IDOC - Building Facility Foreman - ICIO

IDOC - Building Facility Foreman - ICIO - 27245

USA: | Corrections | Full Time

29.02 - 31.57 USD per hour

Posted 2 days ago | Apply before October 27, 2026

Applications will be accepted through 11:59 PM MST on the posting end date.

The mission of the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) is to create a model correctional system founded on the belief that people can change. We fulfill this mission by fostering a professional culture that empowers staff, promotes personal responsibility, creates opportunities for success, and strengthens communities. IDOC is currently recruiting for a Building Facility Foreman to fill a vacancy at the Idaho Correctional Institution Orofino (ICIO) located in Orofino, Idaho.

ICIO houses male residents in medium custody and offers vocational work programs, education, and other programming opportunities. The Building Facility Foreman position has a wide variety of duties requiring a broad range of skills related to building maintenance including heating, cooling, electrical, and water systems. Incumbents work indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions and moves in and around confined spaces.

This is a working building facility foreman position that is subject to mandatory on call rotating shifts; some after hours and weekend call-backs.

• Determines needs and plans for contracted services and negotiates with subcontractors to determine schedules, needs, and changes.
• Inspects work for compliance with contract.
• Estimates budgets/cost expenditures, and projects future needs.
• Lays out locations for staging and special events and directs set-up and maintenance.
• Evaluates equipment life expectancy and replaces as appropriate.
• Writes maintenance reports; meets with tenants, program directors, maintenance personnel, and others to define needs and to keep facility organized and running smoothly.
• Trains, supervises, and maintains custody of a working crew of residents.
• Conducts searches for weapons, tools, and contraband.
• Responds to emergency situations as requested by shift commander.
• Examines interior and exterior of buildings for damage and initiates necessary repair.
• Maintains plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and related systems.
• Performs facility maintenance work including plumbing, painting, electrical, carpentry, inspection of systems for proper operation and preventative maintenance, and related work for proper operation of facility.

Your resume needs to clearly articulate how your skills, education and experience meet the qualifications below –

• Considerable knowledge of building maintenance. Typically gained by at least one year of experience and training in commercial building maintenance, equipment technologies, and operating techniques.
• Good knowledge of building codes. Typically gained by a seminar or formal training in building code content and interpretation OR at least six months in a position where it may be determined that code interpretation was an integrated portion of the applicant's responsibility.
• Some knowledge of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) related work. Typically gained by at least six months of paid work experience maintaining and/or repairing HVAC systems in a commercial environment.
• Some knowledge of supervisory practices. Typically gained by completing a class or seminar (more than one day), specifically covering supervisory practices OR leadwork experience that required work direction, monitoring work, and making work assignments (such experience on a fill-in basis is not qualifying unless for a period of approximately three months or more).
• Experience performing skilled repair and maintenance in carpentry, plumbing, electrical, building maintenance,…