Correctional Technician

This classification is scheduled to receive a 5% COLA effective July 2027.

Make a Difference. Build Your Career. Serve Your Community. Join the Butte County Sheriff’s Office as a Correctional Technician I! Are you looking for a rewarding career where your work directly contributes to public safety? The Butte County Sheriff’s Office is seeking dependable, motivated individuals to join our team as Correctional Technician I. Correctional Technicians play an essential role in the safe and effective operation of our correctional facilities.

You’ll work alongside sworn personnel and professional staff, maintain accurate records, assist with facility operations, and support the day-to-day functions that keep our facilities running safely and efficiently. If you’re professional, dependable, detail-oriented, and ready to serve your community, this is an opportunity to put those qualities to work in a challenging and meaningful career. Start your career with the Butte County Sheriff’s Office.

Become part of a team that makes a difference every day!

Must be willing to work during evenings, weekends and holidays.

This recruitment is for Level I.

The salary range for level I is $1,623.20 -$2,174.40 biweekly ($20.29 - $27.18 per hour).

Note: A training and experience evaluation may be utilized to determine an applicant's ranking among qualified candidates. Based upon information provided in this application including responses to supplemental questions, an applicant's education, training and experience (full-time equivalent) may be evaluated. Applicants should provide thoughtful and thorough responses to supplemental questions as they play an important role in this recruitment process. All qualifying work experience that is described or included in responses to supplemental questions MUST also be included and detailed in the "Work Experience" section of this application.

"See Resume" is not an acceptable response for any supplemental question.

FLSA:
Non-Exempt

Under immediate (Correctional Technician I) or general supervision (Correctional Technician II), performs a variety of administrative duties related to the processing and disposition of inmate records; participates in the booking and release of inmates; schedules court appearances; monitors security and processes visitors; and performs related duties as assigned.

Receives immediate (Correctional Technician I) or general supervision (Correctional Technician II) from assigned supervisory or management personnel. Exercises no direct supervision over staff.

Initially under immediate supervision, incumbents learn and perform a variety of routine duties of clerical and technical sheriff administrative and programmatic duties. As experience is gained, assignments become more varied, complex, and difficult; immediate supervision becomes more general and frequent review of work lessens as an incumbent demonstrates skill to perform the work independently. Positions at this level usually perform most of the duties required of the positions at the Correctional Technician II-level, but are not expected to function at the same skill level and usually exercise less independent discretion and judgment in matters related to work procedures and methods.

Work is generally supervised while in progress and fits an established structure or pattern. Exceptions or changes in procedures are explained in detail as they arise.

This is the fully qualified journey-level classification in the Correctional Technician series. Incumbents are fully competent to independently perform a full range of clerical and technical sheriff administrative and programmatic…