State Industries Production Technician

State of Iowa; Rockwell City (IA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Iowa is seeking a reliable supervisor to oversee welding operations performed by incarcerated workers at North Central Correctional Facility. You will manage production area activities, enforce safety protocols, and ensure all items meet quality standards.

The role requires strong blueprint-reading skills, equipment knowledge (press brakes, plasma, laser cutters), and the ability to coordinate tool inventories while maintaining security.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising teams and coordinating welding operations.
• Ability to read blueprints and fabrication drawings.
• Knowledge of safety protocols and OSHA standards relevant to correctional facilities.
• Experience maintaining tool inventories and equipment maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Supervise welding operations, coordinating with incarcerated workers and ensuring production goals.
• Instruct on welding techniques and fabrication processes.
• Maintain raw material and finished goods inventories; ensure timely delivery.
• Monitor offender activity and enforce safety and security procedures.
• Train staff on CAD-related material selection and equipment usage.
• Work with CAD designers to select appropriate materials for jobs.

Skills

Welding supervision

Blueprint reading

Safety protocols

Inventory management

Tool maintenance

Tools

Press brakes

Plasma cutters

Laser cutters

Welders

CAD

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.

Required qualifications

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:

1. 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:
   • a. Wood Furniture Fabrication: cutting, planing, shaping, routing, gluing, staining, and assembling wood furniture.
   • b. Upholstery Fabrication: cutting patterns, sewing, stitching, tacking, gluing, and assembling fabric and foam upholstery items.
   • c. 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.
   • d. Graphics Arts Production: layout, proofing, darkroom operation, screen-printing, press operation (offset, duplicator, desktop publishing), binding, and cost estimating.
   • e. Chemical Formulation: mixing, blending, bottling, packaging, and labeling personal care, floor care, kitchen, laundry, and bathroom chemical products.
   • f. 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.
   • g. Warehouse Operations: receiving, accounting for, storing, and disbursing raw materials, component parts, and finished products. Loading, unloading, routing, and dispatching delivery vehicles.
   • h. 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.
   • i. 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.
   • j. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.

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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.

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.