Maintenance Repair Worker 3 - 20037301

State of Ohio•Toledo, OH
•Onsite

About The Position

This position serves as a lead worker, providing work direction and training to inmates or other assigned staff in performing semi-skilled and skilled maintenance repair work. This includes areas such as electrical, carpentry, grounds keeping, and plumbing. The role involves performing repairs on various equipment, including electrical components, carpentry structures, and plumbing systems. Additionally, the position includes interior custodial duties, exterior grounds keeping, snow and ice removal, and continuous inspection of buildings and equipment for necessary repairs or replacements. The worker will also perform routine preventive maintenance, operate machine tools and welding equipment, ensure secure maintenance of tools, and assist in related job crafts. Responsibilities also extend to controlling inmate movement, conducting searches when security breaches are suspected, responding to emergencies, and attending meetings and trainings. The State of Ohio is a drug-free workplace and the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is a tobacco-free workplace. Pre-employment drug testing, including for marijuana, and a criminal background check are required. The Department is prohibited from hiring individuals with certain past offenses or disabilities related to the position's requirements.

Requirements

  • Formal education in arithmetic that includes addition & subtraction & in reading, writing & speaking common English vocabulary.
  • 12 months of training or 12 months of experience 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).
  • Must clearly describe how you meet the minimum qualifications outlined on this job posting in your online Ohio Civil Service Application.

Nice To Haves

  • Equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment may be substituted for the experience required, but not for the mandated licensure.

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)
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