Lieutenant

Job Posting Title

Agency

Supervisory Organization

Job Posting End Date

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note:

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Job Type

Compensation

Job Description

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities involving the coordination, supervision, and direction of a correctional security program, maintaining security, control and custody of inmates, complying with policies, procedures, rules and regulations, and facilitating the successful operation of a state adult correctional facility.

• Conducts shift briefings, supervises correctional officers, and coordinates shift coverage.
• Provides a leadership role to subordinate correctional officers; serves as a positive role model and provides information to the chief of security.
• Completes performance reviews for subordinates and sets job expectations for officers; administers progressive discipline, monitors and approves officers' time and clears exceptions.
• Maintains a high degree of knowledge of duties required for assigned posts, offender programs, logs, policies and procedures; implements and performs those duties with minimal supervision.
• Provides security and supervision to inmates in a variety of situations and activities.
• Maintains security of an assigned area or post, responds to emergencies and adapts to any situation.
• Provides security and supervision over inmate work crews.
• Escorts inmates to work sites.
• Inventories and controls all equipment, weapons, tools, caustics and keys.
• Reviews safety and security for all areas.
• Patrols yards, grounds, cell houses, corridors, dormitories and work areas on an assigned shift.
• Observes activities and movements of inmates.
• Manages inmate conduct, work and discipline.
• Maintains order and discipline in programs and during meals and recreation periods.
• Inspects living areas, facilities, and work locations for unauthorized objects or materials; makes reports on incidents.
• Operates manually or electronically controlled security equipment, maintaining controlled movement of inmates, staff and the public.
• Conducts inmate counts.
• Performs searches of inmates and living quarters for contraband.
• Enforces institutional rules and regulations.
• Maintains security of various assigned areas involving long periods of sitting, standing and/or walking.
• Conducts sanitation and security inspections of all areas within assigned posts and takes appropriate steps to correct deficiencies.
• Prepares written documentation and reports concerning inmate behavior, status, and movement.

At this level, employees serve as correctional security lieutenants with primary responsibilities for the security operations on an assigned shift or unit within a correctional facility or hospital security unit, with responsibility for the supervision of first‑level supervisors who are responsible for individual units or activities on the assigned shift and coordination of all shift functions and operations. Employees assigned to this level who are working within an institution may be charged with independently performing a specialized function requiring advanced proficiency in the use of chemical agents or firearms, a high degree of judgment and skill as an inmate public work crew officer, gun gang officer, K‑9 unit officer, transportation officer, restricted housing unit officer, mental health unit officer, key and tool officer, control room officer, visiting room officer, gate officer, activities officer, hospital security posts, or may serve as the team commander of the Correctional Emergency Response Team.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required at this level include knowledge of supervisory methods and techniques; of staffing patterns and scheduling the distribution of staff and work assignments; of methods and objectives of discipline required for inmates under restraint; of the…