Maintenance Mechanic

Maintenance Mechanic 3 (MM3)

Full Time / Permanent

Salary Range: $6,673 - $7,740 Monthly

This position is represented by the Teamsters 117 bargaining unit.

This recruitment is open to current DOC employees only.

The Department of Corrections is seeking a highly motivated and qualified individual for the position of Maintenance Mechanic 3 (MM3) at Airway Heights Corrections Center, located in Airway Heights, WA. AHCC is an adult male incarcerated prison corrections facility located approximately 10 miles west of Spokane, WA.

AHCC consists of a main facility that houses medium- and long-term minimum-custody I/I's. A separate perimeter adjacent to the main facility accommodates a minimum-security unit for I/I's with minimum-custody or lower. 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 I/I can learn to make choices that contribute to a safer society.

A completed application packet will include:

• A cover letter regarding your interest in this position with our agency
• A detailed resume
• Three professional references

We are looking for teammates who share our vision of public service, committed to an equitable and inclusive culture that fosters and inspires excellence, while promoting innovation, engagement, and safety, leading to better outcomes for our incarcerated population, our agency, and our community.

Reporting to a Corrections Specialist 2 as a Maintenance Mechanic 3, some of your duties will include:

• Work in any of the areas that require a Maintenance Mechanic
  3. Those areas include, but are not limited to:
  • recycle (waste management)
  • carpentry
  • painting
  • snow removal
  • facility maintenance
• Assist other maintenance personnel with ongoing projects by working with them or supervising their Incarcerated Individual (I/I) crew in their absence.
• Direct, supervise, train, evaluate and instruct I/I trainees in the performance of landscape and gardening maintenance and installation.
• Direct, supervise, train, evaluate and instruct I/I’s trainees on the use, handling and application of pesticides.
• Direct, supervise, train, evaluate and instruct I/I trainees on the operation, maintenance and safe usage of power equipment used in the lawn care, gardening trades and snow removal.
• Direct, supervise, train, evaluate and instruct I/I trainees on irrigation systems design, operation, repair and installation.
• Utilize Asset Planner program to document all work completed daily. This includes creating new service requests for jobs not previously documented.
• Working with institutional staff to complete sanitation duties in areas that I/I are unauthorized to enter (such as control booths, towers, special team rooms, etc.).
  • Provide technical input for the I/I Custodial Training Program.
  • Manage stock and order supplies for custodial duties.
• Other duties or tasks as assigned by the Facility Manager, Plant Manager(s) or Supervisor.

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Possess a valid driver’s license.
• Must be able to lift 60 pounds.
• Must possess a WSDA pesticide and SPI license
• 1 year work experience performing or directing large scale commercial/institutional custodial sanitation duties.
• OR
• 1 year work experience in general repair, preventative maintenance, or light construction duties

• Work experience operating heavy construction equipment (Examples include: forklift, backhoe, tractor, front end loader)
• Work experience in the mechanical trades (Examples include HVAC, plumbing, electrical, general repair)

Working together for safer communities.

Improving public safety by positively changing lives.

To operate a safe and humane corrections system and partner with others to transform lives for a better Washington.

DOC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age,…