Corrections Officer

Hours: Part-Time and Full-Time

FLSA Status: Non-exempt (hourly)

Department: Sheriff's Office - Corrections

Pay Scale: $23.69-$28.56/hour

The Penobscot County Sheriff's Office is seeking Full-Time and Part-Time Correction Officers. You must be 18 years old, possess a high school diploma or G.E.D, and meet all criteria listed in the application packet and the entrance standards for the Basic Corrections Training Program located on the Maine Criminal Justice Academy's website. Applicant must be able to attend eight (8), paid, 40-hour weeks of orientation/training.

Penobscot County offers health, dental, life & AD&D, and vision insurance for its full-time employees as well as paid holidays, sick leave, and vacation (pay based on length of service). Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care, cancer, short-term/long term disability plans. Employees are eligible to become members of the State Employees Credit Union and have access to an employee gym.

Penobscot County participates in the Maine State Retirement System and offers a 457(b) program.

This is an investigative and protective services work whether full time or part time or in reserve capacity, involving custody, security, discipline, and rehabilitation of persons committed to a correctional facility. Work includes monitoring inmate behavior, directing and overseeing inmate activities, enforcing inmate discipline, and preparing incident reports. Work is performed under general supervision.

• Minimum 18 years of age.
• High School Diploma/G.E.D.
• Able to be successfully trained and certified as a Corrections Officer by the Maine Criminal Justice Academy.

• Successfully pass a full personal, criminal, and motor vehicle background check.
• Successfully complete physical assessment based on the Departmental Functional Job Description.
• Successfully complete a Polygraph.
• Successfully pass pre-employment drug screening.

Penobscot County provides equal opportunity to all qualified employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.