Lieutenant

Locations

On-site location:
Hidalgo, 1601 Buffalo Dr, Raymondville, TX 78580, USA. Additional locations may be listed as applicable.

• On-site
• Salary: 56,160 USD per year
• Admin Support
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: LIEUT
  002400

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Organize and conduct inspections and searches of inmates, detainees, and offenders and their living and work areas.
• Prepare records and reports as assigned.
• Maintain logs and verify inmate counts.
• Foster a team effort among correctional officers by providing support, motivation, training, and assistance as required.
• Report and investigate all unusual occurrences.
• Direct the work of employees to ensure effectiveness.
• Supervise daily routine of the security section.
• Enforce post orders and ensure correctional officers are familiar with shift assignments.
• Handle disciplinary reports and prepare reports of disturbances and shift activities.
• Function as shift supervisor as needed: supervise, instruct, train, and ensure the safety of assigned employees, inmates, detainees, and offenders; schedule employees, inmates, detainees, and offenders work and off-duty time; and assist in formulating security and work procedures.
• Supervise and provide custody and security of inmates, detainees, and offenders, including observation, searches, restraint, and transportation as required.
• Supervise security of inmates, detainees, and offenders performing technical skills and in varied operations which involve climbing stairs and ladders, working indoors and outdoors, and in environments with motorized equipment.
• Respond to emergencies, assist in emergencies, provide first aid, and use force or deadly force as necessary in accordance with policy.
• Read, review, and apply information from inmate, detainee, and offender records related to health, safety, and security; enforce disciplinary rules and supervise record preparation and maintenance.
• Perform a variety of marginal duties as needed.

Required Knowledge Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Mid-management level in a security department.

Education and Experience:

• 3 to 5 years of experience in a correctional setting and 1 year of supervisory experience preferred.
• Must be TCOLE certified or able to obtain TCOLE Jailers License where applicable.

Physical Requirements:

• Long periods of standing and walking per shift; frequent sitting.
• Repetitive climbing of stairs; working at heights.
• Occasional kneeling, squatting, and bending for searches.
• Frequent grasping, reaching, pushing, pulling, bending, and twisting.
• Occasional restraining and securing of assaultive individuals.
• Rapid response to security or medical Code issues.
• Transferring and transporting offenders by walking or riding per shift.
• Staying alert during duty; occasional lifting up to 50-100 lbs.
• Occasional exposure to OC spray; outdoor element exposure per shift.

Pay rate: 56,160 USD per year

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