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Multiple; See Posting, CT United States |
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Full Time |
| Post Date: |
01/23/2026 |
| Expire Date: |
02/23/2026 |
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Installation, Maintenance, and Repair |
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Correctional General Maintenance Officer
Location(s): Multiple (below)
Date Opened: 1/21/2026 10:00:00 AM
Salary: $62,099* - $80,789/year (*New state employees start at the minimum)
Close Date: 2/4/2026 11:59:00 PM
The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction (DOC) is recruiting Correctional General Maintenance Officers for the following facilities:
Bridgeport, CT - Bridgeport Correctional Institution
Brooklyn, CT - Brooklyn Correctional Institution
Cheshire, CT - Cheshire Correctional Institution or Manson Youth Institution
East Lyme (Niantic), CT - York Correctional Institution
Enfield, CT - Robinson Correctional Institution or Willard Cybulski Correctional Institution
Hartford, CT - Hartford Correctional Center
Montville (Uncasville), CT - Corrigan Correctional Center
New Haven, CT - New Haven Correctional Center
Newtown, CT - Garner Correctional Institution
Somers, CT - Osborn Correctional Institution
South Suffield, CT - MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution
Be sure to select the location(s) you are interested to working in on your application.
Please note, this recruitment may be used to fill vacancies throughout State correctional facilities as openings occur within the next year.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
NEW: Visit our State Employee Benefits Overview page!
Professional growth and development opportunities.
A healthy work/life balance to all employees.
A Hazardous Duty pension plan (State Employees Retirement System Tier IV).
Our state has a lot to offer - from fun activities for all ages, to great food and shopping, to beautiful state parks and forests, to our diverse cultures and rich history. Connecticut is a great place to live! Learn more about Connecticut here.
POSITION HIGHLIGHTS
As a Correctional General Maintenance Officer, you will have the opportunity to:
Provide maintenance of critical systems such as security fence and motorized gates, cell and facility door locks and hardware, and surveillance cameras and infrastructure;
Supervise assigned inmates;
Keep a record of tool inventory and control;
Perform snow and ice removal to maintain safe access for the police, medical, staff, and public;
Protect the health and safety of public, staff, and inmates; and
Maintain mandated compliance with Federal & State statute and agency directives and policies by assuring humane conditions of confinement in the facility through repair and maintenance.
These positions are full time on first shift, Monday through Friday, from 7:45 am until 3:00 pm.
Selected candidates will be required to attend a 14-week paid hazardous duty training at the Maloney Center for Training & Staff Development located in Cheshire, CT.
ABOUT US
The Connecticut Department of Correction is a diverse agency with a wide variety of employees from Correction Officers, to Educators, to Managers and Skilled Professionals. We value differences that make us stronger as a team and support our mission statement.
The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. State of Connecticut. The agency operates 13 correctional facilities. It has its headquarters in Wethersfield. The DOC protects public safety by ensuring offenders serve their sentences of imprisonments in facilities that are safe, human, and provide re-entry programming.
The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction is a unified system; all sentenced and un-sentenced offenders are supervised by the DOC. The Department also provides supervision for offenders on parole, community release, and other discretionary release programs.
Engineering & Facilities Management Services
This unit is responsible to provide centralized direction and technical assistance throughout the agency to include: management of the capital budget and plan; project design, approval and management; facility preventative maintenance; and repair.
Qualifications & Requirements
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE
Three (3) years of experience in the operation, maintenance and repair of large buildings and utility services.
NOTE: Based on an individual’s technical experience, the length of credited service will be determined at the discretion of facility management.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED
Experience performing technical duties within the maintenance trade area on a military base, aircraft carrier or large compound may be substituted for the General Experience on a year for year basis.
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