GENERAL SUPERVISOR, PARKS

Code: 06699 Unknown Unknown

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 work of subordinate supervisors and other employees in the care and maintenance of parks; does other related duties as required.

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.

Examples of work

• Supervises and coordinates activities of lower level supervisors/staff engaged in maintenance of areas such as parks, botanical gardens, and playgrounds.
• Plans landscaping tasks, and instructs workers in the care of nursery, planting of flowers, and transplanting and pruning of trees/shrubbery.
• Directs lower level supervisors/staff in maintenance and repair of driveways, walks, hedges, swings, benches, and other park equipment.
• Assigns daily tasks to park employees, and assists with and supervises their work including servicing of public facilities and repair/maintenance of parks, buildings, and landscaping.
• Directs and supervises lower level supervisors/staff engaged in grading grass plots, sowing grass seeds, weeding and mowing lawns, pruning/spraying trees, trimming shrubbery, planting and caring for flowers, cutting hedges, and sweeping/cleaning walks and paths.
• Sees that snow is shoveled from paths in winter.
• Prepares and executes plans for utilization of personnel, equipment, materials, and supplies as they relate to maintenance/care of parks.
• May operate a variety of equipment/machinery used in care/maintenance of parks.
• Ensures that proper standards of workmanship/output are followed by employees in accord with established procedures and safety guidelines.
• Organizes, develops, and implements work programs and schedules.
• Serves as resource person with regard to operation of equipment/machinery used in parks.
• Conducts periodic inspections of equipment, machinery, and tools used to determine and implement proper maintenance/repair schedules.
• Prepares work, personnel, and operations schedules, and implements same accordingly.
• Prepares clear, sound, accurate and informative reports containing findings, conclusions and recommendations.
• Conducts and supervises the maintenance of essential records and files.
• 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.
• REQUIREMENTS:

Experience

Three (3) years of experience involving care and maintenance of large tracts of grounds including planting and care of shrubbery/flowers and use of grounds by a considerable number of people, one (1) year of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.

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.

NOTE: 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. The responsibility for ensuring that appointees possess the required motor vehicle license and applicable endorsement rests with the Appointing Authority.

NOTE: Appointees may be required to possess a Pesticide Applicator Certification in the appropriate category/ies issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The responsibility for ensuring that appointees possess the required certification rests with the Appointing Authority.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Knowledge of procedures for keeping parks in good repair, and of planting/caring for grass, flowers, and shrubbery.
• Knowledge of procedures used in assigning employees to maintain/repair parks, allocating/maintaining park equipment, materials, and supplies, and of keeping personnel, equipment, and other records.
• Knowledge of problems, procedures, and methods used in inspecting, analyzing, and determining work to be done.
• Knowledge of various types of equipment and methods used in caring for park areas.
• Knowledge of uses made of public parks.
• Knowledge of rules/regulations governing operation of public parks.
• Knowledge of procedures used in cleaning/maintaining parks.
• Knowledge of problems involved in establishing, maintaining, and developing effective work programs and work procedures.
• Knowledge of problems involved in giving assignments/instructions to groups and individuals and in supervising their work.
• Ability to utilize advantageously available personnel and equipment in care/maintenance of parks.
• Ability to give assignments/instructions to individuals and groups of employees, provide them with needed advice/assistance when difficult and unusual problems arise, and check their work to see that proper procedures are followed, that reasonable standards of workmanship/output are maintained, and that desired objectives are achieved
• Ability to supervise planting and care of trees, shrubbery, and flowers.
• Ability to prepare clear, sound, accurate and informative reports containing findings, conclusions and recommendations.
• Ability to conduct and supervise the maintenance of essential 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 the 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.
• LG - 3/14/2018