TDCJ - Industrial Specialist V - Furniture Factory

About the role

This job outlines a high-level manufacturing and supervision role in a correctional furniture factory. The position requires directing staff and inmates, managing production schedules and equipment maintenance, handling raw materials, conducting training, and maintaining facility security with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Plan operational schedules, evaluate workflow, recommend changes, and maintain quality and quantity controls.
• Direct staff and inmates, assign production tasks, and run technical training programs with tracked records.
• Review raw material needs, order supplies and machinery, and keep equipment properly maintained.
• Secure tools and machinery, watch assigned inmates and respond to facility emergencies.

Requirements

• High School Diploma with two years, full-time, wage-earning experience in the manufacture of furniture.
• OR four years, full-time, wage-earning experience in any production or manufacturing operation.
• Up to two years of experience may be substituted for 30 semester hours on a year-for-year basis.

Qualifications

• Committed to accomplishing goals.

Skills

• Organized and able to maintain efficient ordering of materials to maintain a constant flow of production.
• Detail-oriented with meticulous record-keeping.
• Desire to build and lead a team to provide critical resources to the agency.
• Prioritizes development of the staff you oversee.
• Ability to problem solve and develop long-term solutions.

Additional Information

• Travel: None – Position may make day trips, but no overnight trips.
• Work Site Visits: Yes
• Study Material: No
• Pre-Service Training Academy Required: Yes
• Hazardous Duty/Longevity Position: Hazardous
• Outside applicants will be required to submit to pre-employment drug testing as a condition of employment.