SBP and NSLP were developed to protect children from hunger and malnutrition by offering balanced school meals. In addition to breakfast and lunch, many LAUSD schools offer after school supper programs, Saturday meal service, and Summer Feeding Programs (at select sites) Visit us at www.lausdjobs.org to accommodate student needs outside of the regular school day or traditional school calendar. At Café LA we believe in “Nourishing Students to Achieve Academic Excellence.”

Key facts about LAUSD Food Services:
-Innovative trend setting organization implementing Breakfast In The Classroom at 540 schools both elementary and secondary in over 22,000 classrooms.
-Supports the Los Angeles City Council “Meatless Mondays” Resolution adopted October 2012 by offering a meatless item on Mondays as well as a daily vegetarian option.
-Locally procures many fruits and vegetables within 200 miles helping to sustain farmers in Southern California
-Member of the Whole Grain Council. All bread products served are whole grain.
-Is concerned about the environment and waste, supports the USDA change in policy. The first policy allowing students to consume food outside the meal service period and take non-perishable items with them will be implemented this year (info see USDA SP41-2014)
-Food Services Café LA MyPaymentsPlus, an on-online pre-payment tool for parents/guardians that allows them to place money on the account of a student, view the student’s meal account balance and meal purchase history is active and working well!

Information about LAUSD Food Services Division can be found at:
http://achieve.lausd.net/cafela

INFORMATION ABOUT LAUSD

We are LAUSD. We are at the forefront of innovation in public education, focused on a clear and inspiring vision of the future for all of our students as they venture forward on their journey as lifelong learners. Here, you will have the opportunity to exercise your potential in a role supporting the business of education. Our work directly contributes toward the goal of ensuring that our students graduate ready for the world – ready to thrive in college, career and life. LAUSD is the second largest school district in the nation with an enrollment of nearly 575,000 students. We serve an area totaling 710 square miles, with over 1,190 schools and educational centers, and we employ over 74,000 individuals, making us one of the largest employers in our city. 

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BENEFITS

Insurance: District paid premiums for your choice of several medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents; and life insurance plans 

Retirement: Membership in the California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS). 

Vacation: Full-time employees earn up to two weeks of paid vacation. Three weeks after five years of year-round paid service. 

Paid Holidays: Up to 13 days. NOTE: Positions in this job classification may be offered on a 9 month basis - salary and paid time off for 9 month positions will be adjusted accordingly

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

The Food Production Supervisor typical duties include:

• Supervising and participating in the unloading, stocking, and proper storing of food items in storerooms, refrigerators, freezers, and other locations.
• Supervising and participating in the preparation of food items, such as the opening of cans and packages, washing of fruit and vegetables, and mixing of dry ingredients.
• Determining and controlling settings for cooking and baking equipment and mixes ingredients according to recipes in preparing a variety of food products.
• Assuring that proper quantities of foods and packaging materials are available and directs and supervises the placement, loading, and operation of food dispensing machines.
• Supervisign and participating in automated meal production, and monitors food quality, packing, and assembly operations to detect and resolve minor difficulties, such as equipment malfunction, improper packaging, or assembly and line sanitation matters; and may order line shutdown to resolve issues.
• Supervising the loading of meals on trucks and establishes and modifies delivery routes for efficient and timely meal deliveries.
• Supervising and overseeing the meal counts and ordering of food items through the Cafeteria Management System (CMS), correct preparation, packing, and labeling of special diet meals and menus, creates and revises pick tickets, and maintains a summary detail log, production load sheets, and route sheets for each school on a daily basis.
• Establishing and maintaining sanitary and safe working conditions in food service environments, based on approved Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) housekeeping and safety standards, which includes disassembling, sanitizing, and reassembling large equipment parts.
• Reviewing, modifying, and submitting the requisition of non-food items for approval and insures payment of invoices.
• Assisting with the monthly inventory process and records findings on CMS.
• Coordinating the efforts of various units to adjust to changes in meal production schedules.
• Supervising the operation of a forklift, pallet jack, or high lift stacker and trains staff in the utilization of industrial equipment such as conveyor belt lines, industrial can openers, large scale mixers, pistons and pump fillers.

