Lieutenant

Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Job Description

Job Title: Lieutenant

Department: Jail

Reports to: Captain

Effective Date: 2001

Classification: Exempt

Revision Date: 4/4/2025

Job Summary

This position is supervisory work that ensures the safety and effectiveness of jail operations during specific hours of work at the Beaver County Jail. This position is responsible for supervising Corrections Officers, processing of new and released inmates, maintaining inmate accountability, controlling access within the jail, and maintaining order within the facility. Incumbent ensures subordinates are performing their given responsibilities. The jail Lieutenant may act in the Warden’s capacity in his/her absence. Work is performed under the general overall direction of the Warden.

Essential Functions

This job description is not designed to cover a comprehensive list of duties or responsibilities that are required. Essential functions may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without advanced notice that are a logical assignment to the position.

• Assigns, reviews, plans and coordinates the work activities of employees. Provides work instruction and employee training. Maintains work standards and evaluates employee work performance. Acts as the Warden in his/her absence.
• Processes new and released inmates; secures inmates personal belongings, photographs and administers court ordered urinalysis.
• Ensures the safety of inmates; maintains order and behavior of the inmate population, conducts searches, lock-downs, head counts, and conducts routine perimeter checks. Participates in inmate misconduct proceedings.
• Ensures inmates are properly housed and released at appropriate time.
• Supervises daily housing unit activities, daily rounds, lock boxes usage.
• Work release Coordinator
• Ensures a safe environment for staff and visitors to the jail; (Visitation clerk) and escorts inmates.
• Creates shift reports daily, conducts placement/vacancy reports. Makes reports, disciplinary recommendations, court appearances; conducts court ordered inmate line-ups.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Training, Education and Experience

High school diploma or GED; supplemented by college level course work or vocational training in criminal justice; supplemented by up to three (3) years previous experience and/or training involving corrections sergeant; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

· Valid driver’s license.

· First Aid Certification

· CPR Certification

Performance Aptitudes

Data Utilization: Requires the ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data and/or information using established criteria. Includes exercise of discretion in determining actual or probable consequences, and in referencing such evaluation to identify and select alternatives.

Human Interaction: Requires the ability to provide first line supervision. Ability to persuade, convince, and train others. Ability to advise and provide interpretation regarding the application of policies, procedures and standards to specific situations.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may require ability to utilize principles of fractions and/or interpret graphs.

Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership. Ability to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to problem resolution.

Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.

Physical Responsibility:

This Position has been observed as very physical and in the very heavy-duty classification. Occasionally lifting objects over 100lb, frequently lifting/carrying of 50 lbs. or more with frequent walking/standing as the possibly is always present for a cell extraction or other prison disturbance.

Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Some tasks require oral communications ability.

Environmental Factors: Tasks may risk exposure to violence, disease or blood pathogenic substances.

Beaver County, Pennsylvania is an Equal Opportunity Employer that provides equal employment opportunities to applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Beaver County, Pennsylvania will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages prospective employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 - $72,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Night shift
• Overnight shift

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: In person

Salary : $65,000 - $72,000