Correctional General Maintenance Officer

Introduction

Are you looking to grow your career within the State of Connecticut? If so, take a look at this great opportunity below!

The Department of Correction (DOC) is currently recruiting for Correctional General Maintenance Officers to fill a current vacancy at Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers, and York Correctional Institution in Niantic. This recruitment may also be utilized to fill upcoming vacancies within the agency.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• Visit our NEWState Employee Benefits Overview page!
• The opportunity to work for a Forbes top company: 'Forbes' State of Connecticut Ranked One of the Best Employers of 2023 - State of CT Receives National Recognition for Offering Job Growth, Competitive Benefits, and Flexible Schedule;
• The State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service. Click here for more information;
• A Hazardous Duty pension plan (State Employees Retirement System Tier IV).
• Professional growth and development opportunities;
• A healthy work/life balance for all employees!

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

• This position is full-time, following a first shift schedule, on-site, scheduled Monday - Friday, 7:45 AM - 3:00 PM.
• This position is entitled to excellent benefits including health, dental and a 25 year hazardous duty retirement. 
• Selected candidates will be required to attend a 14 week hazardous duty training at the Maloney Center for Training & Staff Development located in Cheshire, CT.

ABOUT US

The Connecticut Department of Correction is a diverse agency with a wide variety of employees from Correction Officers, to Educators, to Managers and Skilled Professionals. We value differences that make us stronger as a team and support our mission statement. 

The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The agency operates 13 correctional facilities. It has its headquarters in Wethersfield. The DOC protects public safety by ensuring offenders serve their sentences of imprisonments in facilities that are safe, human, and provide re-entry programming.

The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction is a unified system; all sentenced and un-sentenced offenders are supervised by the DOC. The Department also provides supervision for offenders on parole, community release, and other discretionary release programs.

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Selection Plan

Before you apply:

• In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.
• The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
• Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.
• All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.
• For assistance in applying please read or watch our Applicant Tips on How to Apply!

Important information for after you apply:

• This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the questionnaire's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.
• Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
• Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
• The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
• For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from branch to branch but it does not impact your state service credit.

Questions about this position should be directed to Alejandro G. Davila-Hurtado at Alejandro.Davila-Hurtado@CT.Gov.

PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In a Department of Correction facility or district this class is accountable for acting as a working supervisor for inmates and/or independently performing a full range of tasks in general maintenance and repair of buildings and maintenance systems.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

• Maintenance of critical systems such as security fence and motorized gates, cell and facility door locks and hardware, and surveillance cameras and infrastructure; 
• Supervising assigned inmates at a Correctional Institution; 
• Keeping record of tool inventory/control; 
• Snow and ice removal to maintain safe access for the police, medical, staff and public; 
• Protecting the health and safety of the public, staff and inmates; 
• Maintaining mandated compliance with Federal & State statute and agency directives and policies by assuring humane conditions of confinement in the facility through repair and maintenance; and
• Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

• Considerable knowledge of building materials and methods of repair and maintenance; 
• Knowledge of basic principles and techniques of plumbing, electrical repair, carpentry, painting, mechanical maintenance, and masonry; 
• Skills
  • interpersonal skills; 
  • oral and written communication skills; 
• Considerable ability to recognize maintenance problems and determine corrective operations needed; 
• Ability to
  • operate and interpret computerized and automated control systems; 
  • plan, layout and schedule assignments and estimate cost of jobs; 
  • maintain records and prepare reports; 
  • read blueprints and diagrams; 
  • instruct inmates in techniques and skill of general maintenance activities; 
  • perform under stress and remain stable in pressure situations; 
• Supervisory ability.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Three (3) years of experience in the operation, maintenance and repair of large buildings and utility services.

NOTE: Based on an individual’s technical experience, the length of credited service will be determined at the discretion of facility management.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

Experienceperforming technical duties within the maintenance trade area on a militarybase, aircraft carrier or large compound may be substituted for the GeneralExperience on a year for year basis.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Preferred candidates will possess a construction/trade license or welding certification.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Incumbents in this class must have reached their 18th birthday.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to successfully complete a formal training course in correctional work to develop the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the class.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to respond to after-hour emergencies as requested by facilities supervisors.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s license.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.

CHARACTER REQUIREMENTS

Inaddition to the checking of references and of facts stated in the application,a thorough background investigation of each candidate may be made beforepersons are certified for appointment.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Incumbents in this class must have general good health, be free from any disease or injury which would impair health or usefulness and possess and retain sufficient physical strength, stamina, agility, endurance and visual and auditory acuity required to perform all the duties of the class.
• A comprehensive medical examination, including a controlled substance screening, will be required of all applicants upon a conditional offer of employment.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Incumbentsin this class may be exposed to danger of injury or assault by inmates who haveaccess to tools of the trades as weapons and may be exposed to considerabledanger and discomfort associated with tasks and machinery used in the trades.

Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes.  As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.