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Arizona Correctional Industries (ACI)
4441 East McDowell Road
Phoenix, Arizona 85008
https://corrections.az.gov/

Salary:  $56,400.00

Grade: 19

Closing Date: 11/23/2025

Do you have supervisor experience working in a Correctional or highly secure environment? Join our exceptional Arizona Correctional Indrustries (ACI) team of professionals. Continue you career path and Apply today!

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is seeking a energetic leader to fill the Workforce Supervisor position. This position provides direct supervision to Industry Programs Specialist (IPS) staff by overseeing multiple ACI contracts state wide. Ensures contractor staff remain in compliance with contractual obligations. Oversees scheduling, coordinates and conducts trainings, performs regular safety and security inspections of ACI Workforce Development sites. Also serves as a key support resource when IPS staff are absent and ensuring continuous operational oversight of ACI labor programs.

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

- Supervises Industries Production Specialist (IPS) staff through performance evaluations, approval of leave, and scheduling of shifts
- Supervises ACI inmate work crews
- Acts as a liaison between Workforce Development Contract Partners, prison administration, and ACI
- Ensures ACI Workforce Development Contract Partners compliance with contracts, reviews bids and proposals, and ensures compliance with department policies
- Organizes inmate transportation to and from the work sites as well as emergency transports
- Transports inmates to and from various work locations as needed
- Prepares reports and ensures effectiveness of the IPS program
- Attends meetings and training as required
- Drives on State business
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge of:
- Laws, rules, regulations and policies governing inmates in work programs
- Contract management and compliance
- Principles of inmate and staff supervision

Skill in:
- Applying Federal, State and agency rules, regulations, policies and procedures governing the duties
- Discipline measurement
- Use of radio systems and communication codes
- Communicating with staff, inmates and private contracted companies
- Verbal and written communication as required by the duties and assignments in a correctional setting

Ability to:
- Lift/Care approximately 20 lbs
- Push/Pull approximately 20 lbs
- Walk/Run approximately 1 mile
- Follow and enforce department policies and procedures
- Adhere to security protocols
- Work with inmates in a correctional environment

- At least five (5) years of Department of Corrections experience supervising staff and inmates

Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation and a drug test.

Requires a valid Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with passenger endorsement within 90 days in the event there is a rotation and/or operational need that requires transporting inmates.

Candidates who have been separated from State Service for more than two (2) years will require successful completion of a training curriculum upon their assignment to the position.

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 Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). Enrollment eligibility will become effective after 27 weeks of employment.

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.