Corrections Utility Plant Operator pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 47280
- Class code
- 47280
- Pay scale group
- CO 35
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- H1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Corrections Utility Plant Operator is $49,010 to $98,728 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 47280.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 09/02/2015.
What the state says the job is
This is manual and skilled mechanical work involving the care, custody, and control of inmates in the operation, maintenance, and repair of a boiler plant at a state correctional institution or facility. An employee in this job performs the work and directs inmates on an assigned shift in the maintenance, operation, and repair of a boiler plant that generates steam, hot water, chilled water, or electricity, or receives steam, hot water, chilled water, or electric services from outside vendors. Work includes monitoring boiler plant systems and making adjustments to ensure proper operation; keeping accurate records of fuel consumption and steam, hot water, or chilled water production; and recommending changes to procedures or equipment to increase plant efficiency.
Examples of the work
• Performs the work and directs inmates in the maintenance, operation, and repair of a boiler plant. • Operates boiler plant equipment in a steam, hot water, chilled water, and electric generating plant. • Receives, monitors, and ensures proper distribution of steam, hot water, chilled water, or electric services provided by outside vendors. • Performs standard calibrations and adjustments to heating, ventilating, and cooling systems to ensure proper distribution of hot or chilled water. • Performs adjustments and repairs to boilers, pumps, auxiliary equipment, valves, and fittings. • Discusses inmate performance with the supervisor of utility plant operations.
Minimum qualifications
• Three years of experience in the operation, maintenance, and repair of a steam or hot water generating plant, or a steam and electric generating plant; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current CO schedule.