Maintenance Specialist I -- Locksmith - Reception and Treatment Center

The work we do matters!

Hiring Agency:

Correctional Services - Agency 46

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:

$21.355

Job Posting:

JR2024-00008093 Maintenance Specialist I -- Locksmith - Reception and Treatment Center (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):

07-24-2024

Job Description:

Additional $3.00/hour facility differential for hours worked. Job stability and excellent benefits!

- 13 paid holidays
- Vacation and sick leave (24 days your first year, accruing immediately)
- Military leave
- 156% state-matched retirement
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee assistance program
- 79% employer paid health insurance plans
- Dental and vision insurance plans
- Employer-paid $20,000 life insurance policy
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) eligible through the Federal government
- Uniforms provided
- Wide variety and availability of career advancement
- Meaningful public service -- service with a purpose!
- Numerous training and development opportunities

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) employs nearly 2,300 team members operating nine institutions statewide, which house approximately 5,200 inmates. The department's focus includes inmate programming and education, physical and behavioral health care, re-entry services, and community programs, and is accredited by the American Correctional Association (ACA). Candidates will model the NDCS values of integrity, respect, compassion, growth, and excellence as we accomplish our mission, "Keep people safe." For more information call 402-479-6171. For Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodations, please contact Megan Jones at megan.jones@nebraska.gov.

DUTIES:
Installs, replaces, repairs, and rebuilds locks, electronic/electrical locks, security devices, and other hardware to ensure the security of state buildings and property; disassembles malfunctioning locks to replace or rebuild worn or broken mechanisms; installs control switches and interlocking relays; troubleshoots control panel for electrical malfunctions; repairs and opens locks and changes lock combinations; cleans and lubricate locking mechanisms in order to ensure proper, consistent operation and to extend life expectancy of the mechanism; cuts and fits new and duplicate keys to replace lost or broken keys; picks locks to gain access to secured areas when keys and combination are not available; maintains, in strict security, all lock and key records such as keys issued, combinations and safe locks, equipment and supply inventory, and lock replacements.

Schedules and performs specialized preventative maintenance and repairs for equipment, systems, and machinery to ensure that necessary inspection, adjustment, and replacement of parts is made prior to malfunctions or safety hazards occurring.

Cleans, maintains, and repairs all tools and equipment used in the performance of assigned tasks.

Estimates time, cost, and materials needed to install, replace, repair, or modify buildings and related equipment and systems.

Advises in the selection, ordering, and storage of materials and equipment used to complete assigned tasks.

Reads and interprets blueprints, layouts, specifications, and written instructions.

Confers with supervisor concerning construction, alteration, maintenance, and repair projects.

 

Requirements/Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications: Associates degree or equivalent vocational education in construction, industrial engineering, HVAC, welding, or other building trade. Experience in building maintenance, a mechanical trade, or performing safety inspections, investigations or training may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis as determined appropriate by the agency.

Preferred Qualifications: Locksmith experience

Other: Must be willing to be on-call throughout the year. Applicants accepting a job offer must pass the following pre-employment exams in this order: medical exam, and at a randomly announced time, pass a drug test. Once at the Staff Training Academy, must successfully complete the fully paid Nebraska Corrections Training program.

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of: advanced methods, tools, and practices of various building and mechanical trades; the methods, practices, tools, and equipment used in building and mechanical maintenance and repair work; the qualities and adaptability of various materials used to complete assigned tasks; the occupational hazards and safety precautions of the building and mechanical trades; preventative ma