ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS SUPERINTENDENT

Code: 00671 Local Competitive

Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Definition

Under direction assists the Public Works Superintendent or other supervisory official responsible for the oversight of a public works department, in performing administrative and supervisory duties in planning and organizing the installation, maintenance, and repair of various public works facilities; does related work as required.

Examples of work

• Assists in executing plans for the effective utilization of available funds, personnel, equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Prepares annual department budget and maintains balances.
• Assists in initiating standards for all equipment and materials used.
• Assists in drawing up specifications for all departments bidding.
• Keeps current with changes which would affect department operations and purchase procedures.
• Maintains a working acquaintance throughout the state with contracting, engineering, and manufacturing representatives as well as state agencies.
• Assists in developing suitable work programs for the varied functions of the department.
• Gives assignments and instructions to individuals and groups, and supervises their work.
• Makes recommendations to superiors concerning disciplinary measures, promotions, and appointment of employees under supervision.
• Assists in supervising employees engaged in work involving construction, maintenance, and repair of streets and sewers and installation, maintenance, and repair of pipes, valves, pumps, hydrants, and other water service equipment.
• Makes investigations of complaints and takes proper action to see that repairs are made with minimum delay.
• Assists in supervising work involved in sweeping streets and shoveling accumulations into containers and onto trucks, in loading, unloading, and applying sand and street repair materials, in cutting brush and mowing grass, and in emptying refuse containers, loading refuse, and disposing of refuse.
• Ensures that proper safety precautions are taken by employees.
• Inspects and checks work in progress or completed to see that proper procedures are/were followed.
• Prepares reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Obtains, stores, safeguards, and supervises proper use of equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Keeps essential records and files.
• May be responsible for the supervision and administration of a water supply and/or sewage treatment system.
• Assists in drawing up plans and specifications for work performed by private contractor.
• Follows through on public work projects undertaken by private contractors to see that such work is completed properly and that contractor complies with terms of contract.
• In conjunction with the Public Works Superintendent and Municipal Engineer, assists in planning, designing, and recommending to governing body new and improved public works facilities to meet future needs of the community.
• May assist in supervising the billing of water and sewer services.
• Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording information systems used by the agency, office or related unit.

Experience

Four (4) years of supervisory experience in the construction, maintenance, and repair of streets, in sewer, water, sanitation, or other public work facilities, or in similar heavy construction and maintenance work.

License

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Knowledge of procedures used in making routine and complex repairs to water and sewer equipment.
• Knowledge of processes used in the construction, maintenance, and repair of streets.
• Ability to organize assigned work
• Ability to give suitable assignments and instructions to groups and individuals
• Ability to prepare reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Ability to keep needed records and files.
• Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording information systems used by the agency, office or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
• Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.

Satisfactory completion of college level semester hour credits in engineering courses at an accredited college or university may be substituted for up to two (2) years of experience on the basis of thirty (30) semester hour credits being equal to one (1) year of experience.

Where the position involves responsibility for supervision and administration of a water supply and/or sewage treatment system, appointees will be required to possess a license of the appropriate grade, issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, to operate public water and/or sewage treatment plant and/or a public water supply system.