Maintenance Mechanic 1

Posting number: 2026-06091

Department: Dept. of Corrections

Division: Prisons - WCC

Job classification: MAINTENANCE MECHANIC 1

Posting type: Open & Promotional

Categories: Building & Safety, Corrections, Facility Management, Agriculture, Maintenance, Grounds & Landscaping, Building & Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance, Horticulture

Summary

Washington Corrections Center (WCC) is located 35 miles northwest of Olympia, the state capital. WCC is predominantly a Reception and Diagnostic Center, a close, medium-and long-term minimum custody facility. The facility has a primary responsibility to process, test, and classify all adult male incarcerated individuals sentenced to prison in Washington State. The facility has seven living units, compromised of 5 close custody reception units, and 3 medium and long-term minimum units. WCC houses approximately 1,800 incarcerated individuals. There are approximately 500 incarcerated individuals screened and processed each month. WCC also serves as a major transportation hub responsible for the transfer of incarcerated individuals to and from facilities throughout the state. 

The primary objective of this position is to support the shared missions of the Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Washington Corrections Center (WCC) by executing comprehensive physical plant maintenance, technical equipment repairs, and large-scale grounds and greenhouse operations across a 250-acre facility. By maintaining structural integrity, optimizing complex facility infrastructure, and providing dedicated supervision and vocational training to an incarcerated work crew of up to 20 individuals, this position directly contributes to staff and community safety. Through collaborative daily maintenance and systemic resource management, the incumbent preserves the facility's physical assets to foster a secure, efficient environment that holds incarcerated individuals accountable, respects diversity, and promotes professional growth and self-improvement opportunities for both staff and residents.

In order to be considered for this position, please apply directly at www.careers.wa.gov to this announcement AND attach the following items to your application: 
•A current resume (indicating your related experience)
•A letter of interest (preferably no more than two pages) describing how you meet the qualifications and why you are an ideal candidate for this position.
•Three (3) professional references.

**Please note, an incomplete application package may disqualify you from the process.
 
We are looking for evidence in your application materials that you have the experience, skills, and abilities indicated in this job posting. Qualified applicants whose responses most closely match the requirements of this position may be invited to interview. Carefully review your application before submitting. All information may be verified and documentation may be required.

Examples of duties

Duties include, but are not limited to: 

Supervision, Personnel Management & Safety Oversight

• Supervise, manage, plan, assign, physically maintain, coordinate work duties, and inspect the work of up to 20 full-time incarcerated workers for a large year-round program across 250 acres.
• Conduct daily tool accountability inspections, logging in and out all tools and security-related consumables from tool cribs and storage areas, and complete weekly security and tool reports for the Tool Control Sergeant.
• Train work crews on the safe operation of technical machinery, proper handling of equipment, and facility maintenance protocols.

Large-Scale Operations & Resource Management

• Manage, plan, and coordinate operations across two greenhouses (approximately 6,500 sq. ft.), grounds maintenance, horticulture, technical gardening, nursery operations, and floriculture.
• Maintain proper temperature, ventilation, humidity, and light sources for optimum growing conditions in the greenhouses to coincide with various crops and growing seasons.
• Formulate precise work crew schedules to match timelines for soil mixing and sterilization, seed germination, sowing, pricking off seedlings, and transplanting (approximately 26,000 annual flowers and 60,000 vegetable seedlings, with produce donated to the local Food Bank).