Maintenance Repair Worker

Overview

Job Description - Maintenance Repair Worker  (260000XF)

Organization:
Rehabilitation & Correction - Correctional Reception Center

Unposting Date:
Feb 10, 2026, 11:59:00 PM

Work Location:

Correction Reception Center 11271 State Route 762 Orient 43146
Primary

Location:

United States of America-OHIO-Pickaway County-Orient

Compensation: $22.60

Schedule:

Full-time

Union: OCSEA

Primary Job Skill:
Facilities Maintenance & Inspection

Technical

Skills:

Building Maintenance, General Maintenance

Professional

Skills:

Flexibility, Problem Solving, Time Management

Guided by a single mission “To reduce recidivism among those we touch,” the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction believes that everyone is capable of positive change. Our staff embrace these core values and serves as role models for pro-social behavior conveying an attitude of dignity and respect in the treatment of others. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has been tasked with front line crime reduction through rehabilitative treatment and programming efforts provided in a safe, secure and humane correctional environment and effective community supervision.

Our goal is to protect the public through helping individuals turn away from crime and become productive, contributing members of our communities, ensuring a safer Ohio for all Ohioans now and in the future. For more information, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

• Serves as lead worker (e.g., provides work direction, training) over inmates, or other assigned staff in performance of semi-skilled and skilled maintenance repair work (e.g., electrical, carpentry, grounds keeping, plumbing).
• Performs semi-skilled and skilled maintenance repair of equipment (e.g., light fixtures, electrical outlets, switches, motors, appliances, electrical circuits, installs fixtures, repair and adjust fans, clocks, cookers, electrical components of heating and cooling systems, consoles, replaces disconnects and fuses on various electrical equipment).
• Performs semi-skilled and skilled carpentry repairs (e.g., doors, locks cabinets, chairs, desks, floors, walls, windows, stairways, partitions).
• Performs semi-skilled and skilled repair of plumbing equipment (e.g., water and steam lines, sewer pipes, trap fittings, plumbing fixtures, pumps, regulators, valves, faucets, toilets, sinks, bathtubs, heating radiators, chilled water lines).
• Performs interior custodial duties (e.g., mops, sweeps, waxes floors, washes wall and windows).
• Performs exterior grounds keeping duties.
• Removes snow and ice from sidewalks.
• On a continuous basis, inspects buildings and equipment for needed repairs or replacements.
• Performs systematic and routine preventive maintenance of assigned area.
• Operates machine tools and welding equipment in making repairs to metal parts and equipment.
• Ensures secure maintenance of tools and completes tool counts and inventories.
• Assists in related job crafts as required.
• Controls/restricts inmate movement to assigned areas.
• Conducts searches of inmates when a breach of security is suspected.
• Responds to emergencies.
• Attends meetings and trainings.
• Participates on institution committees.

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees. Benefits include:

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities
• Public Retirement Systems (OPERS, STRS, SERS, HPRS) & Optional Deferred Compensation

* Benefits eligibility depends on several factors. The Agency Contact listed above will provide specific benefits information for this position.

Formal education in arithmetic that includes addition & subtraction and in reading, writing & speaking common English vocabulary; 12 months of training or 12 months of experience in maintenance repair (e.g., basic electrical, plumbing, carpentry, masonry & use of related hand & power tools…