Salary : $63,585.60 - $98,633.60 Annually
Location : Anamosa - 52205 - Jones County, IA
Job Type: Full-time
Job Number: 27-00933
Agency: 250 Corrections - Prison Industries
Opening Date: 10/01/2026
Closing Date: 10/15/2026 11:59 PM Central
LinkedIn Tag: #LI-POST
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Job Description

We are seeking a State Industries Supervisor to oversee and coordinate day-to-day operations and production within multiple state industries divisions, warehousing, and transportation. In this role, you will lead administrative and operational tasks, manage resident (inmate) work crews, enforce institutional security protocols, oversee financial performance, and maintain product quality standards.

This position works Monday - Thursday 6:00am - 4:00pm
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:

1. Two-and-a-half years of full-time work experience in the direction of employees in one of the following areas related to the manufacture/delivery of Iowa State Industries products or services:
   
   1. Wood Furniture Fabrication: cutting, planing, shaping, routing, gluing, staining, and assembling wood furniture.
   2. Upholstery Fabrication: cutting patterns, sewing, stitching, tacking, gluing, and assembling fabric and foam upholstery items.
   3. Braille Production: translation of printed documents into Literary and/or Nemeth Code Braille using the Perkins Braille writer and/or computer translation programs, thermoforming, binding, producing raised line drawings.
   4. Graphics Arts Production: layout, proofing, darkroom operation, screen-printing, press operation (offset, duplicator, desktop publishing), binding, and cost estimating.
   5. Chemical Formulation: mixing, blending, bottling, packaging, and labeling personal care, floor care, kitchen, laundry, and bathroom chemical products.
   6. Sign Fabrication: blanking, shaping, and forming metal, wood, and plastic into sign substrate. Application of reflective or non-reflective sheeting to substrate to produce traffic control signs.
   7. Warehouse Operations: receiving, accounting for, storing, and disbursing raw materials, component parts, and finished products. Loading, unloading, routing, and dispatching delivery vehicles.
   8. Service Center Operation: receiving, processing, recording, and fulfilling incoming telephonic calls. Initiating, recording, and servicing outgoing calls. Responding to and servicing mailed and electronically transferred requests for information; using computers to provide services.
   9. Industrial Safety: implementing and administering programs to ensure compliance with the standards of regulatory agencies (OSHA, EPA, etc.) in manufacturing plants. Providing safety training to personnel in industrial plants.
   10. Manufacturing Support Services and Production Control: coordinating the disbursement of raw materials and component parts to production shops; scheduling the output of production shops to ensure efficient final assembly; scheduling and routing delivery of finished goods; coordinating on-site installation of large projects between production, delivery, contracted vendors, and customers; inventory control; quality control; micro-graphics, or computer-based production control and support.
2. Two-and-a-half years of full-time work experience in the supervision and training of correctional residents or employees in a state industries program.
3. Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes six months of full-time work as a State Industries Production/Sales Coordinator, one year of full-time work as a State Industries Production Technician, or two years of full-time work as a Correctional Officer.

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Do you understand that the information provided on your application and resume must be truthful, honest, and accurate to the best of your knowledge?

Knowingly misrepresenting the facts when submitting any information related to an application, examination, certification, appeal, or any other facet of the selection process will result in your disqualification from this application and future employment with the state of Iowa.

• Yes - I understand and agree
• No

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Have you filed a registration statement pursuant to the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. a7611 et seq?

• No - I have NOT filed a registration statement pursuant to the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. a7611 et seq
• Yes - I HAVE filed a registration statement pursuant to the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. a7611 et seq

