Do you want a role where your mechanical knowledge helps keep a facility operating smoothly? As a Corrections Utility Plant Operator with the Department of Corrections, you will maintain boiler plant equipment and guide inmate workers in safe processes at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Coal Township. Each day brings meaningful work that supports the entire institution. Step into a position that rewards focus, teamwork, and dependability.
This position performs and oversees boiler plant operations to ensure equipment runs safely and efficiently. You will maintain systems, supervise inmate workers, and support both routine and emergency conditions. As a Corrections Utility Plant Operator, you will perform the following duties:
- Boiler Operation: Operate and maintain boiler equipment under normal and emergency conditions
- Equipment Maintenance: Perform routine and non-routine inspections, cleaning, and minor repairs
- Auxiliary Systems: Run and maintain pumps, fans, control equipment, and related systems
- Water Testing: Test boiler water chemistry and track chemical inventory and results
- Work Crew Oversight: Supervise inmate workers, monitor movement, and ensure safe work practices
- Documentation Tasks: Complete daily logs, inventories, and required paperwork
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 2nd shift (3:00 PM to 11:00 PM) and 3rd shift (11:00 PM to 7:00 AM), with rotating days off. The schedule rotates so that you will have every other weekend off and every other Thursday and Friday off.
- This position is eligible for full retirement benefits at age 50 or 55.
- 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 $49,010.00 (before taxes). However, a higher salary may be established in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
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.
- All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.
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.
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):
- 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.