Electrician

Electrician

- (26141672) ELECTRICIAN

MONTANA STATE PRISON

DEER LODGE, MT

The Montana Department of Corrections (DOC) is dedicated to creating a safer Montana through Accountability, Rehabilitation, and Empowerment. If you want to use your technical skills to contribute to public safety and support the operations of a secure correctional facility, we invite you to join our team at Montana State Prison.

We are seeking a dependable, skilled Electrician to maintain the critical electrical systems that keep our correctional facility safe, secure, and fully operational. In this role, your expertise directly supports the infrastructure relied upon by staff, inmates, and the community every day. Working in a correctional environment, you play a key part in ensuring safety, maintaining essential facility operations, and supporting a stable setting that enables rehabilitation and programming. Your leadership also provides inmates with valuable job skills that contribute to successful reentry.

• Install and maintain facility wiring, lighting, and electrical control systems.
• Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, and diagrams to plan and complete jobs accurately.
• Diagnose electrical issues using testing equipment and perform repairs or replacements.
• Ensure all electrical components—transformers, connections, equipment—meet safety and compliance standards.
• Work independently to plan, lay out, and complete jobs across a large, complex facility.
• Supervise and train inmate workers, ensuring proper work practices and safety procedures.
• Provide leadership and guidance that supports inmate skill development.
• Coordinate closely with the Maintenance Management Team for facility needs and project planning.
• May supervise an apprentice electrician (1:1 supervision ratio).

Joining the Montana DOC means being part of meaningful, community focused work in a stable and supportive environment, where you can grow your...