Correctional Officer/Physical Plant Maintenance Trades Foreman

About the Role

This class supervises the activities of trades, mechanical, semi-skilled, and unskilled workers. Responsibilities include scheduling preventive maintenance, determining work priorities, and providing solutions for unique and complex assignments.

Responsibilities

• Schedules ongoing preventative or routine maintenance duties.
• Assigns, supervises, and participates in work involving all phases of painting, carpentry, plumbing, installation, repair, and maintenance of systems and equipment.
• Inspects job sites, determines courses of action, directs staff, and reviews assignments.
• Schedules assignments, estimates cost, time, and materials.
• Maintains records and prepares reports.
• May diagram structural and/or mechanical modifications and heating work.
• Maintains security; participates in cell, building, and grounds searches for contraband, weapons, and escapees as required.

Requirements

• Three years of experience in performing work in a variety of trades fields such as plumbing, carpentry, painting, or HVAC.
• Three years of experience in operating and maintaining a variety of equipment, hand, and power tools used in trades fields.
• Six months of experience in estimating cost, time, and materials for projects.
• Six months of experience in interpreting blueprints, schematics, or technical drawings.
• Knowledge of interpreting safety and building codes, laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of staff supervision acquired through coursework, academic training, employer-provided training, or lead worker experience.
• Possession of a valid Driver’s License (not suspended, revoked, cancelled, or disqualified from driving).

Additional Requirements

Prior to institutional assignment, candidates must successfully complete all phases of an eleven-week Correctional Officer Basic Course. This course includes physical, classroom, and hands-on training in inmate supervision, defensive tactics, riot control, weapons, report writing, and emergency medical training. The program is approved by the Veterans Administration of Delaware State Approving Authority for the training of Veterans.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The State of Delaware Executive Branch participates in the Federal E-Verify system.

This position requires a criminal background check, physical ability test, approved psychological examination, pre-employment drug test, and medical examination as part of the conditional offer of hire. Applicants must undergo a pre-employment baseline two-step tuberculin skin test (TST). The applicant is required to pay for the medical examination.

Benefits

To learn more about the comprehensive benefit package, visit the Delaware State Benefits website.

Retirement Eligibility

Employees in a Correctional Officer (CO) series position may retire under the provisions of HB363 if they have completed twenty-five (25) years of pension-creditable State service, with at least twenty (20) of those years in a CO series classified position.