CORRECTIONAL CAPTAIN - 08252026-80321

Location: Mountain City, TN – Department of Correction, Johnson County. Two positions available.

Full-time. Salary: $6,544 – $10,363 monthly ($78,528 – $124,356 annually). Pre-employment drug screen and criminal background check required.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• High-school diploma or equivalent.
• Five or more years of full-time, increasingly responsible adult security work, including at least three years of supervisory experience.
• One year of experience as an Inmate Relations Coordinator may substitute for one year of the required supervisory experience.

Special Qualifications:

• Must be willing and able to qualify with, carry, and use assigned weapons.
• Must be at least eighteen years of age on the date of application.
• Must be a United States citizen.
• Must have good moral character, as determined by investigation.
• Must complete a criminal-history disclosure form and release all records to the appointing authority.
• Must supply a fingerprint sample for a TBI criminal-history records check.
• No felony convictions, no domestic-assault convictions, and no dishonorable discharge from any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces.
• Must pass a physical examination and psychological evaluation consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Must pass a pre-employment drug test.
• Must possess a valid motor-vehicle operator’s license.
• Upon appointment, must complete all prescribed training at the Tennessee Correction Academy and any online training.
• Employees assigned to the Transport Division must obtain a Class B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) permit within six months and the full CDL within eleven months of assignment, and maintain it thereafter.

Responsibilities

• Oversee staff and outside-agency responses to emergencies such as medical needs, escapes, fires, and natural disasters.
• Ensure assigned security devices are thoroughly checked and inspected for proper operation.
• Inspect the correctional facility for compliance with state-mandated policies and procedures, including ACA standards.
• Maintain knowledge of, comply with, and enforce all institutional policies, rules, procedures, and regulations.
• Assign security staff to their posts, ensuring all critical and essential posts are filled through proper roster management.
• Plan activities to meet operational and strategic priorities and prevent scheduling or responsibility conflicts.
• Perform security inspections (e.g., physical fence and ground checks) to ensure compliance with security standards.
• Oversee and monitor all calculated use-of-force incidents, such as cell extractions, per policy.
• Oversee security functions to ensure compliance with TDOC-Institutional policies and procedures, maintaining a safe and secure facility.
• Prepare and approve records and reports, including shift reports, after-action reports, daily logs, attendance records, pay rosters, discipline reports, inmate passes for court and doctor appointments, and daily population records.
• Communicate information to supervisors and subordinates regarding daily activities involving staff and inmates.

Skills & Competencies

Competencies:

• Decision Quality
• Builds Effective Teams
• Communicates Effectively
• Manages Conflict
• Drives Results

Knowledges:

• Public Safety and Security
• Customer and Personal Service
• Law and Government

Skills:

• Active Learning and Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Reading Comprehension
• Learning Strategies
• Writing

Abilities:

• Number Facility
• Problem Sensitivity
• Speech Clarity
• Speech Recognition
• Written Comprehension

Tools & Equipment:

• Personal Computer
• Telephone
• Motor Vehicles
• Copy Machine
• Radio