State Industries Production Technician

State of Iowa - Executive Branch; Rockwell City (IA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Iowa - Executive Branch seeks an experienced supervisor to oversee welding operations involving incarcerated individuals. You will manage a production area, enforce safety measures, and ensure quality control while coordinating with CAD designers on material choices.

The role requires strong mechanical aptitude, blueprint reading skills, and the ability to lead welders and fabrication processes in a correctional environment. Knowledge of OSHA safety protocols is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising teams in manufacturing or correctional settings.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and blueprint reading skills.
• Knowledge of welding processes and equipment.
• Ability to manage fabrication processes and maintain inventory.

Responsibilities

• Supervise welding operations and coordinate work with incarcerated individuals.
• Ensure safety and security compliance across the production area.
• Maintain stock of raw materials and inventory of finished goods.
• Instruct on welding techniques and fabrication processes.
• Collaborate with CAD designers to select suitable materials.
• Deliver finished goods on schedule and monitor tool maintenance.
• Perform offender counts and security duties as required.

Skills

Supervising welders

Blueprint reading

Safety compliance

Inventory management

CAD collaboration

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Press brakes

Plasma cutters

Laser cutters

Welding equipment

Job description

Job Description

Supervise and coordinate welding operations with incarcerated individuals while using a large variety of hand tools, power tools and machinery. This position is responsible for overseeing the production area and ensuring all safety and security measures are followed. Quality control in this area requires constant attention.

Job Description

Supervise and coordinate welding operations with incarcerated individuals while using a large variety of hand tools, power tools and machinery. This position is responsible for overseeing the production area and ensuring all safety and security measures are followed. Quality control in this area requires constant attention. Job classification duties also include instructing on various welding techniques, fabrication processes and safety protocols required by the Iowa DOC, North Central Correctional Facility, OSHA, Fire Marshall, Respirator Program, and Lock Out/Tag Out procedures. Also ensure all products meet industry standards and customer specifications. This role requires strong mechanical aptitude, excellent blueprint reading skills, and the ability to effectively manage welders and fabrication processes by incarcerated individuals. Maintain the stock of raw material while keeping a detailed inventory of finished goods. Also ensuring timely delivery dates of finish goods are met. Maintain daily physical accounts of tool inventory and machines. Replace or repair damaged tools or equipment. Deliver finished goods as needed. Monitor the activities of offenders in a minimum/medium security correctional setting. Receives yearly training in this area. Gives the highest priority to security functions to ensure the safety of offenders, staff, and the general public. Conducts required offender counts professionally. Teach I/Is to be a proficient welder; know and understand metal working equipment such as press brakes, plasma, laser cutters, and welders. Help management determine which piece of equipment best fits the shop's needs for capital improvements. Work with CAD designers to determine best material for jobs. Qualified applicants will meet selective requirements as well as the minimum qualifications of the job class.

E-Verify and Right to Work

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.

Selectives

765 Welding (Arc and/or Acetylene)

6 months’ experience, 12 semester hours, or a combination of both in welding that uses an electric arc to provide heat or welding using acetylene which is a colorless flammable gas.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

• One year of full-time work experience in the direction of employees in one of the following areas related to the manufacture/delivery of Iowa State Industries products or services:
• Wood Furniture Fabrication: cutting, planing, shaping, routing, gluing, staining, and assembling wood furniture.
• Upholstery Fabrication: cutting patterns, sewing, stitching, tacking, gluing, and assembling fabric and foam upholstery items.
• Braille Production: translation of printed documents into Literary and/or Nemeth Code Braille using the Perkins Braille writer and/or computer translation programs, thermoforming, binding, producing raised line drawings.
• Graphics Arts Production: layout, proofing, darkroom operation, screen-printing, press operation (offset, duplicator, desktop publishing), binding, and cost estimating.
• Chemical Formulation: mixing, blending, bottling, packaging, and labeling personal care, floor care, kitchen, laundry, and bathroom chemical products.
• Sign Fabrication: blanking, shaping, and forming metal, wood, and plastic into sign substrate. Application of reflective or non-reflective sheeting to substrate to produce traffic control signs.
• Warehouse Operations: receiving, accounting for, storing, and disbursing raw materials, component parts, and finished products. Loading, unloading, routing, and dispatching delivery vehicles.
• Service Center Operation: receiving, processing, recording, and fulfilling incoming telephonic calls. Initiating, recording, and servicing outgoing calls. Responding to and servicing mailed and electronically transferred requests for information; using computers to provide services.
• Industrial Safety: implementing and administering programs to ensure compliance with the standards of regulatory agencies (OSHA, EPA, etc.) in manufacturing plants. Providing safety training to personnel in industrial plants.
• Manufacturing Support Services and Production Control: coordinating the disbursement of raw materials and component parts to production shops; scheduling the output of production shops to ensure efficient final assembly; scheduling and routing delivery of finished goods; coordinating on-site installation of large projects between production, delivery, contracted vendors, and customers; inventory control; quality control; micrographics, or computer-based production control and support.
• One year of full-time work experience in the supervision and training of correctional residents or employees in the manufacture and delivery of products or services.
• Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes one year of full-time work in the Iowa Department of Corrections in a position requiring direct offender supervision.

Within a period of time after hire, as determined by the appointing authority, persons in this class may be required to obtain a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and endorsements.