State Industries Supervisor Jobs

Homes for Iowa is looking for a State industries Supervisor. This position supports all aspects of the affordable housing program and works closely with the Homes for Iowa Public Service Manager 1, the institution, customers for homes, suppliers and contractors, educators and other organizations involved in the program.

This position procures materials, tools, supplies needed for the affordable housing program. Works with purchasing staff to ensure raw materials/capitals items purchased to meet established specifications and are cost effective, communicates with vendors to obtain needed goods and services. Works closely with Global and the IPI business office to ensure accurate tracking of purchasing and inventory. Hires, supervises and evaluates the work performance of subordinates, effective recommends personnel actions related to selection, disciplinary procedures, performance, leaves of absences, grievances, work schedules and assignments, and administers personnel and related policies and procedures. Supervises, directs and coordinates a five-person moving crew regarding route planning, delivery scheduling and customer/contractor notifications to ensure timely, organized delivery of completed homes.

Oversees registered apprentice program for the incarcerated men in the program, including their related training instruction and on-the-job training. Interviews/selects incarcerated individuals for work in the program, including development of a new hiring process for coordinating with other state facilities to find incarcerated individuals that meet the needed qualifications to be transferred to CRC in order to work directly for Homes for Iowa. Observes/evaluates incarcerated individuals work performance, technical development and social adjustment and regularly reports progress to the proper institutional authority. Ensure that staff and incarcerated individuals follow all applicable safety and security policies. Consults with NCF on security problems to develop procedures in keeping with institutional policy restores order when disturbances occur between residents.

Continual development of new processes and procedures to successfully adapt to increased Home for Iowa production and meet increasing demand for homes. Understanding of daily needs and redistribution of work duties for State Industries Technicians due to weather, staffing and delivery concerns. Works closely with NCF Executive team and DAS to help design new infrastructure to meet the needs of an expanded Homes for Iowa site, including new storage buildings.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:

• Warehouse Operations : receiving, accounting for, storing, and disbursing raw materials, component parts, and finished products. Loading, unloading, routing, and dispatching delivery vehicles.
• Upholstery Fabrication : cutting patterns, sewing, stitching, tacking, gluing, and assembling fabric and foam upholstery items.
• Experience equal to 30 months of full-time work involving the supervision/training of correctional residents or employees in a state industries program.
• Chemical Formulation : mixing, blending, bottling, packaging, and labeling personal care, floor care, kitchen, laundry, and bathroom chemical products.
• Sign Fabrication : blanking, shaping, and forming metal, wood, and plastic into sign substrate. Application of reflective or non-reflective sheeting to substrate to produce traffic control signs.
• Graphics Arts Production : layout, proofing, darkroom operation, screen-printing, press operation (offset, duplicator, desktop publishing), binding, and cost estimating.
• Experience equal to 30 months of full-time work in prison industries customer service or in the private sector in the manufacture/delivery of products in one of the following areas:
• Industrial Safety : implementing and administering programs to assure compliance with the standards of regulatory agencies (OSHA, EPA, etc.) in manufacturing plants. Providing safety training to personnel in industrial plants.
• Employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes experience equal to six months of full-time work as a State Industries Production Coordinator, 12 months of full-time work as a Senior State Industries Technician or 24 months of full-time work as a State Industries Technician or Correctional Officer.
• Manufacturing Support Services and Production Control : coordinating the disbursement of raw materials and component parts to production shops; scheduling the output of production shops to assure efficient final assembly; scheduling and routing delivery of finished goods; coordinating on-site installation of large projects between production, delivery, contracted vendors, and customers; inventory control; quality control; micro-graphics, or computer based production control and support.
• Wood Furniture Fabrication : cutting, planing, shaping, routing, gluing, staining, and assembling wood furniture.
• Braille Production : translation of printed documents into Literary and/or Nemeth Code Braille using the Perkins Braille writer and/or computer translation programs, thermoforming, binding, producing raised line drawings.
• Service Center Operation : receiving, processing, recording, and fulfilling incoming telephonic calls. Initiating, recording, and servicing outgoing calls. Responding to and servicing mailed and electronically transferred requests for information; using computers to provide services.

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