Skilled Trades Specialist 2025-02836

Job Title : Skilled Trades Maintenance Worker

This position offers the opportunity to put your hands-on skills to work in a meaningful way. As a key member of our maintenance team, you'll perform a variety of general trades and preventive maintenance tasks that help keep the prison facility and its grounds safe, functional, and well-maintained. You'll handle repairs and upkeep across multiple trade areas while working under the guidance of a supportive Skilled Trades Supervisor.

Working for the State of Wyoming offers more than a paycheck. Our total compensation package includes :

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and holidays
• Retirement - Pension and 457B plans that help you build a secure future
• Flexible schedules and work-life balance options
• Meaningful work that makes a difference for Wyoming communities and MUCH MORE!

Human Resource Contact : jessica.nielsen@wyo.gov / 307-532-6613

The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function that may be performed at the job level.

Preference will be given to those applicants with 2-4 years of progressive work experience in a skilled trade.

Knowledge of electrical diagnostics.

Knowledge of applicable building codes.

Knowledge of power woodworking, metalworking, and masonry equipment.

Knowledge and competency within the following areas at a basic or journeyman level.

Knowledge of general construction and remodeling, including applicable building codes and regulations.

Knowledge of grades, kinds, and uses of various woods and wood products.

Knowledge of concrete masonry units and bricks, asphalt, and concrete repair.

Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws and regulations in relationship to construction operations and with vehicle and / or aircraft maintenance facilities.

Associate's Degree

0-2 years of progressive work experience (typically in Skilled Trades) with acquired knowledge at the level of a Skilled Trades Assistant

OR

2-4 years of progressive work experience (typically in Skilled Trades) with acquired knowledge at the level of a Skilled Trades Assistant

None

Climbing on an occasional to regular basis

Lifting / grasping up to 50 pounds without assistance regularly

Walking / standing on cement floors regularly

Walking up and down stairs regularly

Balancing on an occasional basis

Stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching regularly

Crawling on an occasional basis

Pushing / pulling / reaching regularly

Speaking / hearing frequently

Perform maintenance on equipment that may not be visible and would require being completed by feel or touch on an occasional basis

The visual ability to operate machinery and perform mechanical or skilled trade duties

The visual ability to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned

Computer literate

FLSA : Non-Exempt

The State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities. No notice of eligibility will be sent to applicants who meet the minimum qualifications.

The Wyoming Department of Corrections is a Drug-Free Workplace. All staff are subject to drug testing while employed by the WDOC.

Successful Applicants for employment must pass a background / reference check, medical evaluation, and drug test before appointment.

The Wyoming Department of Corrections is a Tobacco-Free Workplace and prohibits the taking, carrying, possessing, or introducing of smoking materials, smokeless tobacco, or tobacco substitutes on or into WDOC facilities and grounds.

The Wyoming Department of Corrections complies with the Federal Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003. It is the policy and practice of WDOC to protect inmates / offenders from personal abuse, corporal punishment, personal injury, disease, property damage, harassment, and the elimination of prison rape.

WDOC has a strict dress code policy to includes standards for facial hair, body art, and piercings / gauges. All applicants must meet the standards of this dress code to be considered for employment.

WDOC offers a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, and life insurance, paid vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, a tuition reimbursement program, Wyoming State Retirement and 457 Deferred Compensation Program, longevity pay, and opportunities for advancement.