Correctional Officer/Physical Plant Maintenance Master Electrician

DOC/Prisons • Dover, DE

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The incumbent performs advanced electrical work installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical equipment and systems in state facilities. The role includes certifying installations according to national standards, preventative maintenance, HVAC maintenance and repair, and restoration work in traditional trades fields. The incumbent may oversee skilled and semi-skilled maintenance staff, laborers, and incarcerated workers, while maintaining security of tools, supplies, equipment, and assigned inmates. The position also carries correctional officer duties, including searches for contraband, weapons, and escapees as required.

The role includes installing and inspecting electrical services for lighting, air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration; maintaining wiring, generators, emergency lighting, fire alarms, transformers, computers, signal wiring, and other safety and emergency equipment; diagnosing power failures and short circuits; interpreting plans and diagrams; and estimating project costs and timelines. Prior to institutional assignment, the selected candidate must successfully complete all phases of an eleven-week Correctional Officer Basic Course.

Requirements

• Possess a Delaware Master Electrician license, or a Master Electrician license from another state that meets Delaware requirements or equivalent requirements determined by the State Board of Electrical Examiners.
• Six months of experience performing work in a variety of trades fields, such as plumbing, carpentry, painting, or HVAC.
• Six months of experience in record keeping.
• Six months of experience interpreting blueprints, schematics, or technical drawings.
• Six months of experience estimating project costs, time, and materials.
• Possess a valid driver's license that is not suspended, revoked, cancelled, or disqualified.
• Be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• If hired with a qualifying out-of-state Master Electrician license, agree to obtain a Delaware Master Electrician License within 90 days of employment.
• Successfully complete a criminal background check, physical ability test, approved psychological examination, pre-employment drug test, and medical examination for admission to the Department of Correction Academy.
• Complete a pre-employment baseline two-step tuberculin skin test after a conditional offer.
• Complete a writing exercise at the time of interview.

Responsibilities

• Install or inspect installation of new or upgraded electrical services for lighting, air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration systems.
• Operate electrical testing equipment and restore or repair electrical equipment.
• Install new wiring and maintain existing wiring, generators, emergency lighting, fire alarm systems, transformers, computer and signal wiring, and safety and emergency equipment.
• Install conduit and wire moldings; install and replace fuses and switches; and test and adjust electrical contacts on equipment.
• Locate and correct power failures and short circuits.
• Interpret blueprints, diagrams, and layouts.
• Estimate project costs and time requirements.
• Maintain, repair, and replace electrical power transformers.
• Oversee skilled and semi-skilled maintenance workers, laborers, and inmate workforces in assignments or training situations.
• Maintain security of tools, supplies, equipment, and assigned inmates; participate in cell, building, and grounds searches for contraband, weapons, and escapees as required.
• Carry out preventative maintenance, HVAC maintenance and repair, and restoration activities in one or more traditional trades fields.
• Successfully complete all phases of the eleven-week Correctional Officer Basic Course before institutional assignment.

Benefits

• A 5% shift differential is available if the employee works four or more hours between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
• Comprehensive benefits package; details are available on the State of Delaware benefits website.
• Potential eligibility for retirement under HB363 after 25 years of pension-creditable State service, including at least 20 years in a CO-series classified position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed