Corrections Security Shift Supervisor

South Carolina Department of Corrections; South Carolina; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

South Carolina Department of Corrections is seeking a Security Supervisor to schedule, direct, and manage the employment and duties of the security shift. You will supervise perimeter and internal security, prepare reports, and allocate resources to maximize safety.

Responsibilities include training and counseling staff, ensuring secure facilities, and interviewing inmates as needed to maintain a safe environment in alignment with state laws and agency policies.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma and relevant supervisory experience.
• A bachelor’s degree may substitute for the required supervisory experience.
• Must be certified by the SCDC Training Academy and successfully complete the basic supervisory course within six (6) months of entry into the position.

Responsibilities

• Schedules, directs and manages the employment and duty activities of a security shift.
• Supervises, inspects, and ensures proper perimeter and internal security and control measures are in effect and enforced.
• Prepares, submits, and monitors reports required by the chain of command and policy.
• Directs and redirects security resources for optimum security and safety.
• Ensures that institutional buildings and state property are properly secured.
• Trains, develops, instructs, evaluates, and counsels subordinates to ensure duty performance is in accordance with state laws and agency policies.
• Ensures the proper control, issue, and use of weapons, keys, security devices and agency equipment.
• Inspects all posts where shift employees are deployed.
• Interviews and counsels inmates as necessary to ensure maximum safety and security.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Policy compliance

Security operations

Training and development

Education

High school diploma

Bachelor's degree substitute for supervisory experience

Job description

South Carolina Department of Corrections is seeking a Security Supervisor to schedule, direct, and manage the employment and duties of the security shift. You will supervise perimeter and internal security, prepare reports, and allocate resources to maximize safety.

Responsibilities include training and counseling staff, ensuring secure facilities, and interviewing inmates as needed to maintain a safe environment in alignment with state laws and agency policies.