Address:

Arizona Correctional Industries (ACI) – Tucson
10000 S. Wilmot Road
Tucson, AZ 85734
https://corrections.az.gov/

Salary: $58,800.00 

Grade: 19

Closing Date: 08/08/2025

Join Arizona Correctional Industries as a Sign Production Supervisor, where you’ll oversee the daily operations of a high-volume sign production facility. This hands-on role involves managing inventory, overseeing equipment maintenance, ensuring quality control, and coordinating production schedules to deliver timely, cost-effective, and high-quality output. You’ll supervise and train staff and inmate workers, maintain safety and sanitation standards, and collaborate with internal teams to meet customer needs.

If you’re skilled in manufacturing processes, team leadership, and driven by purpose, this is your opportunity to make an impact in a unique and rewarding environment.

For further information about the Arizona Correctional Industries, visit: https://aci.az.gov/

- Supervises staff and inmate workers and assists them with scheduling
- Instructs, trains, and oversees various production processes and methods
- Provides security by closely monitoring inmate workers' activities
- Ensures safe operation of machinery
- Interacts with other department staff, customers, and ACI Customer Service Department
- Approves the quality of products in various stages of the production process
- Calculates and schedules jobs based on production methods to ensure efficient and cost-effective completion
- Research and develop more efficient production methods
- Inspects quality of production at various stages of completion
- Performs on-the-job training for the assigned staff and inmate workers
- Conducts and attends meetings
- Drives on State business
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge of:
- Supervision and management techniques
- Technical and mechanical knowledge applicable to the Sign Shop
- Field and equipment maintenance
- Budget management
- Manufacturing and production techniques and methods
- Quality control techniques
- On-the-job training principles and application
- Thorough understanding of personnel, fiscal, and material management principles

Skill in:
- Operating machinery used in sign production
- Leadership and supervision
- Communication, problem-solving,
- Analyzing, giving direction, administration, motivation, and delivering constructive criticism
- Basic principles of team-building
- Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships

Ability to:
- Lift/Carry 50lbs
- Push/Pull 50lbs
- Walk/Run 0.25 miles
- Apply basic auditing and accounting principles and maintain accurate financial records
- Maintain the security of confidential information
- Maintain inventory control, administer work evaluations, and review work products
- Work independently with minimal supervision and make sound decisions
- Make sound decisions and achieve effective resolutions to issues
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously and adapt quickly to changing priorities
- Work in a prison environment
- Train, direct, supervise, and evaluate inmate workers
- Run calculators and relevant computer software
- Formulate plans for process improvements
- Adhere to department policies, procedures, and best practices

- A minimum of three (3) to five (5) years of on-the-job field or shop experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Business/Public Administration or related field from an accredited college or university, along with demonstrated successes and experience in managing and coordinating a sign production operation
- Certification in Production and Inventory Management or Integrated Resources Management is a plus

Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation, drug test, and a medical/physical examination.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-10-207.11).

In an effort to maintain a safe environment, all employees are required to take a Tuberculosis (TB) test during their New Employee Orientation and every year thereafter.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

We offer an excellent and affordable comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees:
- Vacation and sick days with 10 paid holidays per year
- Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
- Robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability options
- Exceptional retirement program
- Optional employee benefits such as deferred compensation plans, credit union membership, and a wellness program
- An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Positions in this classification participate in the Corrections Officer Retirement Plan (CORP).

Current ADCRR Employees: Consult with your respective Human Resources Liaison if you are in a different retirement plan than the one indicated above.

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling (602) 255-2430. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.