State of Maryland

A Correctional Maintenance Regional Manager is the managerial level of work responsible for managing several maintenance programs located at correctional institutions within a specific geographical area. Employees in this classification supervise Correctional Maintenance Services Managers and indirectly supervise the Correctional Maintenance Supervisors, Officers, and staff within the assigned region.
Employees in this classification receive managerial supervision from an Assistant Warden, Warden, or other administrative official. Employees may be assigned day, evening, night, or rotating shifts and are subject to call-in during emergencies and staffing shortages. Work is performed in a correctional facility and employees are exposed to inmates who may be abusive and hostile and have access to potentially dangerous tools and equipment. When managing outside maintenance jobs, employees are exposed to all types of weather conditions. The work may require moving objects weighing over 25 pounds.

Positions in this classification are evaluated using the classification job evaluation methodology. The use of this method involves comparing assigned duties and responsibilities of a position to the job criteria found in the Nature of Work and Examples of Work Sections of the class specification.

The Correctional Maintenance Regional Manager is differentiated from the Correctional Maintenance Services Manager II in that the Correctional Maintenance Regional Manager has responsibility for managing several correctional maintenance service programs within a specific geographical area through the supervision of Correctional Maintenance Services Managers while the Correctional Maintenance Services Manager II manages the maintenance service program at one correctional institution and has supervisory responsibility for Correctional Maintenance Officer Managers.

Plans, organizes and directs the correctional maintenance services programs at correctional facilities within an assigned geographical area;

Provides direct supervision to Correctional Maintenance Services Managers;

Develops and revises maintenance program procedures, policies, and regulations for a specific geographic region;
Briefs subordinate staff on changes in institutional or department-wide policies, regulations or activities and staffing and personnel changes;

Oversees and approves maintenance budgets for correctional institutions within the assigned region;

Makes recommendations to institutional administrators regarding future maintenance projects;

Makes decisions regarding replacement or repair of equipment and identify funding;

Determines the need for outside contractual services or if job can be handled by regional staff;

Advises the Wardens regarding the priority of critical equipment and services;

Directs the preparation of work schedules for maintenance service personnel of the assigned institutions;

Approves and prepares specifications for the requisition of equipment, tools, parts and supplies;

Reviews reports prepared by subordinate maintenance services managers and makes decisions for appropriate actions to be taken, if any;

Inspects work performed by outside contractors and prepares reports on findings;

Develops facility project progress reports;

Conducts staff meetings;

Performs other related duties.

Knowledge of the principles of supervision;

Knowledge of the tools, materials, methods, operations and standard practices utilized in plant maintenance and stationary engineering;

Knowledge of correctional systems and standards;

Knowledge of institutional rules, regulations and requirements for the control of inmates;

Knowledge of the operations and maintenance of electronically operated control devices;

Ability to organize and manage a maintenance program with a full range of maintenance services;

Ability to organize, coordinate and manage the work of skilled technical maintenance personnel;

Ability to interpret complex graphs, charts and schematics;

Ability to prepare maintenance budgets and complex administrative reports;

Ability to prepare contractual specifications and cost estimates;

Ability to analyze repair and replacement costs;

Ability to understand and explain detailed procedures contained in Division of Correction regulations, institutional directives, post order and maintenance manuals;

Ability to communicate effectively with inmates, maintenance staff, institutional staff, outside contractors and suppliers;

Ability to remain calm in stressful situations and respond in an appropriate manner according to prescribed rules and procedures.

Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate acceptable to the Maryland State Board of Education as described in the Maryland Correctional Training Commission regulation.

Experience: Five years of experience involving the supervision of employees engaged in stationary engineering, maintenance or construction trades.

Notes:

1. The above educational requirement is set by the Maryland Correctional Training Commission in accordance with Correctional Services Article, Section 8-209, Annotated Code of Maryland.

2. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience in correctional institutional specialty codes in the criminal justice field of work at a rate of two years of military experience for the required experience.

1. Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator’s license valid in the State of Maryland.

2. Some positions in this classification may require employees to acquire the appropriate Maryland driver’s license to operate motor vehicles for the transportation of inmates or supplies.

3. Some positions in this classification may require employees to possess a valid Maryland 1st Grade Stationary Engineer license to operate, maintain and clean high-pressure boilers and equipment.

4. Employees who have not already done so must complete and successfully pass the Entrance Level Correctional Training Course required for the Maryland Correctional Training Commission certificate during the probationary period.

1. Employees who have not already done so must meet the required selection standards and successfully complete the training prescribed by the Maryland Correctional Training Commission for a Correctional Officer during their probationary period, (Correctional Services Article, Section 8-209). Selection standards for correctional officer training are listed in detail in the Code of Maryland Regulations Title 12, Subtitle 10, Chapter 01 and include the following:

U.S. Citizenship or Resident Alien status

Must be at least 21 years of age

A completed background investigation

Oral interview

Physical examination.

2. Employees in this classification are subject to call-in 24 hours a day and, therefore, must provide the employing agency with a telephone number where they can be reached.

3. Employees in this classification are subject to substance abuse testing in accordance with Code of Maryland Regulations 17.04.09, Testing for Illegal Use of Drugs.

Class Descriptions are broad descriptions covering groups of positions used by various State departments and agencies. Position descriptions maintained by the using department or agency specifically address the essential job functions of each position.

Class Descriptions provide information about the Nature of Work, Examples of Work, General Requirements and Acknowledgements. The Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities; Minimum Education and Experience Requirements; Special Requirements; and recruitment and testing procedures are set by the using agency.

This is a Management Service classification in the State Personnel Management System. All positions in this classification are Management Service positions.

This classification is not assigned to a bargaining unit as indicated by the designation of S (supervisor), M (manager), T (agency head), U (Board or Commission member), W (student), X (Used by agency or excluded by executive order), or Z (confidential). As provided by State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 3-102, special appointment, temporary, contractual, supervisory, managerial and confidential employees are excluded from collective bargaining. Additionally, certain executive branch agencies are exempt from collective bargaining and therefore, all positions in those agencies are excluded from collective bargaining.

July 1, 2023

Director, Division of Classification and Salary