Maintenance Mechanic 3

MAINTENANCE MECHANIC 3

WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY (WSP)

Walla Walla, Washington

The Department of Corrections (DOC) is seeking highly motivated and qualified individual for the position of a Full-Time, Permanent Maintenance Mechanic 3 for the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) located in Walla Walla, Washington.

The Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) is comprised of 3 Close Custody Units, 3 Special Housing Units, 2 Intensive Management Units, 2 Medium Units, 2 Minimum Housing Units and a Hospital. In all, WSP houses approximately 2,000 incarcerated individuals and employs approximately 1,100 staff.

The Washington State Penitentiary is staffed 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.

Whether the work is inside a prison, in community corrections, or in an administrative office, the Washington State Department of Corrections professional staff experience a high degree of personal satisfaction knowing they are creating environments in which all incarcerated individuals can learn to make choices that contribute to a safer society. The Department of Corrections (DOC), as a partner in the criminal justice system, enhances public safety, administers criminal sanctions and programs in accordance with the law and provides leadership for the future of corrections in Washington State.

The Department consists of the Office of the Secretary, Prisons Division, Community Corrections Division, Administrative Services Division, Health Services Division, Communications Department and Risk Management Department. DOC is an organization that respects individuals for their unique qualities and strives to create a safe environment for individual uniqueness.

The Washington State Penitentiary is committed to maintain and expand incarcerated individual work training programs which develop marketable skills, instill, and promote positive work ethics, and reduce the tax burden of corrections. This position supports that objective by training and supervision of staff and incarcerated individual workers in farm agricultural production, compost production, facility food waste elimination, and recycle of internal commodities from our production shops.

Maintains security and control over incarcerated individuals working in the unit and provides skills training to incarcerated individual workers in accordance with DOC policy.

Work with supervisor to plan garden in conjunction with Food Services staff to best fill the needs of the institution. Plant, irrigate, fertilized, cultivate, spray, and harvest up to 30 acres of garden. Supervise and train up to 10 incarcerated individuals in farm techniques and equipment. Design, install, repair, and maintain irrigation systems. Maintain and care for a 6,000 sq. ft.

greenhouse/nursery. Maintain lawn, landscaping, right of ways, and security areas.

Support sustainable farming practices utilizing recommended crop rotations/fallow practices. Implement preventative maintenance schedule for equipment set by the farm supervisor. Replace motors, pumps, hoses, fluids, filters, belts, and pulleys on farm equipment as a part of general maintenance procedures. Repair irrigation issues related to the farm and facility grounds.

Perform skilled in one or more trade or craft. Perform construction, maintenance, repair, modification of buildings, facilities, mechanical equipment, machinery, and specific apparatus. Utilize knowledge of several related skill fields such as plumbing, welding, and carpentry.

• Tasks include:
• Review and implement plans, schedules, recycling and composting efforts based on facility/state needs.
• Gather feedstock materials using the Aerated Static Pile method of composting materials
• Making adjustments to mix composition and ratio of bulking agents in order to prepare an initial mix which can be composted based on recommendations from the farm supervisor
• Conduct bulk density and free air space testing of compost pile to start active composting.
• Mix and cure…