Assistant Engineer-in-charge Of Maintenance Family
Career series with 2 positions across 2 levels
Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance is a career-ladder family in New Jersey civil service, with 2 titles spanning 2 levels.
Entry is typically through Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance 2, advancing through the ladder toward Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance 1. Pay across the family spans $72,896 to $117,228, around the 43rd percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 33 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Corrections.
Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance is a common next step after Senior Maintenance Repairer / Water Repairer and Parks Maintenance Supervisor.
Positions in This Family
- ASSISTANT ENGINEER-IN-CHARGE OF MAINTENANCE 2 (42424) $72,896 - $106,798/year
- ASSISTANT ENGINEER-IN-CHARGE OF MAINTENANCE 1 (42425) $79,844 - $117,228/year
What the Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance family covers
Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance covers 2 title codes arranged into 2 levels of responsibility. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Trades and maintenance titles are the most heavily local group in the whole classification plan. Public works yards, water and sewer utilities, parks departments and school district plants hire them, so the family often exists only with local codes and never appears on state payroll at all. Qualification usually rests on demonstrated skill and a driving credential rather than a degree, and several of these series are the ones New Jersey opens to applicants without any formal education requirement. At the state level the equivalent posts are represented by IFPTE rather than CWA.
The ladder, ordered by pay
The Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance rungs, listed from the best paid down. Note that the numbers in these titles do not run in pay order. In this family a lower number sits higher on the ladder, which is a New Jersey convention that catches people out when they read a title list top to bottom.
- Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance 1 — $79,844 to $117,228 (a bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience)
- Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance 2 — $72,896 to $106,798 (a bachelor's degree and 3 years of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance 2 to the top of Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance 1 is $44,332, an increase of about 61% over the entry minimum.
What each title does
Reading the definitions side by side is the quickest way to see what changes as you move through the family.
- Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance 2: Assists an Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance 2 in a state department, institution, or agency by supervising during a designated tour of duty…
- Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance 1: Assists an Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance 1 in a state department, institution, or agency by supervising during a designated tour of duty…
Requirements across the family
Across the 2 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 2 of them. Stated experience runs from 3 years at the lowest rung to 4 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.
On how the jobs are filled: 2 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
State payroll records show 33 people working under 2 of this family's titles, spread across 5 agencies. Corrections alone accounts for about 48% of them.
- Corrections — 16 employees
- Health and Senior Services — 7 employees
- Human Services — 5 employees
- Military and Veterans Affairs — 3 employees
- Juvenile Justice Commission — 2 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $93,360 for Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance 2 up to $98,816 for Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance 1. Those are medians of what people are really paid, not schedule minimums and maximums.
State payroll only, deduplicated by payroll title; local employers file separately, so a family with local codes looks smaller here than it is. How this is counted.
How the pay is set
Titles in this family are paid on the A-P-R-S salary schedule. See every step in that schedule. Bargaining is handled by CWA. Union contracts and rights are collected here.
Where these jobs exist
These are state titles, hired by New Jersey departments, commissions and boards through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process rather than by an ordinary job posting. How state hiring works, and which agencies employ what.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Other classifications built on the same terms as Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance 4 ($72,896 to $106,798, state jurisdiction) — in the Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance family
- Project Engineer Maintenance ($95,955 to $141,386, both state and local jurisdiction)
- Supervising Engineer Construction and Maintenance ($105,267 to $155,359, state jurisdiction)
- Assistant Chief Engineer & Plant Maintenance Capitol Services
- Assistant Chief Engineer & Plant Maintenance Capitol Services
- Charge Nurse, 12 Months ($69,668 to $101,951, state jurisdiction) — in the Charge Nurse family
Common questions about Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance jobs
How many Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance family holds 2 title codes arranged across 2 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does an Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $72,896 at the bottom of Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance 2 to $117,228 at the top of Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance 1. Those are schedule figures. Where the title appears on the state payroll, actual median pay is listed on the page above.
Do you need to take an exam to become an Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance?
Yes for most of the family. 2 of the 2 titles are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.
What qualifications does an Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 2 of the 2 titles. Stated experience ranges from 3 to 4 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance staff?
State payroll records show 33 people in this family across 5 agencies, with Corrections the largest at 16. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.
Is Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance 1 higher or lower than Assistant Engineer-in-Charge of Maintenance 3?
In this family the lower number is the more senior title. New Jersey's level numbering does not run in pay order, and reading the titles by number alone will give you the ladder upside down. The list above is sorted by what each title actually pays.