Maintenance Repair Worker 3 - 20022212

State of Ohio • Orient, OH

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is seeking a Maintenance Repair Worker 3. This role serves as a lead worker, providing work direction and training to inmates or other assigned staff in semi-skilled and skilled maintenance repair tasks. The position involves performing a wide range of repairs and maintenance on equipment and facilities, including electrical, carpentry, plumbing, and grounds keeping. The agency's mission is to reduce recidivism by providing rehabilitative treatment and programming in a safe, secure, and humane correctional environment, ultimately protecting the public and ensuring a safer Ohio. The State of Ohio is a drug-free and tobacco-free workplace, and this position may be subject to additional restrictions. Applicants must apply online and clearly describe how they meet the minimum qualifications. Pre-employment drug testing and a criminal background check are required.

Requirements

• Formal education in arithmetic that includes addition & subtraction & in reading, writing & speaking common English vocabulary.
• 12 mos. trg. or 12 mos. exp. in maintenance repair (e.g., basic electrical, plumbing, carpentry, masonry & use of associated hand & power tools & equipment).
• Valid commercial driver's license required if motor equipment is of type & size regulated by Sections 4506.01 & 4506.12 of Ohio revised code.
• In Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry only, applicants must have successfully completed the mandated basic firefighter/introduction to fire behavior course (S-130/S-190).
• Equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment may be substituted for the experience required, but not for the mandated licensure.
• Job Skills: Facilities Maintenance & Inspection, General Maintenance, Building Maintenance, Problem Solving, Flexibility, Time Management.

Responsibilities

• Serves as lead worker (e.g., provides work direction, training) over inmates, or other assigned staff in performance of semi-skilled and skilled maintenance repair work (e.g., electrical, carpentry, grounds keeping, plumbing).
• Performs semi-skilled and skilled maintenance repair of equipment (e.g., light fixtures, electrical outlets, switches, motors, appliances, electrical circuits, installs fixtures, repair and adjust fans, clocks, cookers, electrical components of heating and cooling systems, consoles, replaces disconnects and fuses on various electrical equipment).
• Performs semi-skilled and skilled carpentry repairs (e.g., doors, locks cabinets, chairs, desks, floors, walls, windows, stairways, partitions).
• Performs semi-skilled and skilled repair of plumbing equipment (e.g., water and steam lines, sewer pipes, trap fittings, plumbing fixtures, pumps, regulators, valves, faucets, toilets, sinks, bathtubs, heating radiators, chilled water lines).
• Performs interior custodial duties (e.g., mops, sweeps, waxes floors, washes wall and windows).
• Performs exterior grounds keeping duties.
• Removes snow and ice from sidewalks.
• On a continuous basis, inspects buildings and equipment for needed repairs or replacements.
• Performs systematic and routine preventive maintenance of assigned area.
• Operates machine tools and welding equipment in making repairs to metal parts and equipment.
• Ensures secure maintenance of tools and completes tool counts and inventories.
• Assists in related job crafts as required.
• Controls/restricts inmate movement to assigned areas.
• Conducts searches of inmates when a breach of security is suspected.
• Responds to emergencies.
• Attends meetings and trainings.
• Participates on institution committees.

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 )

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED