Corrections Sergeant: Lead Training & Security

Gulfshoresal; Cameron, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Paid holidays

Paid leave

Job summary

Missouri Department of Corrections is hiring multiple corrections officer positions. This role offers a career path inside a secure facility, with opportunities to train others, oversee compliance, and ensure safety for staff and offenders.

The package includes comprehensive benefits, a shift differential for certain posts, and retirement plans. Applicants must meet minimum qualifications and be ready to work in a state institution.

Qualifications

• Six or more months of experience as a Correctional Officer or Probation and Parole Assistant with the Missouri Department of Corrections; OR
• One or more years of military service, or experience in the custody of adult criminal offenders in a city, county, state, or federal facility.

Responsibilities

• Supervises Correctional Officers; develops expectations/monitors performance and work habits.
• Assists the Corrections Training Officer in conducting orientation and in-service training programs.
• Observes personnel to ensure compliance with established rules, regulations, and procedures.
• Conducts on‑the‑job training for Correctional Officers.
• Serves as officer‑in‑charge of special security posts where independent judgment and responsibility are required.
• Patrols living quarters, grounds, and buildings to observe offender behaviors and the effectiveness of Correctional Officers.
• Prepares and submits reports on offender violations of divisional or correctional facility rules, unusual offender behaviors, observed mechanical deficiencies, and security breaches or failures.

Job description

Missouri Department of Corrections is hiring multiple corrections officer positions. This role offers a career path inside a secure facility, with opportunities to train others, oversee compliance, and ensure safety for staff and offenders.

The package includes comprehensive benefits, a shift differential for certain posts, and retirement plans. Applicants must meet minimum qualifications and be ready to work in a state institution.