Supervising Engineer Family
Career series with 1 positions across 1 levels
Supervising Engineer 2, Surface Design is a competitive state title, the kind you test for: the exam result, not a hiring manager's pick, decides where you land in line.
You can qualify with a bachelor's degree or, if you do not have one, by piling up more experience instead. Pay on the FY2027 schedule runs $105,267 to $155,359, and state payroll currently lists about 11 people in the title, most of them at Transportation.
Supervising Engineer is a single-title classification family: Supervising Engineer 2, Surface Design is the only position in it. Supervising Engineer commonly advances into Chief Operating Engineer.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- SUPERVISING ENGINEER 2, SURFACE DESIGN (10277) $105,267 - $155,359/year
What the Supervising Engineer family covers
Supervising Engineer 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.
- Supervising Engineer 2, Surface Design: Under direction of a Regional Design Engineer or other supervisory official, Department of Transportation, supervises the development and…
What it takes to qualify
Across the 1 title we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 1 of them. Experience requirements sit at 4 years wherever they are stated.
On how the jobs are filled: 1 is competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
State payroll records show 11 people working under 1 of this family's title, spread across 1 agency. Transportation alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Transportation — 11 employees
Median actual pay for Supervising Engineer 2, Surface Design is $150,105, which is what people in the title are really paid rather than the published band.
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
These titles sit elsewhere in the classification plan but share vocabulary with Supervising Engineer, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- Engineer Aide (local jurisdiction)
- Chief Engineer (local jurisdiction) — in the Chief family
- Senior Engineer (local jurisdiction) — in the Engineer family
- Nuclear Engineer ($91,628 to $134,900, state jurisdiction)
- Assistant Engineer (local jurisdiction)
- Municipal Engineer (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Supervising Engineer jobs
How many Supervising Engineer titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Supervising Engineer family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Supervising Engineer earn in New Jersey?
Supervising Engineer 2, Surface Design is published at $105,267 to $155,359. 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 Supervising Engineer?
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 Supervising Engineer need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 1 of the 1 title. Stated experience ranges from 4 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Supervising Engineer staff?
State payroll records show 11 people in this family across 1 agency, with Transportation the largest at 11. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.