Maintenance Mechanic 2

Maintenance Mechanic 2

Join the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) as a skilled maintenance professional and play a vital role in keeping our facility safe, secure, and operating at its best. The goal of this position is to perform maintenance, repair, construction, and groundskeeping across a wide range of facility systems, including plumbing, HVAC, irrigation, steam, sewer and water systems, buildings, roads, pathways, fencing, and related equipment.

As a WCCW's groundskeeping technician, you will work independently and alongside a dedicated maintenance team to ensure our facilities and grounds remain safe, functional, and well-maintained.

Your expertise will directly support WCCW's mission to create a safe and healthy environment where incarcerated women have opportunities for growth and success. If you're looking for meaningful work where your skills make a lasting impact, we invite you to join our team.

A completed application packet will include:

• A cover letter regarding your interest in this position with our agency
• A detailed resume
• Three professional references

We are looking for teammates who share our vision of public service and are committed to an equitable and inclusive culture that fosters and inspires excellence, while promoting innovation, engagement, and safety, leading to better outcomes for our incarcerated population, our agency, and our community.

As a Maintenance Mechanic 2, some of your duties will include:

• Planning, directing and performing skilled maintenance construction/repair and maintenance work to include:
• Servicing and maintaining facility ride-on and push mowers, weed whackers, de-thatcher's, edge trimmers and chainsaws
• Servicing, maintaining, and calibrating herbicide application related equipment to include backpack sprayers, tank sprayers and trailer mounted applicator
• Working independently conducting general repairs throughout the facility
• Assisting other maintenance staff as need in general maintenance activities such as plumbing repair, air handler and hydronic boiler systems maintenance, door assembly maintenance
• Inspecting, diagnosing, serving, repairing, installing, and conducting preventive/corrective maintenance on plant equipment and systems such as grease interceptors, plumbing, boilers, low voltage systems, exhaust fans, plug in appliances, sewer meters and storm drains
• Inspecting, diagnosing, servicing, installing and conducting preventive/corrective maintenance on buildings and structures to include floor systems, wall systems, doors, windows and roofs
• Constructing, maintaining and repairing grounds, roads, pathways, walks and fencing.
• Performing repairs on hinges, doors, jams, door operating mechanisms, install door cuff ports, change light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
• Lawns and grounds maintenance facility wide which could look like:
• Maintaining vegetation, lawn and landscape by mowing, weed whacking and pruning vegetation in and outside of the perimeter of the facility.
• Supervising incarcerated individual crews in the performance of vegetation control and lawn and grounds maintenance tasks
• Performing the administrative tasks for incarcerated individual crews including but not limited to training, payroll and safety requirements such as PPE, safe tool and equipment operation
• Other duties as assigned

What we need (required qualifications):

• GED/High School graduation
• Two years of experience in building and maintenance trades or groundskeeping
• Possession of a Washington State Drivers License
• Must be able to acquire an Herbicide Applicators License within first 12 months of employment