The Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office is currently hiring for full-time Correction Officers. The January 1, 2024 starting wages are $22.07 to $29.30 per hour, depending on experience, with credit of up to 15 years’ experience in the field plus stipends for education and night shift differential. We offer a 12-hour fixed shifts (nights or days) in a fifteen-day work rotation where you will have every other weekend off and be compensated for a 42 hour work week, plus overtime opportunities. Androscoggin County offers medical and dental insurance, 20 year Maine State Retirement Plan 50% no age, 457b plan, 13 paid holidays, Paid Uniform Allowance and a great team working environment.
Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.
The Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office is currently hiring for full-time Correction Officers.
Applicants must be 18 years of age, have taken the Maine Criminal Justice Academy ALERT Test, have a high school diploma or GED, and possess a Maine driver’s license with no major convictions. Applicants will also need to successfully pass a background investigation to include: *No convictions or conduct for Murder, Class A, Class B, Class C, or Class D crime; or convictions for any violation of the Maine Criminal Code, chapters 15 (theft), 19 (falsification in official matters), 25 (bribery or corrupt matters) or 45 (drugs), or a conviction for any equivalent crime in another jurisdiction outside the State of Maine. *Shall be of good moral character, as determined by a thorough background investigation; Shall complete a state and federal criminal records check through the submission of fingerprints to the State Bureau of Identification and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. *Where a greater portion of the new curriculum is now "hands-on" the candidate must be deemed medically suitable to participate in the corrections training program by having medical personnel sign the MCJA Medical Form.