Employment Opportunities

Patrols county areas, enforcing the law and protecting life and property. Performs investigations at the scene of a crime and related follow-up duties. Investigates and apprehends persons charged by warrant or subpoena. Serves civil process. Acts as first responder to emergency situations and assures proper authorities respond. Patrols urban and rural areas of the county to provide a visible deterrent, in uniform and in marked vehicles, to enforce laws and protect life and property. Identifies traffic hazards. Conducts surveillance in industrial and residential areas for signs of any criminal activity. Patrols for suspicious persons or vehicles. Prepares investigative reports, sketches and drawings, using appropriate grammar, symbols and mathematical computations. Effectively and coherently uses Interpersonal Communication skills to communicate with individuals and the public by providing information and directions, mediating disputes and advising of rights and processes. Demonstrates communications skills in court and formal settings. Endures verbal and mental abuse when confronted with hostile views and opinions of suspects and other people encountered in antagonistic environments. Prepares a variety of written reports using appropriate grammar, spelling and punctuation. Enters data into computer systems or databases, looks up information in databases, creates basic word processor documents and enters data into spreadsheets. Uses email to communicate. Provides information to citizens regarding general legal procedures as necessary. Effectuates arrests, forcibly if necessary, uses handcuffs and other restraints, and subdues resisting suspects using approved techniques of arrest control, defensive tactics and weapons. Resorts to use of hands and feet and other approved weapons in defense of self or others. Exercises independent judgment in determining where there is reasonable suspicion to detain, when probable cause exists to search and arrest and when appropriate force should be used and to what degree. Maintains knowledge of current Colorado Revised Statutes and County Ordinances. Operates a law enforcement vehicle during both the day and night, in emergency situations involving speeds in excess of posted limits, in congested traffic and in unsafe road conditions caused by factors such as fog, smoke, rain, ice and snow.

Performs all levels of sanitation to the Counties public buildings and structures. To accomplish these tasks the incumbent will comply with safety standards involving sanitation processes and public buildings taking into consideration County employees and the public. Cleaning and sanitizing restrooms. Clean, dust and wipe furniture, shelves, brass, metal or woodwork; sweep, mop or vacuum floors; empty waste receptacles; refill toilet paper and paper towel dispensers. Strip, clean buff and apply floor sealer and floor finish to hard surface floors, as needed. Vacuum and shampoo carpets, as needed. Wash walls and equipment. Wash interior and exterior windows and clean blinds. Locking and or unlocking assigned buildings, as needed. Laundering rags and dust mops. Use and maintenance of assigned power equipment tools such as floor scrubbers, carpet extractors, burnishes, vacuum, etc. Proper placement of hazard signs in work areas to ensure the safety of employees and public patrons. Use and maintenance of assigned non-power equipment and tools such as brooms, mops, squeegees for the general cleaning and maintenance of floors, walls and furniture.

Perform tasks relating to varied aspects of establishing and enforcing child support collections, including location, paternity establishment, collection methods, establishing and enforcing legal orders. Knowledge of child support laws, rules and regulations. Knowledge of court procedures, documents, legal terminology, methods of enforcement. Knowledge of eligibility criteria and ADC rules and regulations. Knowledge of collections methods. Skills in interviewing, obtaining sensitive information. Ability to gather documentation, determine best methods to use in working case, and enforcing child support orders. Ability to analyze information, prioritize, plan and organize workload and meet deadlines. Ability to prepare correspondence. Ability to effectively communicate with client, legal systems and the public. Ability to work with hostile or distraught clients.

Actively supports and upholds the stated mission and values of Fremont County and the Sheriff’s Office. Protects the well-being of prisoners and ensures the protection of inmates' constitutional rights in the custody of the Sheriff at the Fremont County Detention Facility. Performs routine work in the safekeeping of prisoners and oversees them in their quarters and during transport. Serves as a representative of the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, demonstrating a positive attitude and progressive actions through a display of professionalism, courtesy, and appropriate tact and discretion in all interactions with other employees, inmates, and the public.

