Maintenance Repair Worker 3 - 20024537

Rehabilitation & Correction – Southern Ohio Correctional Agency. Contact: Personnel Director, 740/370-3456, DRC.SOCFRecruit@drc.ohio.gov. Work location: 1724 State Route 728, Lucasville, Ohio 45648. Compensation: $23.28/hour. Schedule: Permanent full-time.

About the Organization

Guided by a single mission “To reduce recidivism among those we touch,” the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction believes that everyone is capable of positive change. Our staff embrace these core values and serve as role models for pro-social behavior, conveying an attitude of dignity and respect in the treatment of others. The department has been tasked with front-line crime reduction through rehabilitative treatment and programming provided in a safe, secure, and humane correctional environment and effective community supervision. Our 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 now and in the future.

Responsibilities

• Serves as lead worker (e.g., provides work direction, training) over inmates or other assigned staff in performance of semi-skilled and skilled maintenance repair work (e.g., electrical, carpentry, grounds keeping, plumbing).
• Performs semi-skilled and skilled maintenance repair of equipment (e.g., 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 (e.g., doors, locks, cabinets, chairs, desks, floors, walls, windows, stairways, partitions).
• Performs semi-skilled and skilled repair of plumbing equipment (e.g., 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 (e.g., 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 that includes addition and subtraction, and in reading, writing, and speaking common English vocabulary.
• 12 months training or 12 months experience in maintenance repair (e.g., basic electrical, plumbing, carpentry, masonry, and use of associated hand and power tools and equipment).
• Valid commercial driver’s license required if motor equipment is of a type and size regulated by Sections 4506.01 and 4506.12 of the Ohio Revised Code (applies only to Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry positions).
• For 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

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees. Benefits include:

• Medical coverage
• Free dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including 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 (such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS) and optional deferred compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)

Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors; the agency contact listed above can provide specific benefits information for this position.

Additional Requirements

• Pre-Employment Drug Testing: All final applicants tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to urinalysis to test for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Testing will also be performed for the presence of marijuana. An applicant with a positive test shall not be offered employment unless the applicant submits medical documentation of legally prescribed medications or a recommendation for medical marijuana.
• Pre-Employment Background Investigation: The final applicant selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. An individual assessment of an applicant’s prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration. The department is prohibited from hiring individuals under a federal or state weapons disability if the position requires firearms certification/recertification and use; individuals who have engaged in sexual abuse in a prison or other confinement facility; individuals convicted of soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism, terrorism, or money laundering to support terrorism; and individuals convicted of or who have pled guilty to a felony where a direct correlation exists between the position and prior criminal behavior (e.g., fraud, deceit, or theft from a position with substantial management or control over state agency property