GENERAL SUPERVISOR ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION
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The main requirement is 5 years of relevant experience.
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General Supervisor Electric Distribution 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, directs other supervisors and employees engaged in the inspection, construction, repair, rebuilding and maintenance of electric lines and related equipment; does other related duties.
Examples of work
- Directs other supervisors and employees at various locations in the inspection, construction, repair, rebuilding and maintenance of electric lines and related equipment.
- Develops and organizes work programs for several crews engaged in the installation, repair, and changes in electric lines and related equipment.
- Establishes work schedules and assignments for various crews.
- Prepares or directs the preparation of daily time and material reports.
- Checks assigned work for completeness and accuracy and to see that proper safety precautions are taken by employees.
- Prepares suitable reports and recommendations.
- Supervises the proper use of needed equipment, materials and supplies.
- 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
Five (5) years of experience in skilled line work, electrical repair and maintenance work, three (3) of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in NJ 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 the problems and accepted procedures involved in installing, maintaining and repairing varied electric lines.
- Knowledge of the safety precautions to be observed when working with electric lines.
- Knowledge of the characteristics and properties of various types of electric lines.
- Knowledge of the proper tools used in working on electric lines.
- Knowledge of locating defects in electric wiring and taking proper remedial action.
- Knowledge of advanced arithmetic and trigonometric concepts.
- Ability to supervise and work with a group of employees involved in the inspection, construction, repair, rebuilding and maintenance of electric lines and related equipment.
- Ability to climb poles when necessary.
- Ability to give suitable assignments and instructions to assigned employees.
- Ability to modify detailed plans as necessary due to special conditions encountered on the job.
- Ability to prepare reports and requisitions, clear, legible and sufficiently specific to avoid confusion.
- Ability to apply joint rules of usage of the utility companies pole lines and underground duct lines.
- Ability to establish safe working practices.
- Ability to maintain needed records and files.
- Ability to perform advanced mathematical functions such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, fractions, ratios and proportions and roots.
- 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.
- CODES: LG - MCK 8/17/00
- This job specification is for local government use only.
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.