Correctional Workshop Specialist - 20030006

State of Ohio • Lancaster, OH

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is hiring a Correctional Workshop Specialist at Southeastern Correctional Institution in Lancaster, Ohio. The role oversees incarcerated individuals assigned to an OPI workshop or engaged in service delivery, while providing security and custody. The specialist trains individuals in work methods, equipment operation, and safety practices, and enforces institutional rules and regulations.

The position manages workshop operations, including assigning and reviewing work, monitoring product quality, controlling supplies and tools, overseeing equipment maintenance and cleaning, and coordinating shipping, receiving, storage, and inventory. It also involves maintaining workshop records and reports, entering data into the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) manufacturing system, preparing payroll and other inmate-related reports, escorting or transporting incarcerated individuals, attending training, and assisting with ACA files. The specialist may work in other OPI shops when staffing shortages or other circumstances require it.

This is a permanent, full-time, classified position represented by OCSEA. Compensation is $23.65. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction describes its mission as reducing recidivism through rehabilitative treatment and programming in a safe, secure, and humane correctional environment. The department is a tobacco-free and drug-free workplace. Final applicants are subject to drug testing and a criminal background investigation.

Requirements

• Formal education in arithmetic that includes fractions, decimals, and percentages.
• 18 months of training or experience providing work direction to employees or a work crew.
• 3 months of training or experience in employee training and development.
• Alternatively, for positions assigned to the asbestos abatement program: successful completion of the asbestos building inspection initial course, asbestos management planner initial course, and asbestos abatement project supervisor initial course under EPA AHERA regulations, 40 CFR 763 Subpart E.
• An equivalent combination meeting the stated minimum class qualifications may be accepted.
• Job skills include corrections, customer service, management, purchasing, stores, inventory, sales, basic documentation, active learning, attention to detail, creativity, developing others, and leading others.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the work of incarcerated individuals assigned to the OPI workshop and/or engaged in service delivery.
• Provide security and custody of incarcerated individuals.
• Train incarcerated individuals in proper work methods, equipment operation, and safety practices in the assigned area.
• Enforce institution rules and regulations.
• Control supplies, equipment, and tools, including recording daily tool and chemical usage and inventorying supplies.
• Assign and review work, including scheduling incarcerated individuals, monitoring and evaluating work, and completing quality-control checks.
• Ensure products meet quality-control specifications.
• Prepare and maintain records and reports of workshop activities.
• Input assigned data into the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) manufacturing system.
• Oversee equipment maintenance, including scheduling routine and preventative maintenance, and/or workshop cleaning.
• Escort and/or transport incarcerated individuals.
• Oversee shipping, receiving, storage, and/or inventory of products and materials.
• Prepare and submit reports.
• Complete daily and month-end inmate payroll, month-end Earned Credit reports, inmate performance evaluations, and weekly inspection reports.
• Perform other related duties and security functions.
• Attend in-service trainings.
• Work on special projects and committees.
• Assist with institutional and OPI ACA files.
• Work in any other OPI shop when required due to staff shortages and/or extenuating circumstances.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical coverage.
• Free dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums after completion of the eligibility period.
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, and sick leave, and 11 paid holidays per year.
• Childbirth, adoption, and foster care leave.
• Education and development opportunities, including Employee Development Funds and Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
• Public retirement systems, including OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS, and optional Ohio Deferred Compensation.

What This Job Offers

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