Facility Maintenance Supervisor I

Commonwealth of Kentucky; La Grange (KY); On-site; USD 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth of Kentucky's Justice & Public Safety Cabinet, Department of Corrections is hiring a Facility Maintenance Supervisor I in LaGrange, KY. The role oversees maintenance tasks, guides inmate workers, and ensures safe, secure implementation of assignments across the institution's grounds and facilities.

Responsibilities include prioritizing work orders, performing basic repairs, and ensuring tools and parts are properly tracked and requisitioned as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma is required.
• Three years of building/grounds maintenance or related experience.
• Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE: formal training can substitute for experience year-for-year.
• Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION: experience can substitute for education year-for-year.

Responsibilities

• Identifies maintenance needs or repairs and performs basic repairs of plumbing, electrical, and other maintenance issues.
• Prioritizes and verifies completion of work orders.
• Requisitions maintenance tools and supplies as needed.
• Supervises and assists offenders in daily maintenance and repair tasks while maintaining a safe and secure working environment.
• Tracks assignment of tools and parts.

Education

High school diploma

Job description

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Title

Facility Maintenance Supervisor I

Pay Grade

12

Salary

$38,854.56 Annually

Employment Type

EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 40.0 HR/WK

Hiring Agency

Justice & Public Safety Cabinet | Department of Corrections

Location

PO Box 69
Lagrange, KY 40031 USA

Description

The Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC), Division of Adult Institutions operates 13 correctionalfacilities that house Kentucky's adult inmate population. The mission of DOC is to protect the citizens of theCommonwealth and to provide a safe, secure and humane environment for staff and offenders in carrying out themandates of the legislative and judicial processes; and, to provide opportunities for offenders to acquireskills which facilitate non-criminal behavior.
Roederer Correctional Complex is seeking applicants for a Facility Maintenance Supervisor I position toperformmaintenance duties on the grounds of the institution and determines work assignment to the inmate workersassisting in maintenance responsibilities.

• Identifies maintenance needs or repairs and performs basic repairs of plumbing, electrical, and othermaintenance issues.
• Prioritizes and verifies completions of work orders.
• Requisitions maintenance tools and supplies and needed.
• Supervises and assists offenders in daily maintenance and repair tasks while maintaining a safe and secure working environment.
• Tracks assignment of tools and parts

Minimum Requirements

• EDUCATION: High school graduate.
• EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS: Three years of building maintenance, grounds maintenance, general trades, skilled trades, moving services or mechanical maintenance experience.
• Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE: Formal training in one of the above or related fields will substitute for the experience on a year-for-year basis.
• Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION: Experience in one of the above or related fields will substitute for the education on a year-for-year basis.
• SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.): NONE

Working Conditions

Will be on call 24 hours a day. Incumbents in this job title may be exposed to extreme temperatures which requires the following of safety procedures.

Probationary Period

This job has an initial and promotional probationary period of 6 months, except as provided in KRS 18A.111.

Contact

If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact Sasmita Nanda at [e-mail]

Equal Opportunity Employer

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D