Maintenance Repair Worker 3 -20031768

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC); Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has a full-time Facilities Maintenance position at Franklin Medical Center in Columbus, OH. The role involves leading inmates or staff in semi-skilled and skilled maintenance tasks across electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and grounds work.

You will perform preventive maintenance, operate tools, inspect facilities, and assist with related crafts while adhering to security requirements and staff supervision roles.

Qualifications

• 12 months training or 12 months experience in maintenance repair.
• Valid commercial driver's license if motor equipment is regulated by state law.
• Equivalent of minimum class qualifications may substitute experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead workers and supervise inmates or staff in semi-skilled and skilled maintenance tasks.
• Perform repair work on electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and grounds equipment.
• Inspect buildings and equipment for repairs and preventive maintenance.
• Operate tools and welding equipment and manage tool inventories.
• Assist in related job crafts and participate in meetings and trainings.

Skills

Facilities Maintenance

General Maintenance

Building Maintenance

Problem Solving

Time Management

Flexibility

Education

Maintenance repair training/experience

Job description

What You’ll Do

• Serves as lead worker (e.g., provides work direction, training) over inmates, or other assigned staff in performance of semi-skilled and skilled maintenance repair work (e.g., electrical, carpentry, grounds keeping, plumbing).
• Performs semi-skilled and skilled maintenance repair of equipment (e.g., light fixtures, electrical outlets, switches, motors, appliances, electrical circuits, installs fixtures, repair and adjust fans, clocks, cookers, electrical components of heating and cooling systems, consoles, replaces disconnects and fuses on various electrical equipment)
• Performs semi-skilled and skilled carpentry repairs (e.g., doors, locks cabinets, chairs, desks, floors, walls, windows, stairways, partitions).
• Performs semi-skilled and skilled repair of plumbing equipment (e.g., water and steam lines, sewer pipes, trap fittings, plumbing fixtures, pumps, regulators, valves, faucets, toilets, sinks, bathtubs, heating radiators, chilled water lines)
• Performs interior custodial duties (e.g., mops, sweeps, waxes floors, washes wall and windows)
• Performs exterior grounds keeping duties.
• Removes snow and ice from sidewalks.
• On a continuous basis, inspects buildings and equipment for needed repairs or replacements.
• Performs systematic and routine preventive maintenance of assigned area.
• Operates machine tools and welding equipment in making repairs to metal parts and equipment.
• Ensures secure maintenance of tools and completes tool counts and inventories
• Assists in related job crafts as required
• Controls/restricts inmate movement to assigned areas
• Conducts searches of inmates when a breach of security is suspected
• Responds to emergencies
• Attends meetings and trainings
• Participates on institution committees

Formal education in arithmetic that includes addition & subtraction & in reading, writing & speaking common English vocabulary; 12 mos. trg. or 12 mos. exp. in maintenance repair (e.g., basic electrical, plumbing, carpentry, masonry & use of associated hand & power tools & equipment). Valid commercial driver's license required if motor equipment is of type & size regulated by Sections 4506.01 & 4506.12 of Ohio revised code; in Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry only, applicants must have successfully completed the mandated basic firefighter/introduction to fire behavior course (S-130/S-190).

• Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above may be substituted for the experience required, but not for the mandated licensure.

Job Skills

Facilities Maintenance & Inspection, General Maintenance, Building Maintenance, Problem Solving, Flexibility, Time Management.

Organization

Rehabilitation & Correction - Franklin Medical Center

Unposting Date

Sep 1, 2026, 11:59:00 PM

Work Location

OPS - Franklin Medical Center

Primary Location

United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus

Compensation

$23.28

Schedule

Full-time

Classified Indicator

Classified

Union

OCSEA

Primary Job Skill

Facilities Maintenance & Inspection

Technical Skills

Building Maintenance, General Maintenance

Professional Skills

Flexibility, Problem Solving, Time Management

Agency Overview

Who We Are

Guided by a single mission “To reduce recidivism among those we touch,” the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction believes that everyone is capable of positive change. Our staff embrace these core values and serves as role models for pro-social behavior conveying an attitude of dignity and respect in the treatment of others.

What We Do

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has been tasked with front line crime reduction through rehabilitive treatment and programming efforts provided in a safe, secure and humane correctional environment and effective community supervision. Our goal is to protect the public through helping individuals turn away from crime and become productive, contributing members of our communities, ensuring a safer Ohio for all Ohioans now and in the future.

Are You Ready?

We are thrilled to see that you are interested in beginning your career with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction! Without a doubt, this will be the most rewarding and meaningful work you’ll ever find with a work family that is second to none!