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Salary $3,649.00 - $6,566.00 Monthly Location Jackson, LA Job Type Classified Job Number

ELMHS10.28.26CM

Department LDH-Office of State Healthcare Facilities Division Eastern LA Mental Health System Opening Date 10/28/2026 Closing Date 11/4/2026 11:59 PM Central About this

Job Division :

Within the Maintenance Department at ELMHS, located in Jackson, LA The Mission of ELMHS is to provide mental health evaluation, treatment, habilitation, and consultation for adults. Programs include inpatient interventions, jail-based evaluations, supervised group home and residential programs, forensic evaluation, care, custody, and aftercare; intermediate and long-term psychiatric services are coordinated with the total system of care in Louisiana ELMHS is looking for a motivated and detail-oriented individual to join the team in our maintenance department. In this role, the selected candidate will independently plan and execute construction, remodeling, renovation, and repairs to residential and patient care facilities; ensure compliance with Fire Marshal specifications and Life Safety Codes; construct and repair structural components, furniture, and medical equipment; operate and maintain carpentry tools and shop equipment; and order necessary supplies, materials, and equipment. Minimum Qualifications One year of the required experience for the following minimum qualifications must have been on-the-job experience: Three years of experience or training in the carpentry trade. Job Specification The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties and Other Information Job Duties:

In this role you will: Perform independent decisions on layouts. Build, remodel, and renovate existing residences and buildings. Hang doors and install windows. Operate hand and power tools. Build and install prefabricated shelves and cabinets, re-roof residences, make necessary repairs on patient care buildings such as replace ceiling tiles, repair doors, build book shelves, replace worn out wood floors, and vinyl floor tile, etc. Makes necessary changes to pre-existing structures to Fire Marshal's specifications and Life Safety Codes. Reconstruct porches, hand-rails, floors, ceilings and any other structural damage. Repair and reconstruct broken furniture. Assemble weight scales, assemble and/or make repairs to wheel chairs, medicine carts. Order all needed supplies, materials and equipment for the Carpenter shop. Ensures preventive maintenance is done periodically on shop equipment.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type:

This position may be filled as either a Probational or Job Appointment (open to all qualified applicants); a promotion (open to all statewide classified and Agency wide permanent status employees); or by Detail to Special Duty. Current permanent status, classified employees may be required to accept a Probational appointed if selected. If filled as a Job Appointment, there is a possibility that this position may be converted to a Probational Appointment should funding become available.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

•Resumes

WILL NOT

be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

• It is recommended that you apply for all job titles that you are interested in. Specific information about this job will be provided to you in the interview process, should you be selected. However, there is no guarantee that everybody that applies to this posting will be interviewed. This posting may be used to fill vacancies in other divisions or units at Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System within 90 days of closing. For further information about this vacancy, please contact: Leigh Moore

ELMHS HR ELMHS-HR

@LA.GOV 225-634-0680 Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities. Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program: Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/ Parental Leave - Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: New Year's Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Mardi Gras, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

•Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase. Retirement - State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to): Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org ). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org), Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others