Maintenance Specialist, Plumbing, Journey​/Lead

Job Description

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for a Maintenance Specialist, Plumbing, Journey 2/Lead for the Goose Creek Correctional Center (GCCC), located in Mackenzie Point, Alaska.

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Under the General Supervision of the Maintenance Foreman, this position plays a vital role in ensuring the safe, efficient and reliable operation of all plumbing systems mary responsibilities include:

Performing skilled, journeyman-level work, including the inspection, installation, modification, maintenance and repair of new and existing plumbing distribution and collection systems, in full compliance with the Uniform Plumbing Code and local code amendments.

Leading an inmate work crew by assigning tasks, providing hands-on guidance, promoting safe and proper tool usage and ensuring all equipment and tools are properly accounted for, inspected and maintained.

Conducting preventative and corrective maintenance on plumbing fixtures ensuring optimal performance and longevity.

Installing, maintaining and repairing boilers, burners and associated mechanical components to support facility heating and operational needs.

The mission of the Alaska Department of Corrections is to promote public safety. Our division provides secure confinement, access to reformative programs, and offender management planning that promotes successful community reentry.

When working for Goose Creek Correctional Center, you’ll be a vital part of a collaborative team, with opportunities for extensive learning about correctional settings and processes. In addition, we offer:

• Flexible work schedules – 4/10 schedules available based on facility needs.
• On-site amenities including a free on-site gym with locker rooms and showers for employee use only.
• Low-cost lunches available 7 days a week.
• Convenient parking in a well-lit & maintained lot with winter plug-ins and a scenic drive to work while avoiding the congested commute to Anchorage!

Goose Creek Correctional Center is a minimum/medium custody facility that houses up to 1500 inmates and employs over 350 staff. You will be working in an institutional setting with inmates daily.

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

Plumbing and Pipe fitting:
Knowledge of materials, methods, and the appropriate tools to install, maintain, or repair pipelines, pipe systems, and fixtures, including water, air, steam, gas, chemicals, or sewage.

Oral and Written Communication:
Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Interpersonal

Skills:

Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.

Vacancies in this job class are filled through Union referral, except for promotions, demotions, transfers, and emergency appointments.

This job class is part of a series of competency-based class specifications created for career areas within the Labor, Trades, and Crafts Unit. The…