Maintenance Specialist, Bldg​/Facility​/Const, Journey

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for a Maintenance Specialist, Building/Facility/Construction, Journey 1, for the Spring Creek Correctional Center (SCCC), located in Seward, Alaska.

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Maintenance Generalist Lead position reports to the Maintenance Foreman and is primarily responsible for, but not limited to, performing general rough and finish carpentry work. Installing and repairs carpet, flooring, tile and drywall. Prepares surfaces for paint and paints surfaces. Repairs and maintains structures and equipment. Operates heavy equipment.

The mission of Spring Creek Correctional Center is to provide a secure environment for staff and offenders that promotes public safety and provides an opportunity for staff development, and reformative offender programming to ensure safety and efficient resources management. As the State of Alaska's only Maximum Security adult male facility we provide confinement for minimum, medium, and close custody sentenced felons including the state's most violent and predatory offenders.

• Employer paid Basic Life insurance with additional coverage available.
• Retirement programs with a wide variety of investment options.
• Vacation leave of 15 hours per month with an accrual rate increased based on time served.
• Eleven paid holidays
• Health benefit package, which includes employer contribution toward medical, vision and dental.

Spring Creek Correctional Center is a maximum security state operated adult correctional institution that has a capacity of over 500 male inmates and employs approximately 200 staff. While much of Spring Creek's inmate population serve long term sentences, we also house prisoners serving shorter sentences.

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Mechanical:
  Knowledge of machines and tools, including their design, use, benefits, repair, operation, and maintenance.
• Building and Construction:
  Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools to construct objects, structures, and buildings.
• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving:
  Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.

• The community of Seward is nestled against a backdrop of peaks and passes sculpted by Ice Age glaciers;
  Seward’s ice-free harbor has long served as a natural gateway to the vast scenic and resource riches of Alaska’s huge interior.
• Residents enjoy outstanding outdoor recreation including the Kenai Fjords National Park, which is dominated by glaciated landscapes. Exit Glacier is one of the many glaciers in the park and is only a short drive from downtown Seward.
• Seward is located on Resurrection Bay, a fickle body of water teeming with an abundant species of fish and frolicking marine mammals.
• Seward is home to the Mt. Marathon Race which is run every July 4th. The race totals 3.1miles and climbs 3022 feet. Top finishers cross the finish line in about an hour.
• Seward schools are second to none, with the Seward Elementary School being selected as a 2008 “No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School.”
• The region offers fantastic marine boating, fishing and hunting, cross-country skiing, bird watching, hiking, kayaking, running and biking, and much, much more.

Please see the Chamber of Commerce's website at:  for more information and visit the following sites: http://www.cityofseward.us/ and/or  and/or www.alaskasealife.org/.

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