Correctional Electrician (40 Hour

Introduction

The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction (DOC) is hiring Correctional Electricians to fill a vacancies at Mac Dougall‑Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield, Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown, and Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers, CT.

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This position is full-time, following a first shift schedule, 40 hours a week, scheduled Monday - Friday, and is entitled to excellent benefits including health and dental.

Candidates selected for this position will be required to attend the 14‑week Training Academy in Cheshire, CT.

Additional information will be provided during the hiring process.

As a Correctional Electrician, you will be responsible for the maintenance of:

• Emergency generators and emergency lighting;
• Fence alarm systems;
• Perimeter lighting;
• Motorized gates;
• Fire alarm systems;
• Emergency power/UPS equipment;
• Cell door control systems;
• Surveillance cameras and recording system infrastructure;
• High/low voltage distribution system;
• Equipment in both the kitchen & laundry areas;
• Facility and cell infrastructure wiring;
• Record of tool inventory/control;
• Snow and ice removal; and
• Supervising assigned inmates.

The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) is a diverse agency with a wide variety of employees from Correction Officers, to Educators, to Managers and Skilled Professionals. We value differences that make us stronger as a team and support our mission statement.

The Connecticut Department of Correction is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The agency operates 13 correctional facilities. It has its headquarters in Wethersfield. The DOC protects public safety by ensuring offenders serve their sentences of imprisonments in facilities that are safe, human, and provide re‑entry programming.

The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction is a unified system; all sentenced and un‑sentenced offenders are supervised by the DOC. The Department also provides supervision for offenders on parole, community release, and other discretionary release programs.

The Engineering/Facilities Management Services unit is responsible for providing centralized direction and technical assistance throughout the agency, including management of the capital budget and plan; project design, approval and management; facility preventative maintenance; and repair. Recently completed projects include building an outdoor firearms training range, conversion of a vacant building to a housing unit at the Gates Correctional Institution, roofing to the main building at the Brooklyn Correctional Institution, and installation of improved body alarms at the Hartford Correctional Center.

The unit coordinates the recycling program of the Department of Correction, recycling over 1,310 tons of cardboard and similarly large numbers of plastic, glass and cans.

In a Department of Correction facility or district this class is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in the repair, monitoring and installation of electrical systems and equipment.

• Repairs, maintains and installs electrical systems and equipment such as motors, transformers, generators, wiring, switches, fixtures, circuit breakers, emergency lighting, fire alarms, etc.;
• Determines electrical malfunctions using test instruments such as amp meter, voltmeter and Volt-Ohm-Milliammeter (VOM) tester and repairs defects by replacing burnt‑out elements, fuses or wiring and cleaning or re‑wiring components;
• Provides instruction and training and maintains custody of and disciplines a group of inmates assigned electrical maintenance duties;
• Instructs inmates in planning, layout and wiring of new installations and making equipment adjustments using hand tools;
• Keeps…