Facility Maintenance Specialist; Ontario

Facility Maintenance Specialist (Ontario) Multiple Opportunities Snake River Correctional Institution - Ontario, Oregon Oregon Department of Corrections

Initial Posting Date: 02/12/2026

Final date to receive applications: 02/22/2026

Agency: Department of Corrections

Salary Range: $4,653 - $6,118

Position Type: Employee

Position Title: Facility Maintenance Specialist (Ontario) Multiple Opportunities

Are you a skilled trades professional who thrives in a dynamic environment? We’re hiring for two Facility Maintenance Specialist positions! Join our team as a Facility Maintenance Specialist and play a vital role in maintaining and improving the physical plant systems of Snake River Correctional Institution. These roles combine hands‑on technical work with leadership responsibilities, ensuring safety, security, and operational excellence.

• Lead and Train: Coordinate, instruct, and mentor AIC (Adults in Custody) work crews in maintenance, repair, and safe tool operation.
• Ensure Safety & Security: Conduct frisk and area searches, maintain controlled item inventories, monitor work areas, and enforce institutional rules and security protocols.
• Perform Skilled Trades Work:
  • General Maintenance: Repair windows, maintain equipment, and handle installations.
  • Carpentry & Construction: Repair and install flooring, doors, cabinets, and concrete structures.
  • Painting & Welding: Maintain interior/exterior surfaces and metal structures.
  • Lock Repair: Maintain mechanical lock systems.
  • Grounds Maintenance: Keep outdoor areas and landscaping equipment in top condition.
• Preventative Maintenance: Develop and maintain a comprehensive preventative maintenance program for all systems and equipment.
• Project Management: Oversee construction projects, review blueprints, estimate materials, and ensure compliance with codes and regulations.
• Escort Duties: Safely escort vendors and contractors within the institution.

This position is represented by American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). This position may be eligible for Police & Fire (P&F) benefits through Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), as defined by statute.

Two (2) years of: a) general building maintenance; b) carpentry; c) electrical; d) mechanical; e) painting; or f) plastering experience.

A journeyman's license/card in any of the above trades will substitute for this experience. Be sure a copy of your journeyman's license/card is attached to your application.

• Journey-level proficiency in carpentry, welding, painting, and general maintenance.
• Ability to develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive preventative maintenance program for systems and equipment.
• Experience managing construction and repair projects, reviewing blueprints, estimating materials, and ensuring compliance with building codes and regulations.
• Strong capability to coordinate, instruct, and evaluate AIC work crews while enforcing safety and institutional policies.
• Knowledge and application of security protocols, including conducting searches, maintaining controlled inventories, and monitoring work areas.
• Skill in diagnosing and repairing complex systems and equipment such as locks, HVAC components, pumps, and kitchen appliances.

• In the Work Experience section of your application make sure to include the dates and duties of all relevant positions and details to support how you meet these attributes. If you do not include education or work experience meeting the minimum qualifications, you will not be considered for the position. Only the candidates whose experience most closely matches the qualifications and requested skills of this position will be invited to interview.
  
  Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications on or before the job posting close date.
• The job posting closes at 11:59 PM (PDT/PST) on the close date. After you submit your application, be sure to respond to the two questionnaires relating to public records requests and veterans’ preference immediately following your submittal. These questions are necessary to complete the application process.
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