This vacancy is located in the Facility Services Section of the Office of Management and Finance.

This position will be filled as a PROMOTIONAL opportunity limited to current, permanent employees of the Department of Public Safety.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

Applications without the education and/or work experience sections completed will be considered incomplete and will not be accepted.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of work experience. An application may be considered incomplete if the work experience and education sections are not completed. In the event there is a preferred reemployment list for this position, the position may be filled from that list with no other interviews.

For more information, please contact:

Department of Public Safety
ATTN: Human Resources/Shanice Allen
P.O. BOX 66614
Baton Rouge, LA. 70896
Email: Shanice.Allen3@la.gov

If you are contacted for an interview, please let us know at that time if you will need special accommodations.

NOTE: THE SELECTED CANDIDATE MUST TAKE AND PASS A DRUG SCREEN AND BACKGROUND CHECK PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT.

The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Public Safety Services, is a State as a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports improved employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. For more information on employment-related resources available for those with disabilities, refer to the Louisiana Employment Resource Guide

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Four years of experience in the carpentry trade

SUBSTITUTIONS:
Training in the carpentry trade will substitute for a maximum of two years of the required experience on a month for month basis.

Function of Work:
To provide supervision, guidance, support and limited administration to a group of Carpenters and/or Carpenter Masters performing journeyman level carpentry work.

Level of Work:
Supervisor.

Supervision Received:
Broad review from a maintenance supervisor or agency official of higher grade.

Supervision Exercised:
Direct line supervision is exercised over Carpenters, Carpenters Master and Apprentices.

Location of Work:
All agencies; statewide.

Job Distinctions:
Differs from those of Carpenter and Carpenter Master in that it exercises full time supervision over the required subordinates as well as designing, estimating, supporting, and overseeing carpentry projects.

Differs from the more senior jobs because of its first line carpentry supervisory duties.Assigns and inspects the work of journeyman Carpenters, Carpenters Master, Apprentices and Helpers.

Oversees the repair, alteration, or maintenance of buildings and all wood constructed structures, permanent and temporary.

Oversees the building and repairing of shelves, cabinets, furniture, trim, partitions, etc.

Inspects damaged buildings, structures and reviews new plans to determine materials and time required to estimate the cost of repairs or construction.

Requisitions materials.

Updates and files time and cost records of all projects. Reads and interprets blueprints. Performs limited administrative functions: leave approval, time sheets, etc.

Evaluates subordinates work performance.