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Job Specification

 ROAD REPAIR SUPERVISOR

 DEFINITION:

 Under direction, supervises a group of employees engaged 
 in the maintenance, repair, resurfacing, and/or construction 
 of roads, and/or staff responsible for the installation and 
 maintenance of traffic lines and traffic signs; supervises the 
 maintenance of grounds; does 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 lower level repairers performing the following duties:

 Maintains and repairs roads.

 Installs and maintains traffic lines and traffic signs.

 Maintains grounds.

 Patches roads with oil and stone or cold patch.

 Cleans and repairs side drains, catch basins, and drainpipes.

 Cuts brush and trees.

 Unloads and stores salt.

 Erects posts.

 Installs drain pipes and catch basins.

 Lays walls.

 Paints guardrails.

 Constructs road drainage systems and all types of curbing 
 adjacent to roads.

 Grades, constructs, widens, seals, coats, and paves roads.

 Plows snow, sands and salts roads, and unloads and stores salt.

 Operates snow plows and road equipment.
 
 Directs subordinates in sweeping streets and shoveling the 
 accumulations into containers or onto trucks.

 Loads, unloads, and applies sand and street repair materials.

 Repairs curbs.

 Cleans water catch basins.

 Helps prepare work schedules to accomplish required tasks.

 Supervises 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.

 Ensures that the crew takes safety precautions and that proper 
 procedures are taken to protect the public from injury.

 Inspects and checks completed work to ensure proper road 
 repair and maintenance procedures are followed. 

 May operate, check, service, and make minor repairs to trucks 
 and other road maintenance and construction equipment.

 May aid in executing plans for effective utilization of personnel, 
 equipment, materials, and supplies.

 May supervise employees engaged in the work involved in the 
 construction, maintenance, and repair of roads, drains, catch 
 basins, culverts, and related structures.

 May make investigations of complaints and takes proper action 
 to see that needed repairs are made with a minimum delay.

 May supervise work involved in the construction of various types 
 of drainage systems, manholes, new guard rails, and all types
 of curbing.

 May supervise work involved in making repairs to road pavements, 
 and minor and major restoration of disintegrated portions of 
 concrete, bituminous concrete, sheet asphalt, and other types of 
 pavement.

 May supervise work involved in making repairs to and reconstruction 
 of paved and unpaved road shoulders, and maintenance and clearing 
 of rights of way including maintenance of grass areas.

 May supervise work involved in repairing and rebuilding guard rails,
 fences, and walls and the painting thereof.

 May supervise work involved in the removal of snow and sanding  
 and salting of icy roads.

 May supervise employees engaged in the mixing and laying of 
 varied types of bituminous paving mixtures.

 May supervise work involved in locating and installing curbs.

 May set up construction quality and work performance standards.

 May assist in setting up priority lists for street repair program planning.

 May assist in planning the street repair program for the calendar year.

 May set up work, staffing, and equipment schedules.

 Enforces safety procedures.

 May assist in coordinating contracts administered under the street 
 repair program.

 May assist in directing the grading of streets, location and installation
 of curbs, and construction of driveways.

 Maintains related 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:

 Four (4) years of experience in the construction, repair, and 
 maintenance of roads or streets which may have included work 
 involving installation and maintenance of traffic lines and traffic 
 signs, one (1) year of which shall have been in a lead worker 
 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 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 AND ABILITIES:

 Knowledge of standard tools, materials, methods, practices, 
 occupational hazards, and safety precautions involved in performing 
 general maintenance and repair work.

 Knowledge of the care, maintenance, and operation of
 maintenance/construction equipment including cleaning, 
 greasing, servicing, and making minor adjustments/repairs.

 Knowledge of construction/maintenance operations and procedures 
 used in the repair and maintenance of roads.  

 Knowledge of materials, equipment, and procedures used in 
 the installation and maintenance of traffic lines and traffic signs.

 Ability to identify problems involving operation of 
 maintenance/construction equipment.

 Ability to organize and carry out road maintenance and 
 repair projects.

 Ability to supervise and evaluate the performance of staff 
 performing road maintenance and repair work.  

 Ability to prepare work schedules and develop effective work 
 methods.

 Ability to obtain, store, safeguard, and use needed equipment, 
 materials and supplies.

 Ability to identify and rectify problems relating to the construction, 
 maintenance, and repair of roads.

 Ability to supervise the maintenance of related records and files.

 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.

This job specification is applicable to the following title code:
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06654LC N/A09-

This job specification is for local government use only.
Salary range is only applicable to state government.
Local salaries are established by individual local jurisdictions.

1/28/2012