Senior Sewage Plant Operator / Sewer Repairer Family
Career series with 1 positions across 1 levels
Senior Sewage Plant Operator / Sewer Repairer 2 is one of New Jersey's state civil service classifications.
The one gate is 2 years of relevant experience.
Senior Sewage Plant Operator / Sewer Repairer is a single-title classification family: Senior Sewage Plant Operator / Sewer Repairer 2 is the only position in it. Senior Sewage Plant Operator / Sewer Repairer supervises titles such as Maintenance Repairer and Plant Pathologist.
Positions in This Family
What the Senior Sewage Plant Operator / Sewer Repairer family covers
In New Jersey's classification plan, Senior Sewage Plant Operator / Sewer Repairer stands alone. The family holds one title code rather than a graded series.
Skilled and semi-skilled labor is the part of the classification plan that never moved to a degree. Qualification rests on demonstrated ability, and for a great many of these titles the operative credential is a valid New Jersey driver's license of the right class rather than a diploma. The work is also the most physically specific in the plan, which is why the specifications read as lists of tasks and equipment instead of the general responsibility language used elsewhere. Because public works, water and sewer utilities, parks and school plants each run their own yards, near-identical jobs end up as separate title codes in separate places.
Two jobs in one title
Senior Sewage Plant Operator / Sewer Repairer is a consolidated title: one position carrying the duties of Senior Sewage Plant Operator and Sewer Repairer at once, held by a single employee expected to do both. They exist because a borough or authority with a single crew cannot justify a separate post per function, so the combined duties get their own classification.
Separately, Sewer Repairer is its own family of 7 title codes across 3 levels. This consolidation holds 1 code, which is the usual pattern, since a consolidated title is normally created for the one jurisdiction that asked for it. Read the component specifications alongside this one, because the requirements of both halves apply.
What each title does
The published specification opens with this definition of the work.
- Senior Sewage Plant Operator / Sewer Repairer 2: Under direction takes the lead over other operators and operates, adjusts, and regulates sewage plant pumps…
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. Experience requirements sit at 2 years wherever they are stated.
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.
- Supervising Sewage Plant Operator/Sewer Repairer Supervisor (local jurisdiction)
- Sewage Plant Operator/ Sewage Plant Repairer Sewage Plant Operator (local jurisdiction)
- Sewer Repairer 1 / Water Repairer 1 / Water Treatment Plant Operator (local jurisdiction) — in the Sewer Repairer family
- Sewer Repairer 2/Water Repairer 2/Senior Water Treatment Plant Operator (local jurisdiction)
- Sewage Plant Superintendent/Sewer Superintendent (local jurisdiction)
- Sewage Plant Repairer (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Senior Sewage Plant Operator / Sewer Repairer jobs
How many separate Senior Sewage Plant Operator / Sewer Repairer classifications does New Jersey have?
The Senior Sewage Plant Operator / Sewer Repairer family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Senior Sewage Plant Operator / Sewer Repairer paid?
No state salary schedule figure is published for the titles in this family, which is normal for local classifications. Local civil service employers set their own pay by ordinance or negotiated agreement, so the rate depends on which county, municipality or authority is hiring.
What are the requirements to become a Senior Sewage Plant Operator / Sewer Repairer?
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. Experience of 2 years is named where a requirement is stated.