CREW SUPERVISOR, EQUIPMENT OPERATORS
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Crew Supervisor, Equipment Operators is a state title in New Jersey's competitive civil service, which means the way in is an open exam rather than a direct appointment.
Candidates need 4 years of relevant experience and a valid NJ driver's license. Pay on the FY 2027 schedule runs $60,876 to $88,743, and state payroll currently lists 2 people in the title, most of them at Military Affairs.
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Crew Supervisor, Equipment Operators appears on the State payroll at one department, Military Affairs.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| Military Affairs | 2 |
State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.
Who employs this title
State payroll records show 2 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $76,318. The agencies employing the most are:
- Military Affairs (2)
Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.
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 the direction of the Master Mechanic or other supervisor in a state department, supervises Equipment Operators and Heavy Equipment Operators engaged in highway construction and maintenance. Supervises staff and work activities. Prepares and signs official performance evaluations for subordinate staff; does related work as required.
Examples of work
- Plans, organizes, assigns and supervises the work of Equipment Operators and Heavy Equipment Operators on a state-wide basis.
- Trains Equipment Operators in the proper use, care, adjustment, maintenance and minor repair of all types of mechanized equipment including cranes, bulldozers, trucks, trailers, gasoline shovels, snow plows, concrete mixers, large paving machines, tractor trucks with trailers and other large and heavy highway construction and maintenance equipment.
- Assigns the use of mechanized highway equipment required by work programs and projects; ensures that arrangements are made for garaging such equipment.
- Supervises the work operations and/or functional programs and has responsibility for employee evaluations and for effectively recommending the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting and/or disciplining of employees.
- Conducts field inspections and investigations of mechanized equipment to determine the use and care given equipment when abuses or malfunctioning are found; takes the measures required to correct such situations.
- Maintains detailed records of the assignment and location of mechanized highway equipment and of inspections.
- Ensures that mechanized equipment is properly greased and cared for; performs emergency field adjustments and repairs.
- Prepares clear, accurate and informative statistical, cost and other reports containing findings, conclusions and recommendations.
- Maintains assignment, personnel, cost and other records and files pertaining to mechanized equipment.
- Supervises and/or performs work at heights on equipment such as under bridge equipment (snoopers), platform trucks, aerial ladders and baskets, crane booms and other equipment of this type.
- May 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
Four (4) years of experience in work involving the use, maintenance and adjustment of heavy mechanized highway construction and maintenance equipment.
License
Appointees must possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey.
Appointees will be required to possess a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) only if it is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of the operation of bulldozers, cranes, tractor trailers and other large and heavy mechanized construction and maintenance equipment.
- Knowledge of the use, adjustment and maintenance of large and heavy construction and maintenance equipment.
- Knowledge of the problems involved in moving heavy mechanized equipment from one location to another.
- Ability to supervise assigned staff and plan, organize and implement projects within the unit.
- Ability to organize field and office work and develop effective work methods.
- Ability to give written and/or oral directions to Equipment and Heavy Equipment Operators and supervise the performance of their work.
- Ability to analyze problems involved in the operation, adjustment and maintenance of bulldozers, cranes, paving machines, tractors, trailers and other heavy mechanized construction and maintenance equipment.
- Ability to operate all types of equipment used in highway construction and maintenance.
- Ability to work at heights on equipment such as under bridge equipment (snoopers), platform trucks, aerial ladders and baskets, crane booms and other equipment of this type.
- Ability to diagnose the reasons for equipment failure and to see that adjustments and repairs are made.
- Ability to train the equipment operating staff in the methods of operating and adjusting equipment.
- Ability to make field trips, to observe the use and care given to mechanized equipment and to prepare recommendations for methods and procedures.
- Ability to prepare detailed records of equipment, assignments, inspections and costs.
- Ability to prepare statistical and financial reports containing findings, conclusions and recommendations.
- 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 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 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.