Correctional Industries Supervisor 1 (General Industries)

JobAps; Suffield (CT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Connecticut Department of Correction seeks a Correctional Industries Supervisor 1 (General Industries) for the MacDougall-Walker facility in Suffield, CT. You will supervise a metal shop, instruct incarcerated individuals, and oversee production in a hazardous-duty environment.

The role blends hands-on fabrication with supervision, planning, cost reporting, and enforcing safety and security within the work area. Experience in welding, machining, and CAD tools is preferred.

Qualifications

• Four years of experience in a manufacturing environment with some responsibility for production output of others.
• Experience welding, sheet-metal fabrication, machining and supervisory experience.
• Experience using AutoCAD, SolidWorks and CNC software.
• Experience training, instructing and supervising inmates.
• Experience with production planning, quality control and safety inspections.

Responsibilities

• Supervises and instructs inmates in metal fabrication and safety.
• Plans daily production activities and assigns tasks.
• Maintains cost, production inventory and time records.
• Maintains discipline and enforces security measures within the area.
• Performs related duties as required and conducts performance reviews.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Oral communication

Supervisory ability

Computer skills

Inmate supervision

Blueprint reading

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

CNC software

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Introduction

Do you work in the metalworking industry as a welder, fabricator, or machinist? Have you worked in a production environment and helped guide the work of others? Bring your technical experience to a supervisory opportunity with the State of Connecticut! The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction (DOC),�has an opening for a Correctional Industries Supervisor 1 (General Industries) at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield, CT.�

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• NEW: Visit our State Employee Benefits Overview page!
• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees.
• This is a Hazardous Duty Position and offers an excellent pension plan.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

This hazardous duty position is assigned to the Metal Shop, which produces items such as picnic table frames, aluminum signpost frames, plow pins, sign and cone holders, pipe gates, commissary carts, wing carts, truck boxes, and metal silverware holders. This role combines hands-on manufacturing and production oversight with the opportunity to teach incarcerated individuals practical metalworking skills.

This position is full-time, 36.25 hours per week, 6:15 AM - 1:30 PM.

Duties of this position includes, but are not limited to

• Supervising and instructing incarcerated individuals in metal fabrication, manufacturing methods, proper use of tools and materials, safety procedures, and equipment maintenance, cleaning, and repair.
• Planning daily production activities and assigning work.
• Generating and maintaining cost reports, production and inventory data, and time records.
• Maintaining discipline and enforcing security measures within the assigned area.
• Conducting performance reviews of assigned incarcerated individuals.
• Performing related duties as required.

About Us

The Department of Correction shall strive to be a leader in progressive correctional practices and partnered re-entry initiatives to support responsive evidence-based practices geared toward supporting reintegration and reducing recidivism under the Department's supervision. Safety and security shall be a priority component of this responsibility, coinciding with an unwavering respect for the human dignity of staff, victims, citizens and offenders.

PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In a Department of Correction facility or district this class is accountable for acting as a working supervisor and providing instruction for a group of inmates engaged in the manufacture, production or processing of products or services in the occupation indicated by the parenthetical title of the class.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

• Supervises and instructs inmates in proper methods and techniques of manufacturing process or service, proper use of tools and materials, necessary safety rules and procedures and maintenance, cleaning and repair of equipment;
• Plans and routes work to be performed, assigning inmates to specific tasks;
• Estimates needs and requisitions supplies, materials and equipment necessary;
• Supervises maintenance and/or repair of equipment or arranges for outside service and material;
• Maintains cost, production inventory and time records and makes necessary reports on operations;
• Maintains discipline and enforces security measures within assigned areas;
• Maintains appropriate security procedures for tools, equipment, chemicals, etc.;
• Reviews and evaluates performance of assigned inmates;
• Submits reports relative to inmate disciplinary actions, recommendations for 'good time', furloughs, reassignments, etc.;
• May physically restrain inmates, quell disturbances and otherwise assist custodial forces in emergencies;
• May be required to operate a motor vehicle;
• Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

• Considerable knowledge of methods, materials and equipment involved in occupational area;
• Knowledge of methods and techniques of production planning and control;
• Considerable
• interpersonal skills;
• oral communication skills;
• Ability to interpret plans, blueprints and diagrams where required;
• keep records and make reports;
• perform under stress and remain stable in pressure situations;
• train, instruct and supervise inmates in methods and techniques of the trade;
• utilize computer software;
• Supervisory ability.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Four (4) years of experience in a manufacturing environment involved in the areas of production, production planning and/or quality control which must have included some responsibility for the production output of other workers.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

Experience performing technical duties within the maintenance trade area on a military base, aircraft carrier or large compound may be substituted for the General Experience on a year for year basis.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience welding, sheet-metal fabrication, machining and supervisory experience within a production manufacturing environment;
• Experience training, instructing, coaching, monitoring and evaluating employees;
• Experience resolving production problems and communicating work instructions to individuals from diverse backgrounds;
• Experience in production planning and production output, quality control, safety inspections and enforcing safety procedures;
• Experience with industry computer programming such as AutoCAD, and/or SolidWorks, and/or CNC software;
• Experience using Microsoft Excel to create and modify spreadsheets.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Incumbents in this class must have reached their 18th birthday.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to possess a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certification at the time of appointment.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to successfully complete a formal training course in correctional work to develop the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the class.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain either a valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s License, a Commercial Driver’s License or both.
• Incumbents may be required to travel.

CHARACTER REQUIREMENTS

In addition to the checking of references and of facts stated in the application, a thorough background investigation of each candidate may be made before persons are certified for appointment.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Incumbents in this class must have general good health, be free from any disease or injury which would impair health or usefulness and possess and retain sufficient physical strength, stamina, agility, endurance and visual and auditory acuity required to perform all the duties of the class. A comprehensive medical examination, including a controlled substance screening, will be required of all applicants upon a conditional offer of employment.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Incumbents in this class may be exposed to danger of injury or assault by inmates who have access to tools of the trade as weapons and the following discomforts depending upon their industry: loud machine noises, chemical fumes, working in tiring positions, working with dangerous (high speed and/or high temperature, etc.) machinery.

Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.