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Do you have experience equal to two-and-a-half years of full-time work in the direction of employees in one of the following areas related to the manufacture/delivery of Iowa State Industries products or services:Wood Furniture Fabrication: cutting, planing, shaping, routing, gluing, staining, and assembling wood furniture.Upholstery Fabrication: cutting patterns, sewing, stitching, tacking, gluing, and assembling fabric and foam upholstery items.Braille Production: translation of printed documents into Literary and/or Nemeth Code Braille using the Perkins Braille writer and/or computer translation programs, thermoforming, binding, producing raised line drawings.Graphics Arts Production: layout, proofing, darkroom operation, screen-printing, press operation (offset, duplicator, desktop publishing), binding, and cost estimating.Chemical Formulation: mixing, blending, bottling, packaging, and labeling personal care, floor care, kitchen, laundry, and bathroom chemical products.Sign Fabrication: blanking, shaping, and forming metal, wood, and plastic into sign substrate. Application of reflective or non-reflective sheeting to substrate to produce traffic control signs.Warehouse Operations: receiving, accounting for, storing, and disbursing raw materials, component parts, and finished products. Loading, unloading, routing, and dispatching delivery vehicles.Service Center Operation: receiving, processing, recording, and fulfilling incoming telephonic calls. Initiating, recording, and servicing outgoing calls. Responding to and servicing mailed and electronically transferred requests for information; using computers to provide services.Industrial Safety: implementing and administering programs to ensure compliance with the standards of regulatory agencies (OSHA, EPA, etc.) in manufacturing plants. Providing safety training to personnel in industrial plants.Manufacturing Support Services and Production Control: coordinating the disbursement of raw materials and component parts to production shops; scheduling the output of production shops to ensure efficient final assembly; scheduling and routing delivery of finished goods; coordinating on-site installation of large projects between production, delivery, contracted vendors, and customers; inventory control; quality control; micro-graphics, or computer-based production control and support.

• Yes, I have experience equal to 30 months of full-time work in prison industries customer service or in the private sector in one or more of the areas listed
• No, I do not have experience equal to 30 months of full-time work in prison industries customer service or in the private sector in one or more of the areas listed

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Do you have experience equal to 30 months of full-time work in the direction of employees in one of the following areas related to the manufacture/delivery of Iowa State Industries products or services:Wood Furniture Fabrication: cutting, planing, shaping, routing, gluing, staining, and assembling wood furniture.Upholstery Fabrication: cutting patterns, sewing, stitching, tacking, gluing, and assembling fabric and foam upholstery items.Braille Production: translation of printed documents into Literary and/or Nemeth Code Braille using the Perkins Braille writer and/or computer translation programs, thermoforming, binding, producing raised line drawings.Graphics Arts Production: layout, proofing, darkroom operation, screen-printing, press operation (offset, duplicator, desktop publishing), binding, and cost estimating.Chemical Formulation: mixing, blending, bottling, packaging, and labeling personal care, floor care, kitchen, laundry, and bathroom chemical products.Sign Fabrication: blanking, shaping, and forming metal, wood, and plastic into sign substrate. Application of reflective or non-reflective sheeting to substrate to produce traffic control signs.Warehouse Operations: receiving, accounting for, storing, and disbursing raw materials, component parts, and finished products. Loading, unloading, routing, and dispatching delivery vehicles.Service Center Operation: receiving, processing, recording, and fulfilling incoming telephonic calls. Initiating, recording, and servicing outgoing calls. Responding to and servicing mailed and electronically transferred requests for information; using computers to provide services.Industrial Safety: implementing and administering programs to ensure compliance with the standards of regulatory agencies (OSHA, EPA, etc.) in manufacturing plants. Providing safety training to personnel in industrial plants.Manufacturing Support Services and Production Control: coordinating the disbursement of raw materials and component parts to production shops; scheduling the output of production shops to ensure efficient final assembly; scheduling and routing delivery of finished goods; coordinating on-site installation of large projects between production, delivery, contracted vendors, and customers; inventory control; quality control; micro-graphics, or computer-based production control and support.

• Yes, I have experience equal to 30 months of full-time work involving the supervision and training of correctional residents or employees in a state industries program
• No, I do not have experience equal to 30 months of full-time work involving the supervision and training of correctional residents or employees in a state industries program

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Are you a current State of Iowa employee with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes six months of full-time work as a State Industries Production/Sales Coordinator, one year of full-time work as a State Industries Production Technician, or two years of full-time work as a Correctional Officer?

• No I am not a current state employee
• I am a current state employee but do not have experience in the areas listed
• Yes, I am a current state employee and have with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes six months of full-time work as a State Industries Production/Sales Coordinator, one year of full-time work as a State Industries Production Technician, or two years of full-time work as a Correctional Officer

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