Principal Drafting Technician Family
Career series with 1 positions
Principal Drafting Technician (electrical Design) is a state title in New Jersey's competitive civil service, which means the way in is an open exam rather than a direct appointment.
Pay on the FY2027 schedule runs $58,222 to $84,763.
Principal Drafting Technician is a single-title classification family: Principal Drafting Technician (electrical Design) is the only position in it. Principal Drafting Technician supervises titles such as Electronic Systems Technician and Fire Signal System Technician.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- PRINCIPAL DRAFTING TECHNICIAN (ELECTRICAL DESIGN) (14028) $58,222 - $84,763/year
What the Principal Drafting Technician family covers
Principal Drafting Technician is a single-title family in the New Jersey civil service classification plan: one title code, with no numbered rungs above or below it. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Engineering series in New Jersey are organized by discipline and then by responsibility, so a family usually reads assistant, then senior, then principal, then supervising. Professional Engineer licensure appears at the senior end rather than at entry, which lets the state hire graduates and license them in post. Transportation is the largest employer of these titles by a wide margin, with Environmental Protection, Treasury property management and the county engineering offices behind it. Construction inspection titles sit nearby but belong to the regulatory side.
What each title does
The published specification opens with this definition of the work.
- Principal Drafting Technician (electrical Design): Under the direction of the Head Drafting Technician (Electrical Design), Bureau of Electrical Operations, Department of Transportation…
Getting in: the stated requirements
None of the specifications in this family names a degree requirement, which places these titles among the New Jersey positions open to applicants without formal higher education. On how the jobs are filled: 1 is competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
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
Nearby in the plan, ranked by how distinctive the shared terms are rather than by how many words happen to match.
- Drafting Technician (local jurisdiction)
- Drafting Technician ($42,866 to $61,705, state jurisdiction)
- Drafting Technician ($39,358 to $56,481, state jurisdiction)
- Senior Drafting Technician (local jurisdiction)
- Senior Drafting Technician ($50,990 to $73,902, state jurisdiction)
- Senior Drafting Technician ($46,727 to $67,528, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Principal Drafting Technician jobs
How many Principal Drafting Technician titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Principal Drafting Technician family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Principal Drafting Technician earn in New Jersey?
Principal Drafting Technician (electrical Design) is published at $58,222 to $84,763. Salary depends on the salary range assigned to the title and the step the employee has reached.
Do you need to take an exam to become a Principal Drafting Technician?
Yes for most of the family. 1 of the 1 title are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.
What qualifications does a Principal Drafting Technician need?
No degree requirement is parsed from the specifications in this family, which puts these titles among the New Jersey civil service jobs reachable without formal higher education.