Maintenance Repair Worker

Responsibilities

• Serves as lead worker (provides work direction, training) over inmates or other assigned staff in performing semi‑skilled and skilled maintenance repair work (electrical, carpentry, grounds keeping, plumbing).
• Performs semi‑skilled and skilled maintenance repair of equipment including light fixtures, electrical outlets, switches, motors, appliances, electrical circuits, installs fixtures, repairs and adjusts fans, clocks, cookers, electrical components of heating and cooling systems, consoles, replaces disconnects and fuses on various electrical equipment.
• Performs semi‑skilled and skilled carpentry repairs of doors, locks, cabinets, chairs, desks, floors, walls, windows, stairways, partitions.
• Performs semi‑skilled and skilled repair of plumbing equipment including water and steam lines, sewer pipes, trap fittings, plumbing fixtures, pumps, regulators, valves, faucets, toilets, sinks, bathtubs, heating radiators, chilled water lines.
• Performs interior custodial duties (mops, sweeps, waxes floors, washes walls and windows).
• Performs exterior grounds‑keeping duties and removes snow and ice from sidewalks.
• Continuously inspects buildings and equipment for needed repairs or replacements.
• Performs systematic and routine preventive maintenance of assigned area.
• Operates machine tools and welding equipment in making repairs to metal parts and equipment.
• Ensures secure maintenance of tools and completes tool counts and inventories.
• Assists in related job crafts as required.
• Controls/restricts inmate movement to assigned areas.
• Conducts searches of inmates when a breach of security is suspected.
• Responds to emergencies.
• Attends meetings and trainings.
• Participates on institution committees.

Formal education in arithmetic that includes addition and subtraction, and in reading, writing and speaking common English vocabulary; 12 months of training or 12 months of experience in maintenance repair (basic electrical, plumbing, carpentry, masonry and use of associated hand and power tools and equipment).
Valid commercial driver’s license required if motor equipment is of type and size regulated by Sections 4506.01 and 4506.12 of Ohio Revised Code; applicants in the Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry only must have successfully completed the mandated basic firefighter/introduction to fire behavior course (S‑130/S‑190).
Equivalents of the minimum class qualifications noted above may be substituted for the experience required, but not for the mandated licensure.
Job

Skills:

Facilities Maintenance & Inspection, General Maintenance, Building Maintenance, Problem Solving, Flexibility, Time Management.

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)