Correctional Maintenance Mechanic Supervisor - Maine State Prison, Warren

Pay Grade 20: $59,633.60 to $81,432.00 (includes 15% Salary Adjustment, $2.00/hour Corrections Career Incentive and $0.60/hour Institutional Stipend)

Job Class Code: 8280

Open:
October 16, 2026

Close:
October
30, 2026

Maine Department of Corrections is accepting applications for a Correctional Maintenance Mechanic Supervisor at Maine State Prison in Warren, ME. This is structure and craft work involving the general replacement, upkeep, maintenance, and repair of heating, plumbing, electrical fixtures, and buildings work. Supervision may include a small staff as well as instructing and overseeing the activities of a resident crew engaged in maintenance and repair tasks at the facility.

MDOC is destigmatizing corrections for the betterment of all Maine communities. Through the ‘Maine Model of Corrections’, we promote the safety of our staff and residents while reducing barriers to meaningful rehabilitative opportunities. We facilitate restorative justice practices that equip justice‑involved residents and clients with the skills they need to become contributing members of society upon release, including treatment, education, and job training.

We are committed to rebuilding lives and are searching for great team players, with a professional attitude and well‑developed integrity and ethics, to join us in this mission.

• Ensure compliance with State policies, including those related to human resources and security protocols for agency information security and confidentiality.
• Create and utilize various correspondence formats, including composing standard business correspondence.
• Ensure that all staff have the tools needed to be successful in their role.
• Examine documents and information, identify facts, detect errors and irregularities, and take authorized action.
• Write regular and periodic reports.
• Welcome and assist visitors, determining their needs.
• Provide technical assistance to individuals seeking support.
• Apply relevant rules, regulations, policies, procedures, codes, and documentation requirements to routine cases, offering explanations and interpretations.
• Develop standard work procedures within established guidelines.

• Knowledge of detention of locks and keys.
• Knowledge of applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of tools, materials, methods, and practices of plumbing, welding, electrical, and general maintenance, and repair work.
• Knowledge of the operation of high‑pressure boilers and auxiliary equipment.
• Knowledge of state and federal trade codes, occupational hazards, and safety precautions of these trades.
• Ability to supervise subordinate personnel.
• Ability to plan and assign the work of a small group of employees, tradespersons, and residents performing routine maintenance functions.
• Ability to install, maintain, and repair heating, water, and sewage systems.
• Ability to estimate time and material needs.
• Ability to install, maintain, and repair a variety of commercial laundry, kitchen and farm equipment.
• Ability to keep simple records and order materials.
• Ability to use applicable computer programs.

• A High School Diploma or equivalent and four (4) years’ experience as a journeyman in plumbing, welding, maintenance mechanic, and/or an allied field and some supervisory responsibility.

The successful candidate will live within a 20-mile radius of Maine State Prison.

• Work‑Life Fit – Rest is essential. Take time for yourself using 13 paid holidays and 3+ weeks of vacation leave annually. Vacation leave accrual increases with years of service, and overtime‑exempt employees receive personal…