Full-Time Maintenance/Laborer

Nationally recognized, multi award-winning juvenile detention center located on the Northshore is looking for a FULL-TIME MAINTENANCE TECH! This opportunity has many benefits and doesn't come available very often.

The Maintenance Technician position is responsible for performing building and grounds maintenance such as lawn mowing and minor maintenance work.

Pay range: $21.63-$26.44 per hour, depending on experience.

BENEFITS TO JOINING OUR TEAM:

• A schedule of four 10-hour days per week, with every weekend and 16 paid holidays off!


• FPJDC's new hires undergo 40 hours of paid classroom training and extensive on-the-job training.


• Meals and uniforms are provided for each team member free of charge.


• 2+ weeks of paid Vacation Time and paid Sick Time in your first year!


• 100% PAID health (for staff and children!), vision, and dental insurance. FPJDC also subsidizes plans for your family members so it's easy to afford high-quality insurance! Other offerings include life insurance, short/long-term disability, and accident insurance!


• On-call and emergency pay


• Participation in the Louisiana State Employee Retirement System (LASERS). Voluntary participation in our Deferred Compensation Plan is matched at 3%!


• Opportunity to earn annual merit pay raises of up to 6% each year!


• FPJDC is a government agency, so employment may qualify you for participation in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Position requires:

• High School diploma/GED and valid driver’s license

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to handle and work proficiently with common hand and power tools, screwdrivers, saws, drills, wrenches and hammers; and to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must be physically able to lift and/or move materials weighing up to 60 pounds, and must be able to climb a ladder. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.