Machinist 2 - 20024520

State of Ohio • Lucasville, OH

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Machinist 2 works in the machine shop at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility and serves as a lead worker to lower-level employees in operating machine shop tools and equipment. The role operates equipment to design, repair, fabricate, and modify machinery and equipment parts; performs skilled tool and die work; and makes and installs security screens and equipment throughout the facility. It also includes mechanical and welding repairs to institutional windows.

The position establishes preventive maintenance schedules for lubrication of motors, machinery, fans, and related equipment; maintains secure tool counts and inventories; inventories materials and equipment and orders supplies; and assists in related job crafts as required. In the correctional setting, the employee controls or restricts inmate movement to assigned areas, searches inmates when a security breach is suspected, responds to emergencies, attends training, and participates on committees.

This is a permanent, full-time, classified position with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The workplace is tobacco-free. Final applicants are subject to pre-employment drug testing and a criminal background investigation.

Requirements

• At least 18 months of training or experience in machine shop procedures and equipment operation, or six months of experience as a Machinist 1, or an equivalent combination meeting the stated minimum qualifications.
• One course or three months of experience in blueprint reading.
• One course or three months of experience in minor welding operation.
• One course or three months of experience in hand and power tool operation.
• Formal education in arithmetic covering addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and percentages.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead worker to lower-level employees in operating machine shop tools and equipment, including lathes, grinders, shapers, milling machines, and drill presses.
• Set up preventive maintenance schedules for lubrication of motors, machinery, fans, and related equipment.
• Operate machine shop equipment to design, repair, fabricate, and modify parts of machinery and equipment.
• Perform skilled tool and die work.
• Make and install security screens and equipment throughout the facility.
• Make mechanical and welding repairs to institutional windows.
• Maintain secure tool counts and inventories.
• Inventory materials and equipment and order supplies.
• Assist in related job crafts as required.
• Control or restrict inmate movement to assigned areas.
• Search inmates when a breach of security is suspected and respond to emergencies.
• Attend training and participate on committees.

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, plus 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 deferred compensation through Ohio Deferred Compensation.

What This Job Offers

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