YARD SUPERVISOR

Definition

Under direction, supervises and is responsible for the work performed by employees who are engaged in such duties as stacking materials, loading and unloading incoming and outgoing shipments of supplies, materials, and equipment, sorting scrap materials for salvage, and maintaining, repairing, and servicing motor vehicles and construction equipment in a public works type of yard; does related work as required.

Examples of work

• Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, issuing, and maintaining equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Dispatches materials and equipment to construction site.
• Requisitions materials and supplies.
• Operates equipment to move material around the yard.
• Supervises the work of employees engaged in the maintenance and repair of vehicles and equipment.
• Establishes schedules for proper and efficient methods of maintaining vehicles, and reviews reports to ascertain that schedule is being adhered to.
• Establishes, maintains, and develops work plans and procedures for equipment operators, truck drivers, yard workers, and others assigned to the yard.
• Assigns workers to specific equipment and tasks each day.
• Details workers to keep the yard clean and orderly.
• Supervises unloading, storing, and safeguarding of equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Supervises storing and safeguarding of snow plows and equipment.
• Dispatches equipment during snow removal operations.
• Obtains, stores, safeguards, and distributes yard equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Maintains records of personnel, equipment, materials, supplies, time, and cost.
• Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Experience

Five (5) years of experience in receiving, storing, and distributing varied types of equipment, materials, and supplies, and in the operation, maintenance, and repair of trucks and other mechanized construction and maintenance equipment.

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 the essential duties of the position.

Appointees may be required to possess a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and applicable endorsements for the class and type of vehicle being operated.

NOTE: The responsibility for ensuring that employees possess the required motor vehicle license, commensurate with the class and type of vehicles they operate, rests with the Appointing Authority.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Knowledge of problems and procedures for managing a public works or construction type of yard.
• Knowledge of the operation and maintenance of mechanized highway and road construction and maintenance equipment.
• Knowledge of technique of accomplishing designated objectives by proper assignment of personnel and equipment.
• Knowledge of the requisitioning, storing, safeguarding, and distribution of construction and maintenance equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Knowledge of methods of loading and unloading trucks.
• Knowledge of the maintenance of records of personnel, equipment, materials, supplies, time, and cost.
• Knowledge of varied factors entering into effective yard management.
• Ability to analyze problems of yard management, organize assigned work, and develop effective work plans.
• Ability to make assignments of personnel to maintain and operate trucks and other mechanized highway equipment.
• Ability to work effectively with associates.
• Ability to provide assignments and instruction to individuals and groups.
• Ability to provide assistance when difficult and unusual problems arise.
• Ability to check the work to see that proper procedures are followed, that reasonable standards of workmanship and output are observed, and that desired objectives are achieved.
• Ability to obtain, store, safeguard, and distribute equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Ability to maintain proper records of personnel, equipment, materials, supplies, time, and cost.
• Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and 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 the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. 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.