Corrections Officer

Corrections Officers (Click here for job description)
The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office is currently hiring for full-time Correction Officers. The starting wages starting on 01/01/25 are $22.74 to $30.18 an 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.

Applicants must be 18 years of age, 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:
1. 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.
2. Shall be of good moral character, as determined by a thorough background investigation;
3. 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;
4. 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.

Resumes and/or applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. Applications are available above. Please send your application or resume to Hillary Nadeau at hnadeau@androscoggincountymaine.gov.

If you would like additional information or to discuss what the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office has to offer, please contact Major Lane Feldman at 753-2500 ext. 1835.