Salary: $6,452.00 - $7,476.00 Monthly
Location : Clallam County - Clallam Bay, WA
Job Type: Full Time - Permanent
Job Number:
Department: Dept. of Corrections
Division: Prisons - CBCC
Opening Date: 09/01/2026
Closing Date: 9/30/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

Description
Correctional Officer 1 (CO2), Clallam Bay and Olympic Correction Centers

Full- time and On-Call positions available

Clallam Bay Corrections Center/CBCC/Clallam Bay, WA

Olympic Corrections Center/OCC/Forks, WA

SAVE THE DATE!

Qualified candidates will be invited to virtual interviews

Date: 9/2, 9, 16, and 23!

Successful candidates for this recruitment would attend the earliest Training Academy available.

Clallam Bay Corrections Center Salary Information:

Corrections & Custody Officer 1 (TEAMSTERS Range 46 Step L-M)

• Full-time - $6,777 - $6,945
• On-call/Hourly - $38.95 - $39.91

Corrections & Custody Officer 2: (TEAMSTERS Range 49 Step L-M)

• Full-time - $7,298 - $7,477
• On-call/Hourly - $41.94 - $42.97

***RELOCATION ASSTISTANCE MAY BE AVAILABLE: $2,500 FOR CANDIDATES MOVING WITHIN WA STATE, $5,000 FOR CANDIDATES MOVING FROM OUT OF STATE***

Relocation Assistance is available at Clallam Bay Corrections Center only
Olympic Corrections Center Salary Information:

Corrections & Custody Officer 1 (TEAMSTERS Range 46 Step J-M)

• Full-time - $6,452 - $6,945 Monthly
• On-call/Hourly - $37.08 - $39.91

Corrections & Custody Officer 2: (TEAMSTERS Range 49 Step H-M)

• Full-time - $6,615 - $7,477 Monthly
• On-call/Hourly - $38.02 - $42.97

***Relocation Assistance is not available for Olympic Corrections Center.

To qualify at the Corrections and Custody Officer 2 (CO2) level you must meet the following qualifications:

• One year of experience as a Department of Corrections (DOC) Corrections and Custody Officer, which includes successful completion of the CORE (Academy) and the Correctional Officer Field Training Program.

OR

• One year of experience as a Correctional Officer in adult or juvenile corrections where security functions equivalent to a DOC Corrections and Security Officer 2 were performed.

On-Call Positions

On-call staff may have the opportunity to work an average of 32-40 hours per week, although the positions have no minimum hour guarantee. Incumbents will be required to attend 6 weeks of full-time paid training immediately upon hire and will be considered for full time permanent and/or temporary vacancies as they occur. All correctional officers, including those in on-call positions, are provided with a benefits package including medical, dental, vision and retirement as well as paid sick leave, holiday pay and paid vacation; provided they work at least 20 hours or more each week.

Please note: if you recently applied to this location within the last 90days, no need to reapply.

Facility information:

The Washington State Department of Corrections is seeking highly motivated and talented individuals for the positions of Correctional Officer 1 and/or 2, at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC) in Clallam Bay, WA., and the Olympic Corrections Center (OCC) in Forks, WA. Both CBCC and OCC are staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC) is a 900 bed male facility located on the point of the Olympic Peninsula. It is 50 miles west of Port Angeles and looks out over the Strait of Juan de Fuca at Vancouver Island. This facility houses medium and close custody offenders. CBCC also operates an Intensive Management Unit.

Custody Level: Medium Close, & Maximum

The Olympic Corrections Center (OCC) is a 381 bed male facility located near the Hoh Rainforest. This facility houses minimum security offenders and offers treatment, work, and vocational programs to help ready offenders to transition back into the community. OCC also has outside work crews to serve the community as well as fire crews that work alongside Department of Natural Resource employees.

Custody Level: Minimum

To learn more, click on the link: Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC) | Washington State Department of Corrections

To learn more, click on the link: Olympic Corrections Center (OCC) | Washington State Department of Corrections

Whether the work is inside a prison, in community corrections, or in an administrative office, the Washington State Department of Corrections professional staff experience a high degree of personal satisfaction knowing they are creating environments in which all incarcerated individuals can learn to make choices that contribute to a safer society.

to learn more about the Correctional Officer hiring process.

Duties
This job class is designated as in-training. The employee will advance to CO2 after satisfactory completion of the CO1 training requirements.

In an adult correctional facility, Correctional Officers provide safety and security, and assist in controlling, directing, and monitoring the activities and movement of incarcerated individuals. This includes maintaining security of the institution and controlling movement into, out of and within the institution in accordance with established department methods and procedures.

Correctional Officers are expected to be a positive role model and work with the incarcerated individuals to help them become productive members of society from the day they arrive under supervision. Correctional Officers use interpersonal skills and good communication skills to correct and counteract criminal thinking while maintaining safe confinement environments for the individuals to pursue a successful re-entry into communities. The successful candidates for Correctional Officer 1 will possess creative thinking, self-confidence, strong role-modeling and good physical and mental conditioning.

Overtime is an essential function of this position.

Correctional Officers must successfully complete Correctional Worker Core (CWC), a six-week academy for all correctional workers employed in DOC prison facilities. We know that managing difficult people takes more than force. It takes observation, knowledge, skills, and continual practice. Every DOC employee is provided with initial training designed to help ensure safe working conditions and will continue to get on-the-job training throughout their employment.

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Qualifications
• Graduation from high school or GED
• Valid Driver's license
• The legal (Constitutional) right to carry a firearm

Note: Pre-employment process includes drug testing and psychological evaluation.

To qualify at the Corrections and Custody Officer 2 (CO2) level you must meet the following qualifications:

• One year of experience as a Department of Corrections (DOC) Corrections and Custody Officer, which includes successful completion of the CORE (Academy) and the Correctional Officer Field Training Program.
• One year of experience as a Correctional Officer in adult or juvenile corrections where security functions equivalent to a DOC Corrections and Security Officer 2 were performed.

Supplemental Information

What We Offer:

As an employee of the Department of Corrections, your work-life integration is a priority. Washington State employees are offered one of the most inclusive and competitive benefits packages in the nation. Besides comprehensive family insurance for medical, dental, and vision, these perks also may include:

• Up to 25 paid vacations days a year
• 8 hours of paid sick leave per month
• 12 paid holidays a year
• Generous retirement plan
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Dependent Care Assistance
• Deferred Compensation
• 3 days of bereavement pay specific to Teamsters' positions
• Visit our benefits page to see more!

We are committed to hiring individuals who possess core diversity competencies:

• Foster a positive attitude and openness toward the ever changing social and cultural makeup of the workplace.
• Work effectively with people of different perspectives, abilities, disabilities, races, religions, ages, lifestyle preferences and social, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds.
• Respectfully acknowledge people's differences and recognize these differences as important and valuable.
• Promote inclusiveness.
• Be culturally sensitive and appropriate.
• Respect and value diverse backgrounds and traditions.