The full class description can be found at: https://bit.ly/3L4k6tm

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education: Graduation from high school or evidence of equivalent educational proficiency.

Experience: Two years of commercial or institutional food processing experience in a high volume operation (minimum of 600 meals per day or the equivalent in mass production), preferably including supervisory experience.

Special: A valid Food Protection Manager Certificate from an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited organization. 

PROMOTIONAL STATUS IS REQUIRED. You must be a current or retired employee of LAUSD with 130 paid days in regular status in the Classified Service or permanent status in the Certificated Service or have been laid-off within the past 39 months from a regular, permanent LAUSD position in which you passed probation. Laid-off employees’ eligibility as a promotional candidate expires at the end of their 39 month period; as such, laid-off employees applying for promotional career opportunities may not be eligible to complete the assessment process or may be removed from the employment eligibility list once their eligibility as a promotional candidate expires.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

The Food Services Division is seeking a candidate with extensive experience in food facilities mass production in a high volume operation. The ideal candidate will have exceptional attention to detail, and an extensive knowledge of working with technology. Additionally, these supervisors will have exceptional written and oral communication skills, and have a proven ability to empower, motivate, and inspire others to execute the goals and vision of the organization.

EMPLOYMENT SELECTION PROCESS

The employment selection process for this position tentatively consists of the following: A computer-based multiple-choice test, an application screening for the minimum qualifications, and an interview. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications screening and pass the multiple-choice test will be invited to participate in the interview.

Please be sure to include correspondence from @lausd.net and @successfactors.com as an approved sender so that messages aren't accidentally placed into your spam/junk e-mail folder. We anticipate receiving a number of well qualified applicants for this position; therefore, there will be a competitive process. The hiring departments have requested that we proceed with the selection process in an expeditious and timely manner. To honor this request we will be adhering to a pre-planned employment assessment schedule. If you are unable to attend the scheduled assessment dates, please note that we recruit for this position on a regular basis. We encourage you to visit our website, http://www.lausdjobs.org periodically to check for the next recruitment and we encourage you to apply again. For more information about the LAUSD employment assessment process, visit the hiring process section of our website at http://www.lausdjobs.org.

APPLICATION PROCESS

DO YOU NEED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH THE ON-LINE APPLICATION? Email us at helpmeapply@lausd.net. 

To find out whether the application deadline has been extended, visit the website at: http://www.lausdjobs.org. The Los Angeles Unified School District intends that all qualified persons shall have equal opportunities for employment and promotion. Reasonable accommodations in completing an application and testing are available to individuals with disabilities. Please call (213)241-3455 for more information.

Please be sure to monitor your spam/junk folder so that important information, instructions, and deadlines regarding your application are not missed. Please also be sure to include correspondence from the lausd.net AND successfactors.com domains as approved senders to your email.

If you have questions regarding these instructions or the selection process in general, please contact our HelpDesk at helpmeapply@lausd.net.

ADDITIONAL POSTING INFORMATION

The Los Angeles Unified School District is committed to providing a working and learning environment free from discrimination, harassment, intimidation, abusive conduct, or bullying. The District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, abusive conduct or bullying based on actual or perceived race or ethnicity, gender/sex (including gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding/lactation status and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, religion, color, national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver’s license issued under Vehicle Code), ancestry, immigration status, physical or mental disability (including clinical depression and bipolar disorder, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, epilepsy, seizure disorder, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and heart disease), medical condition (cancer related and genetic characteristics), military and veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or affiliation (unless union related), a person's association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides significant assistance. For inquiries or complaints contact our Equal Opportunity Section, (213) 241-7685. Selection and promotion are based on a competitive employment assessment process. Candidates who pass all parts of the assessment process are placed on a hiring (eligibility) list based on their assessment score. Hiring departments may make job offers to candidates on the top three ranks of the hiring list. Eligibility typically lasts for 12 months. The hiring list resulting from this assessment process may be used to fill open positions in related job classifications.

 
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