Correctional Electronics Technician (40 Hour

Introduction

The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction (DOC), has a vacancy for a Correctional Electronics Technician at Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers, CT. This recruitment may be used to fill vacancies throughout State Correctional Facilities as openings occur within the next year.

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• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees.
• This position and offers an excellent pension plan.

Full time, 40 hours per week;
First Shift, Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM;

Key responsibilities for this position include the maintenance and repair of:

• Facility door programmable logic controllers (PLC) and interlock systems
• Metal detectors
• Facility intercom and paging systems
• Intrusion alarm systems (i.e. sensors, infrared and microwave)
• Fence alarms
• CT Video Recorders, monitors, and surveillance cameras
• Fire alarm systems
• Environmental direct digital controls (DDC)
• Handheld radios, base station radio equipment and repeaters
• Man-down alarm sensors and systems
• UPS/battery backup units for all security-based systems
• Low voltage distribution systems

The Connecticut Department of Correction is a diverse agency with a wide variety of employees from Correction Officers to Educators, to Managers and Skilled Professionals. We value differences that make us stronger as a team and support our mission statement. The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. State of Connecticut. The agency operates 13 correctional facilities.

It has its headquarters in Wethersfield. The DOC protects public safety by ensuring offenders serve their sentences of imprisonments in facilities that are safe, humane, and provide re-entry programming. The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction is a unified system; all sentenced and un-sentenced offenders are supervised by the DOC. The Department also provides supervision for offenders on parole, community release, and other discretionary release programs.

Note:

Candidates selected for hire are required to attend a fourteen (14) week training at the CTDOC Training Academy.

This employer may participate in E‑Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I‑9 information to confirm work authorization.

Salary Calculations:
For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.

Note:

This position will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion and merit employment rules. Candidates who are offered and accept a position with the State of Connecticut are bound by the State Code of Ethics for Public Officials and State employees, available .gov/ethics.

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In a Department of Correction facility or district this class is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks and/or acting as a working supervisor for inmates in the repair, maintenance and installation of various electronic security systems and equipment.

• Performs technical duties in installation, maintenance, repair and testing of highly technical security surveillance and life safety and alarm systems and communication equipment;
• Fabricates special electronic devices and systems as needed;
• Uses a variety of testing/measuring equipment and data to locate electronic malfunctions, diagnose, troubleshoot and repair systems and equipment;
• Trains, instructs and supervises inmates assigned to an electronics repair shop in repair, calibration and testing of…