Registered Dietitian
Listed compensation
$75k-$80k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Help Shape the Future of School Nutrition
Are you passionate about creating nutritious, student-approved meals that make a difference? At Southwest Foodservice Excellence (SFE), you'll have the opportunity to influence menus, improve participation, and ensure compliance across K-12 school nutrition programs—all while working alongside a team dedicated to serving healthy, high-quality meals to students every day.
If you're a Registered Dietitian looking for a role where you can see the direct impact of your work, we'd love to meet you.
What You'll Do
As the Registered Dietitian, you'll partner with district leadership and school teams to ensure successful, compliant, and innovative meal programs by:
- Developing USDA-compliant menus that maximize commodity utilization, control food costs, and increase student participation.
- Ensuring all breakfast, lunch, snack, and summer meal programs meet USDA, state, and local regulations.
- Conducting site reviews and audits to evaluate compliance and implement corrective action plans.
- Managing menu analysis, nutritional documentation, production records, and compliance reporting.
- Supporting students with medically required special diets, food allergies, and dietary accommodations.
- Training school nutrition teams on menu software, recipe management, production records, and nutrition standards.
- Planning and supporting student engagement initiatives including taste tests, farmers markets, health fairs, and nutrition promotions.
- Providing nutrition education and resources for students, families, and school staff.
- Assisting the General Manager with operational initiatives that improve meal quality, participation, and program performance.
- Traveling throughout the assigned district to provide onsite support and guidance.
What We're Looking For
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or a related field.
- Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) credential with an active license in good standing.
- Ability to travel regularly throughout the assigned school district.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in K-12 school nutrition, healthcare, foodservice, or institutional dining.
- Experience with USDA Child Nutrition Programs and menu planning.
- Knowledge of menu analysis software and production record systems.
Southwest Foodservice Excellence is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees. SFE participates in the federal E-Verify Employment Eligibility Program.
Key Responsibilities
The Registered Dietitian will develop USDA-compliant menus, manage nutritional documentation, and ensure all meal programs meet state and local regulations. They will also provide onsite support, conduct site audits, and train school nutrition teams on production and safety standards.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Nutrition or Dietetics and possess an active Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) credential. The role requires the ability to travel regularly throughout the assigned school district.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Dietitian Career Context
Of the 40 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 20% have no call, 73% require no weekends.
In Texas, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$76k (68 salary observations; 624 listings), vs ~$78k nationally (1,879 salary observations; 9,147 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Texas vs national | $76k median in Texas | $78k nationally (−2%)68 state / 1,879 national salary observations |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$80k in purchasing power | Texas index 97.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Clinical Nutrition listings in Texas | 233 active | 3,038 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 30% remote · 20% no call · 73% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Texas Dietitian listings: 8% state a sign-on bonus · 5% offer loan repayment255 active listings, Oct 2026 |
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$78k midpoint, that is roughly $3k–$5k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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