Sheet Metal Worker 2 - 20027917

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC); Orient (OH); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) at Pickaway Correctional Institution seeks a skilled Sheet Metal Worker Lead to supervise and train incarcerated workers in fabricating sheet metal and related metal structures. You will oversee repairs, welding, and installs for security and housing areas.

Responsibilities include planning jobs, interpreting schematics, managing tool inventories, and ensuring compliance with security regulations while working in a correctional setting.

Qualifications

• 18 months training or 18 months verifiable experience in sheet metal work under supervision.
• Or 6 months experience as Sheet Metal Worker 1, 52271.
• Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above.

Responsibilities

• Lead workers and trainees in fabricating sheet metal and structured steel/heavy metal parts.
• Repair roofs, gutters, downspouts and flashings as part of maintenance.
• Read blueprints and schematics to guide fabrication and repairs.
• Maintain inventory and ensure security of tools and equipment.

Skills

Trades

General Maintenance

Building Maintenance

Problem Solving

Flexibility

Time Management

Education

18 months training or 18 months verifiable exp. in sheet metal work

6 months exp. as Sheet Metal Worker 1, 52271

Equivalent minimum class qualifications

Job description

What You’ll Do

• Serve as lead worker (e.g., provides work direction and training) to lower-level sheet metal workers, other trades helpers, and/or incarcerated persons in fabricating sheet metal and/or structured steel/heavy metal
• Participate in repairing roofs, gutters, downspouts and flashings
• Fabricates metal products (e.g., pans, ductwork, kitchen equipment, cans, boxes, tanks) and inspects completed work
• Welds metal and installs metal security fixtures, electrical appliances and furniture
• Designs/redesigns, fabricates, modifies, installs and repairs more complex sheet metal and/or structures, steel/heavy metal parts, components, items and assemblies (e.g., security and storage areas, fire escapes, cell doors, grates, security gates, bars, cell beds)
• Plans and evaluates jobs
• Lays out patterns and cuts, bends, welds, burns and fabricates various metal parts.
• Determines and completes materials needed, cost estimates, and submit requests to purchase
• Reads blueprints and/or schematic diagrams
• Maintains tool count of tools used by incarcerated persons (e.g., completes tool control forms daily, maintains strict inventory of tools)
• Maintains and cleans equipment and tools
• Prepares and maintains required records and reports (e.g., broken tool, shop security, work completed daily, incarcerated persons evaluations) manually and/or electronically using personal computer and office systems software
• Performs other maintenance and/or miscellaneous duties (e.g., performs semi-skilled carpentry, painting, plumbing and/or water treatment, electrical, HVAC)
• Maintains inventory of supplies
• Ensures compliance with security regulations.
• Operates snow and ice removal and grass cutting equipment
• Operates heavy equipment (e.g., backhoe, trencher, forklift)
• Serves on institutional committees
• Attends training, seminars and/or meetings as required
• Performs security functions as required (e.g., man down, shakedown, inmate movement)
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as lead worker (e.g., provides work direction and training) to lower-level sheet metal workers, other trades helpers, and/or incarcerated persons in fabricating sheet metal and/or structured steel/heavy metal
• Participate in repairing roofs, gutters, downspouts and flashings
• Fabricates metal products (e.g., pans, ductwork, kitchen equipment, cans, boxes, tanks) and inspects completed work
• Welds metal and installs metal security fixtures, electrical appliances and furniture
• Designs/redesigns, fabricates, modifies, installs and repairs more complex sheet metal and/or structures, steel/heavy metal parts, components, items and assemblies (e.g., security and storage areas, fire escapes, cell doors, grates, security gates, bars, cell beds)
• Plans and evaluates jobs
• Estimates time
• Lays out patterns and cuts, bends, welds, burns and fabricates various metal parts.
• Determines and completes materials needed, cost estimates, and submit requests to purchase
• Reads blueprints and/or schematic diagrams
• Maintains tool count of tools used by incarcerated persons (e.g., completes tool control forms daily, maintains strict inventory of tools)
• Maintains and cleans equipment and tools
• Prepares and maintains required records and reports (e.g., broken tool, shop security, work completed daily, incarcerated persons evaluations) manually and/or electronically using personal computer and office systems software
• Performs other maintenance and/or miscellaneous duties (e.g., performs semi-skilled carpentry, painting, plumbing and/or water treatment, electrical, HVAC)
• Maintains inventory of supplies
• Ensures compliance with security regulations.
• Operates snow and ice removal and grass cutting equipment
• Operates heavy equipment (e.g., backhoe, trencher, forklift)
• Serves on institutional committees
• Attends training, seminars and/or meetings as required
• Performs security functions as required (e.g., man down, shakedown, inmate movement)
• Performs other duties as assigned.

18 mos. trg. or 18 mos. verifiable exp.in sheet metal work under supervision of experienced sheet metal worker; formal education in arithmetic that includes fractions & percentages & in reading & writing common English vocabulary.

• Or 6 mos. exp. as Sheet Metal Worker 1, 52271.
• Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above.

Job Skills:

Trades, General Maintenance, Building Maintenance, Problem Solving, Flexibility, Time Management.

Organization

Rehabilitation & Correction - Pickaway Correctional Institution

Agency Contact Name and Information

Personnel Director 614-585-5316 /[e-mail]

Unposting Date

Sep 11, 2026, 11:59:00 PM

Work Location

Pickaway Correctional Institut

Primary Location

United States of America-OHIO-Pickaway County-Orient

Compensation

$24.27

Schedule

Full-time

Classified Indicator

Classified

Union

OCSEA

Technical Skills

Building Maintenance, General Maintenance, Trades

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 rehabilitative 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!