Locksmith - Pueblo

Department Information

This position is open only to Colorado state residents.

Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details!

Division of Facilities Management

• Southern District

The Division of Facilities Management exists to plan, design, construct, operate, maintain and manage the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) facilities and campuses according to all applicable standards in a manner that promotes the CDHS mission of providing a safe, sanitary and effective environment for clients, youth, residents, consumers and staff and enhances the quality of life in CDHS facilities and campuses.

Facilities served: Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo (CMHHIP), Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities in Pueblo, Pueblo Regional Center (PRC), Division of Youth Services (DYS) - (Zeb Pike, Spring Creek and Pueblo) and the Veteran's Community Living Centers in the southern district. Total Facilities are approximately 2 million sq. ft. at multiple sites in over 110 buildings.

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Description of Job

This position provides technical locksmith and security lock control services to the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo (CMHHIP), Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities in Pueblo, Pueblo Regional Center (PRC), Division of Youth Services (DYS) - (Zeb Pike, Spring Creek and Pueblo) and the Veteran's Community Living Centers in the southern district. These services include designing, upgrading, installing, maintaining, and repairing highly complex safety and security door control locking systems, electronic door control systems. Also, provide locksmith services to include: mortise lock repair and maintenance, key hierarchy management for key structure control, cutting keys, developing new key and pinning structures to meet specific site or area access control needs, creating new fleet vehicle keys, maintaining and servicing elevator access control key core and key structures/systems and managing the Keystone key management software database to include all keys issued, and key core pinning structures. This position does not provide a variety of electronic maintenance activities; the primary role is as a Locksmith.

Primary Job Duties:

• Repair of mortise, cylindrical lock, and door Hardware.

• Perform general and routine locking system maintenance functions in all Southern District Facilities. Respond to locksmith and door system work requests phoned into the maintenance dispatch desk during normal operating and after hours.

• Meet with customers to determine what can and cannot be done within the facility to meet security and code requirements regarding door control changes.

• Repair and maintain mortise locks, keys, door closers, and panic hardware, hinges, and strike plates. Repair, maintain and install locks, keys and hardware assemblies on medical cabinets, drug cabinets, and interior Millwork.

• Calibrate and adjust automatic and hydraulic door actuators, closures, and fire door coordinators in accordance with NFPA and ADA guidelines.

• Install, adjust and modify hollow wood, solid wood, and hollow metal and reinforced metal doors as required.

• Determine door and door hardware requirements per code and regulatory requirements.

• Adjust door hinges to allow doors to close properly, adjust door closers to conform to ADA requirements.

• General repairs of key cutting machines to include adjustment and calibration of machines to cut correctly.

• Making sure work is done properly and to a high standard of excellence.

• Making sure that the proper PPE (personal protective equipment) is being used.

• Making sure that the job is performed in a journeyman-like professional manner.

Repair of electronic locking systems

• Maintain, troubleshoot, repair and install all security electronic locking systems and equipment in compliance with manufacturer's recommendations, local codes, Health department, Joint Commission, and ACA standards. Including both hardware, software and cabling for electronic security door locks and control.

• Meet with customers to determine what can and cannot be done within the facility to meet security and code requirements for new construction, modifications, and during equipment breakdowns.

• Programing and troubleshooting of proximity and smart card locking systems.

• Repair and maintain specialized security locking systems which include; electronic locking solenoids, door position switches, security door alarms and related locking electronic hardware.

• Making sure work is done properly and to a high standard of excellence.

• Making sure that the job is performed in a journeyman-like professional manner.

Staff Training

• Trains staff on uses and operations of manual and electronic locking systems.

• Equipment Evaluation

• Specify and evaluate conventional and electronic equipment used for safety and security of our customers. To include estimates of material list and ordering of parts required for installation of equipment.

• Evaluate keying requests for compatibility in key hierarchy.

• Perform data input into Best Keystone software as required to maintain lock system accuracy for all DHS facilities. Verify core pinning schemes match room locations within buildings and software databases.

• Locking protocols to maintain security status within maximum, medium and minimum security environments. Coordinate and train locking schemes with all customers.

Other Duties as Assigned

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Duties may be performed at several different sites requiring driving of State vehicles from site to site.

• Snow Removal.

This is a full-time, in-person, essential position. Shift work may be required. Must be available for and respond to call backs after hours to perform essential and/or emergency services of the agency in a timely manner.

Essential Positions. Positions that perform essential law enforcement, highway maintenance, and other support services directly necessary for the health, safety, and welfare of patients, residents, and inmates of state institutions or state facilities. Employees in essential positions can be only FLSA non exempt and can be required to work unexpected or unusual work hours to perform the essential and/or emergency services of the department without delay and/or without interruption.

Call Back applies when an eligible employee is required to report to work before the start or after the end of a scheduled shift.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Minimum Qualifications:

Applicants must have one year of experience locksmithing that included working with mortise locks, cylindrical locks, pinning/cutting keys and electric locks. Ensure this experience is detailed in the Work Experience section of your job application.

Substitution:

Education that relates to this position will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis. In order to utilize this substitution, you must attach a copy of your transcripts/apprenticeship to this job application. Your unofficial transcripts/certification of completion must include your name, college/school name, type of degree/certification received and date the degree/certification was received/conferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with mortise, BEST systems;

• Experience troubleshooting and repairing electronic locks;

• Experience working in a secured environment (prison, jail, mental health settings, etc.,);

• Experience with door preparation to include hanging and door adjustment;

• Experience working with anti-ligature locks;

• Experience working with BEST-Keystone lock software.

• Certification as a Locksmith (Attach your Locksmith Certification to this job application.)

Required Competencies:

• Independence

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision to get things done.

• Public Safety, Security and Confidentiality

• Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

• Integrity

• Job requires being honest and ethical.

• Analytical Thinking

• Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems in a timely manner.

• Troubleshooting

• Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Conditions of Employment:

• A full pre-employment criminal background check will be conducted as part of the selection process as this position is deemed to have direct contact with vulnerable persons. Felony convictions, convictions of crimes of moral turpitude, or convictions of misdemeanors related to job duties may disqualify you from being considered for this position. Should your background check reveal any charges or convictions, it is your responsibility to provide the CDHS Background Unit with an official disposition of any charges.

• Must be willing to submit and pass a full background check.

• Must possess and maintain certification as a Locksmith within 9 months of hire.

• Must possess and maintain a valid U.S. driver's license.

• Travel

• This position will be required to drive State Vehicles as part of daily work assignments from site to site equipped with tools and equipment to perform daily duties. May be required to travel to training and meetings.

• Must be willing to receive an annual influenza vaccination or provide a document for a medical exemption or a letter for religious exemption.

• Must successfully pass a Tuberculosis (TB) test.

• Must be available for call back to perform essential and/or emergency services without delay and/or without interruption..

• Must be available for shift work. May be required to work various hours for coverage outside of normal business hours.

• Use, Handling, or Exposure to hazardous materials

• Explain: Proximity to moving, mechanical parts, Exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals., Exposure to electrical shock, and or working in highly exposed places.

• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application and provide an explanation as to why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.

Appeal Rights:

If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.

An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email (dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department's action.

For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.

Supplemental Information

How to Apply

The Assessment Process

For additional recruiting questions, please contact karina.sanchez@state.co.us

About Us:

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan www.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans

• Medical and dental health plans

• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account

• Paid life insurance

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave

• BenefitHub state employee discount program

• Employee Wellness program MotivateMe

• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more!

• Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more

information, go to https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs.

Our Values:

We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans.

Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.

We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.

Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.

We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.

Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

ADAA Accommodations: CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.

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