Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities. Our highly-skilled, diverse, and innovative workforce creates a strong foundation of safety and security. Through the principles of humanity and normalcy, we develop good neighbors.

Duties

Responsible for the maintenance, repair, diagnosis and overhaul of components and systems including gasoline and diesel engines, transmissions, differentials, electrical systems, electronics equipment, and other related assemblies. Must be a journeyman level diesel mechanic and have the ability to instruct or make necessary repairs when qualified inmates are not available. Must be able to provide technical advice and training to garage foremen from various field locations who accompany their bus to the National Bus Center for annual maintenance. Provides training to unskilled poorly motivated inmate workers in the repair and maintenance of over the road coaches and other related equipment. Maintains all equipment, tools, and machinery required for the operation and is responsible for requesting or ordering materials and repair parts needed to accomplish assignments. Upon completion of all repairs, will ensure the vehicles are safe for transport of inmates and staff.Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is Required.
• See Special Conditions of Employment Section.
• Selective Service Requirement: http://www.sss.gov

Qualifications

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements. Applicants must have had sufficient training and experience to show their ability to perform the duties of the position. Qualifications will be determined by comparing your application to the responses to the Applicant Assessment Questions against the guidelines found in the Job Qualification System for Trades and Labor Occupations, WS-5823 series. To qualify for this position, you MUST meet the Barely Acceptable level on both screen-out elements (Ability to supervise) and (Aptitude for work with prisoners); receive at least one half of the total possible points; AND you must furnish detailed information on your resume to support your assessment responses to demonstrate that you clearly possess the experience and skills to successfully perform the duties of this position at the journeyman level. Failure to specifically identify skills equivalent to a journeyman in this field may result in your score being lowered or in being found ineligible for this vacancy. The screen-out elements are a critical self-assessment of the applicants experience and are essential for satisfactory job performance. **Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.**

Contacts

• Address JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS Consolidated Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 United States
• Name: CSU
• Phone: 972-352-4200
• Email: [email protected]