Maintenance Repair Worker 3 - 20021456
Location: 3791 State Route 63, Lebanon, OH 45036. Contact: Personnel Director, 513-409-8003, DRC.LECIRecruit@drc.ohio.gov. Compensation: $23.28/hour. Schedule: Permanent, full-time. Union: OCSEA. Classified position. Note: This is a reposting; previous applicants must reapply.
About the role
Guided by the mission “To reduce recidivism among those we touch,” the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction believes everyone is capable of positive change. Staff embrace core values and serve as role models for pro-social behavior, conveying dignity and respect. The department is tasked with front-line crime reduction through rehabilitative treatment and programming in a safe, secure, and humane correctional environment and effective community supervision. The goal is to protect the public by helping individuals turn away from crime and become productive, contributing members of our communities, ensuring a safer Ohio for all Ohioans.
Responsibilities
- Serves as lead worker (provides work direction, training) over inmates or other assigned staff in performance of semi-skilled and skilled maintenance repair work (electrical, carpentry, grounds keeping, plumbing).
- Performs semi-skilled and skilled maintenance repair of equipment (light fixtures, electrical outlets, switches, motors, appliances, electrical circuits, installs fixtures, repair and adjust fans, clocks, cookers, electrical components of heating and cooling systems, consoles, replaces disconnects and fuses on various electrical equipment).
- Performs semi-skilled and skilled carpentry repairs (doors, locks, cabinets, chairs, desks, floors, walls, windows, stairways, partitions).
- Performs semi-skilled and skilled repair of plumbing equipment (water and steam lines, sewer pipes, trap fittings, plumbing fixtures, pumps, regulators, valves, faucets, toilets, sinks, bathtubs, heating radiators, chilled water lines).
- Performs interior custodial duties (mops, sweeps, waxes floors, washes walls and windows).
- Performs exterior grounds keeping duties; removes snow and ice from sidewalks.
- On a continuous basis, inspects buildings and equipment for needed repairs or replacements.
- Performs systematic and routine preventive maintenance of assigned area.
- Operates machine tools and welding equipment in making repairs to metal parts and equipment.
- Ensures secure maintenance of tools and completes tool counts and inventories.
- Assists in related job crafts as required.
- Controls/restricts inmate movement to assigned areas.
- Conducts searches of inmates when a breach of security is suspected.
- Responds to emergencies.
- Attends meetings and trainings.
- Participates on institution committees.
Qualifications
- Formal education in arithmetic (addition & subtraction) and in reading, writing, & speaking common English vocabulary.
- 12 months training or 12 months experience in maintenance repair (basic electrical, plumbing, carpentry, masonry & use of associated hand & power tools & equipment).
- Valid commercial driver's license required if motor equipment is of type & size regulated by Sections 4506.01 & 4506.12 of Ohio Revised Code (Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry only: applicants must have successfully completed the mandated basic firefighter/introduction to fire behavior course S-130/S-190).
- Equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above may be substituted for the experience required, but not for the mandated licensure.
Skills
- Facilities Maintenance & Inspection
- General Maintenance
- Building Maintenance
- Problem Solving
- Flexibility
- Time Management
Benefits
Eligible full-time and part-time employees receive a variety of quality, competitive benefits through the State of Ohio Total Rewards program. Benefits include:
- Medical coverage
- Free dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
- Paid time off (vacation, personal, sick leave) and 11 paid holidays per year
- Childbirth, adoption, and foster care leave
- Education and development opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
- Public retirement systems (OPERS, STRS, SERS, HPRS) and optional deferred compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)
Benefits eligibility depends on a number of factors; the agency contact can provide specific information for this position.
Pay
$23.28 per hour.
Schedule
Permanent, full-time.