Enforces compliance with Fremont County zoning regulations, resolutions and codes.  Issues property addresses.  Enforces compliance with laws and regulations governing special mobile machinery (SMM) and County regulations for Medical Marijuana (MMJ).  Investigates, by performing on-site inspections, all complaints received regarding Fremont County Zoning regulation violations for the unincorporated areas of Fremont County to determine if a violation exists.  Conduct inspections for Home Occupations, Special Review Use Permits (SRU’s), Conditional Use Permits (CUP’s), Temporary Use Permits (TUP), lot line adjustments, vacation of interior lot lines, boundary line adjustments, zoning changes and subdivision applications and permits to ensure compliance with all applicable County, State and Federal regulations.  Conducts Systematic and regular inspections to ensure progress is being made on the abatement of identified violations.  Continues to monitor and re-inspect the property until abatement of the violation is achieved.  Utilize camera and videotape equipment for documentation of investigations resulting in violations and follow up investigations for abatement progress.  Create and maintain logs of associated cleanup costs.  Notifies property owners of a violation by personal contact and written notification, maintains all documentation, and records in accordance with State Statutes, all applicable County and Legal protocol.  Provides property owner with resource information to assist in abating the violation(s).  Assist and monitor the Helping Hands Projects.  Initiates paperwork and files to substantiate, track and record all complaints, violations, and pertinent information for the office of Planning and Zoning, and action taken by the Code Enforcement Officer.  Investigate complaints regarding possible SMM violations for Fremont County to include all incorporated and unincorporated areas.

Perform on-site inspections of SMM equipment to ascertain if a violation exists. This includes personal, commercial and rental of all equipment used and identified as SMM as defined by State Statute.  Perform field inspections on equipment identified as SMM Equipment to ensure proper compliance and registration with the Motor Vehicle Department of Fremont County, issue paperwork and citations if necessary.  Investigate complaints regarding medical marijuana facilities and home cultivation locations.  Conduct follow up inspections on identified violations.  Conducts initial and annual inspections on all licensed medical marijuana businesses in unincorporated Fremont County to ensure compliance with County regulations.  Performs on-site inspections to assure medical marijuana business are in compliance with licensing, lighting and ventilation requirements.  Notifies property owners of a violation by personal contact and written notification, maintains all documentation, and records in accordance with State Statutes, all applicable County and Legal protocol.

Operates heavy equipment utilized in digging and opening ditches, grading shoulders and slopes. Performs other rough grading to clear County rights-of-way, trenching, filling or back filling and snow removal. Operates asphalt equipment in road maintenance and repair work. Requires the use of valves to regulate the temperature and flow of asphalt ensuring a constant flow into the hopper to distribute material evenly. Operates mower to cut grass in County rights-of-way. Loads and places earth, rock, asphalt and other road construction and maintenance material. Fastens attachments to tractor with clevis or wedge pin hitches. Operates heavy equipment in successive passes over terrain to raise or lower terrain to specified grade following markings on grade stakes or hand signals. Greases, oils and performs minor repairs on heavy equipment as assigned. Coordinates equipment actions with on the ground crew member or other equipment operators using hand or audio signals to ensure safety standards are met and adhered to. Ensures all equipment on the job site is working in tandem to each other. Inspects truck equipment and supplies such as tires, lights, brakes, gas, oil and water. Services and makes minor repairs to assigned equipment. Performs emergency roadside repairs such as changing tires, installing light bulbs, tire chains and spark plugs. Reports any major malfunctions or needed repairs to the supervisor and or Fleet Supervisor.

This is a specialized position that works with kinship and foster families.  The caseworker collaboratively provides support and case management to kinship and foster families with open child welfare cases.  Position educates providers in the Family-to-Family

philosophy, needs of children who have experienced abuse or neglect, unique challenges of kinship and foster care, and State and Department regulations.  This position recruits foster and foster-adoptive homes, walks all families through the certification process, provides supervision of the home, and completes adoption home studies; working in conjunction with other caseworkers to fulfill permanency goals and expectations.

This position provides intake services for families where child abuse or neglect is present in order to resolve these circumstances, which may include performing child abuse investigations, removing the involved children until the dangerous conditions are corrected, and arranging for long term or permanent placement when living in the home continues to be unsafe.  Conducts investigations on abuse or neglect complaints to assess the need for protection of children.  Monitors progress of clients and modifies case plan as needed. Provides immediate short-term counseling or crisis intervention to stabilize the critical situation and to delay or prevent the removal of a family member. Makes collateral contacts with such community resources as law enforcement and medical personnel to obtain additional information. Participates in staffing with school, mental health facilities, child protection review teams, and other professionals involved with the family members. Attends court hearings.