State Industries Technician Jobs

This position will be responsible for overseeing industries programs at the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility, reporting directly to the State Industries Supervisor. Supervise offenders, coordinate product development, production line layout, line flow, quality, production, training, orders and deliveries. Lead the industries program participants in 6S, PIMMS, and LEAN Manufacturing, training, product flow, and reporting. Responsible for quality standard development, root cause analysis, corrective action implementation, and customer complaint evaluation.

Interview and select offenders to work in the Iowa Prison Industries programs, establishing their level of skill and competency. Supervise and train offenders working in the State Industries work programs in: 6S, PIMMS, and LEAN production concepts, and OSHA guidelines and requirements. Enforce security regulations of the IPI job site to provide a safe and secure environment. Work with FDCF safety and security specialists on security aspects and procedures to support institutional policies. Evaluate and review offender work performance, technical development, and social responsibility development.

This position is responsible for training and motivating offenders in order to reduce recidivism rates using positive reinforcement, ongoing support, instilling pro-social behaviors, and by being a role model.

Work with purchasing staff to ensure purchased products meet specification. This includes managing supplier relationships, and reviewing competitive markets and material specifications.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

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

• 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.
• One year of full-time work experience in the supervision/training of correctional residents or employees in the manufacture/delivery of products or services.
• Upholstery Fabrication : cutting patterns, sewing, stitching, tacking, gluing, and assembling fabric and foam upholstery items.
• One year of full-time work experience in the direction of employees in one of the following areas related to the manufacture/delivery of Iowa State Industries products or services:
• 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.
• Warehouse Operations : receiving, accounting for, storing, and disbursing raw materials, component parts, and finished products. Loading, unloading, routing, and dispatching delivery vehicles.
• 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.
• Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes one year of full-time work within the Iowa Department of Corrections with a responsibility for direct offender supervision.
• 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.
• Wood Furniture Fabrication : cutting, planing, shaping, routing, gluing, staining, and assembling wood furniture.
• Chemical Formulation : mixing, blending, bottling, packaging, and labeling personal care, floor care, kitchen, laundry, and bathroom chemical products.
• 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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Additional Qualification Requirements

Within a period of time after hire, as determined by the appointing authority, persons in this class may be required to obtain a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and endorsements.