Locksmith

State of Ohio • Highland Hills, OH

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Ohio Department of Youth Services (DYS) is seeking a Locksmith for the Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile Correctional Facility. The mission of DYS is to improve Ohio's future by habilitating youth and empowering families and communities. DYS is the juvenile corrections system for the state of Ohio, statutorily mandated to confine felony offenders, ages 10-21, who have been adjudicated and committed by one of Ohio's 88 county juvenile courts. During their stay with DYS, youth are engaged in programming designed to address their criminological and behavioral needs. DYS reaches thousands of youth in facilities and those on parole. The facility is searching for a Locksmith to install, repair, and replace locks and locking devices, perform preventative maintenance, maintain records, and make new keys. The role also involves semi-skilled and skilled maintenance repairs in carpentry, electrical, and plumbing, as well as custodial and groundskeeping duties. All hired applicants are required to attend 4 weeks of mandatory training through DYS, with the first week at Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile Correctional Facility and weeks two through four at the Correctional Training Academy in Orient, Ohio. This training is paid for by the state of Ohio and covers travel expenses, lodging, and meals. DYS is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Requirements

• 12 months of training or 12 months of experience in locksmithing.
• 3 months of training or 3 months of experience in inventory control.
• Equivalent Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with carpentry repairs.
• Experience with electrical repairs.
• Experience with plumbing repairs.
• Experience with custodial duties.
• Experience with groundskeeping duties.
• Experience operating machine tools and welding equipment.

Responsibilities

• Installs, repairs, and replaces locks and locking devices at Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile Correctional Facility.
• Installs, repairs, and replaces cylinder and key locks, door closers, and related locking hardware/devices.
• Lubricates and adjusts locks and locking devices, including changing combinations on safes, replacing tumblers and padlocks, repairing electronic locking devices, installing deadbolts, and making master locks and keys.
• Makes new keys using various machinery for doors, cupboards, filing cabinets, medication cabinets, and safes.
• Performs preventative maintenance on locks and doors, including inspecting locks for wear and malfunction and changing locking devices for security purposes.
• Operates a personal computer to prepare and maintain work-related records, documentation, and reports, such as records of all door locks, identification of keys, keys issued, inventory of parts, material, and equipment, and requisitions.
• Makes chits (identification tags) for employees, key rings, vehicles, and other devices as needed.
• Performs semi-skilled and skilled maintenance repairs, including carpentry repairs (doors, locks, cabinets, chairs, desks, floors, walls, windows, stairways).
• Repairs equipment such as light fixtures, electrical outlets, switches, motors, appliances, electrical circuits, and electrical components of heating and cooling systems.
• Repairs plumbing equipment, including water and steam lines, sewer pipes, trap fittings, plumbing fixtures, pumps, regulations, valves, faucets, toilets, and sinks.
• Performs custodial duties such as mopping, sweeping, waxing floors, and washing walls and windows.
• Performs groundskeeping duties.
• Removes snow and ice from sidewalks.
• Inspects buildings and equipment for repairs or replacements and performs systematic and routine preventative maintenance of the assigned area.
• Operates machine tools and welding equipment in making repairs to metal parts and equipment.

Benefits

• 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) & Optional Deferred Compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)
• Travel expense, lodging and meals covered during mandatory training

What This Job Offers

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