Correctional Captain *Agency Only* - Mountain View Correctional Facility

Location: Charleston,Maine,United States

Correctional Captain - Mountain View Correctional Facility

*Agency Only*

Pay Grade 23: $57,345.60 to $78,644.80 (Rate includes a $2/hour Career Incentive Stipend & $0.60/hour Institutional Stipend)

Job Class Code: 5209

04000-1736

Open: May 09, 2025

Close: May 23, 2025

 MDOC is destigmatizing corrections for the betterment of all Maine communities. Through the ‘Maine Model of Corrections’, we promote the safety of our staff and residents while reducing barriers to meaningful rehabilitative opportunities. We facilitate restorative justice practices that equip justice-involved residents and clients with the skills they need to become contributing members of society upon release, including treatment, education, and job training.

We are committed to rebuilding lives and are searching for great team players with a professional attitude, well-developed integrity, and ethics to join us in this mission.

Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC) is accepting applications for a Correctional Captain. Responsibilities include providing supervision and training to staff, coordinating and monitoring investigations, and assessing security and threats to the facility, residents and staff at Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston, ME.

Duties:

• Develop, implement, train, and monitor the SII team as it relates to investigation within the facility.
• Monitors and evaluates current security practices and programs to identify and provide recommendation to ensure the safety of residents, staff, and visitors.
• Identify and assign team to conduct investigations of alleged criminal activity or law violations.
• Leads investigations involving highly responsible and confidential cases regarding alleged violations of security threats, Department Rules, Administrative Directives or criminal offenses by residents, staff, and visitors.
• Coordinate and monitor the evidence collection processes and policies to maintain consistency in the application of policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Research and recommend new investigative equipment to better identify, document, and investigate the conduct of staff, residents, and visitors.
• Identifying the facts and findings in investigations and reviews all reports for clarity, accuracy and completeness prior to submittal.
• Ensure training and required certification are achieved by your specialty teams.
• Make recommendations in administrative investigations.
• Develop and maintain department-wide system security protocols associated with Access Integrity Activities.
• Ensure adherence to all safety codes and regulations for the Department. 
• Implement operational procedures.
• Monitor and oversee staff to maintain institutional security, safety, and order, ensuring safe operations at all hours.
• Prepare for and react to situations perceived to be emergencies or potential emergencies. 
• Maintain all required certifications such as Basic Corrections Training Program (BCTP), Firearms certification, Mechanics of Arrest, Restraint and Control (MARC) and Mechanics of Effective Restraint and Control (MERC).

Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

To successfully perform the assigned work once hired, one must possess certain knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Knowledge of:     

• Interviewing and investigative techniques, principles, and practices.
• Correctional institution rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• The community and its needs to develop and coordinate resources and programs to reduce crime.
• Federal, state, and local laws and ordinances pertaining to violent crime.
• Methods and techniques used in surveillance and developing information sources.
• Research methods, techniques, and practices.
• Departmental laws, rules, policies, and standard operating procedures.
• Legal requirements related to the chain of custody of evidence collection, evidence recognition, and evidence preservation.
• Judicial systems to include legal processes, court room procedures, and rules of evidence.
• Criminal code, laws, rules, and regulations, applicable to and enforced by the Department.
• Methods and techniques used in surveillance and undercover activities.
• Communications and specialized investigative equipment.

Ability To: