SUPERVISOR SANITATION
Career Family: SUPERVISOR
New Jersey treats Supervisor Sanitation as a competitive-class job, so the gate is an examination and the ranked list it produces rather than a direct offer.
Eligibility comes down to 3 years of relevant experience.
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Supervisor Sanitation is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.
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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, supervises and may work with a group of employees engaged in refuse collection and disposal; does other related duties as required.
Examples of work
- Supervises and may work with employees engaged in lifting garbage containers from curbs to refuse trucks and emptying containers into trucks.
- Supervises the proper stacking of refuse to prevent spilling.
- Ensures the proper handling of containers to prevent damage.
- Develops effective work plans.
- Helps prepare routes for subordinates.
- Supervises work of employees.
- Obtains, stores, safeguards, distributes, and supervises use of equipment, materials, and supplies.
- Establishes and keeps records of personnel, work done, equipment used, and time spent.
- Investigates and resolves complaints received from the public.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Experience
Three (3) years of experience in work involving the collection and disposal of refuse.
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 processes used in making garbage collections.
- Knowledge of methods of routing trucks.
- Knowledge of methods and techniques of assigning employees work to effect prompt collection.
- Knowledge of methods and techniques of keeping records and files.
- Ability to work harmoniously with others.
- Ability to give assignments and instructions to subordinates, provide them with needed advice and assistance when difficult and unusual problems arise, and check their work to see that proper procedures are followed, that reasonable standards of output are maintained, and that desired objectives are achieved.
- Ability to keep records and files.
- Ability 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, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform 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 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.