Corrections Utility Plant Operator

THE POSITION

The Corrections Utility Plant Operator is a critical position within SCI-Fayette, responsible for ensuring that all aspects of the utility plant operations run smoothly and efficiently. This role involves monitoring and maintaining equipment used for various processes such as heating, cooling, and waste management within the facility. Operators must adhere to strict safety and operational protocols to ensure the health and safety of both staff and incarcerated individuals. Apply today to take advantage of this exciting opportunity and discover what a career with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has to offer!

 

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

In this vital position, you will oversee an inmate work crew, ensuring care, custody and control while they perform tasks related to the operation, maintenance, and repair of our boiler plant. This includes generating medium pressure steam for heating and hot water to meet the institution's needs. Your responsibilities include ensuring the smooth operation of four natural gas-fired high-temperature hot water boilers and two natural gas-fired steam boilers, both under normal and emergency situations. This involves utilizing both manual and automatic control systems, as well as interpreting visual and auditory gauges, meters, and sensors.

The role requires performing scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, conducting operational assessments, and maintaining equipment cleanliness while executing minor repairs to guarantee optimal functionality. Additionally, the operator will manage auxiliary equipment such as feedwater and condensate pumps, chemical feed pumps, forced draft fans, and control systems. Regular testing of boiler water chemistry and the water softening system is essential, along with maintaining logs of tests conducted and inventory of necessary water treatment chemicals and supplies. General housekeeping duties within the plant and other designated areas, as well as daily inventory checks, are also part of the job.
 
 

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information: 

• Full-time employment, 40-hour work week
• Work hours are 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a shift differential of $1.25 per hour.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position. 
• Salary: Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $47,925 (before taxes).  However, a higher salary may be established in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.
• This position is eligible for full retirement benefits at age 50 or 55.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, TRAINING & ELIGIBILITY

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Three years of experience in the operation, maintenance, and repair of a steam or hot water generating plant, or a steam and electric generating plant; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

Additional Requirements:

• Successful completion of basic training in Elizabethtown, PA is required.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirements:

• You must pass a background investigation and meet Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance requirements.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

Veterans:

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.