Maintenance Supervisor 1 (Motor Equipment) NY HELPS Region 5 North Erie

The typical job duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assigns staff to repair jobs based on employee’s skill levels, maintenance and repair schedules, work priorities, and indicates the nature of repair and preventative maintenance work to be performed.
• Observes the work performed by team members, approves completed job to ensure that schedules are met and the quality of work is satisfactory.
• Trains staff in proper safety procedures and enforces safety rules.
• Assures written records of work performed are accurate and accounts for labor and materials used by the team.
• Prepares probationary and evaluation reports.
• Monitors time and attendance, including scheduling of vacations to ensure adequate staff is available and with assistance from the Maintenance Supervisor 2 ME, counsels employees, as required.
• Complete and maintain a “Turn-Over Folder” for this position.
• Assures residency mechanics are available for emergency operations including setting up temporary shifting on a 24-hour, 7 day a week schedule.
• Meets regularly with residency work location coordinator to determine customer needs by priority, coordinate preventative maintenance schedule and fleet requirements for the upcoming planning period.
• Manages the parts inventory to ensure adequate stock levels of repair parts.
• Coordinates with the MS2ME or MS3ME to schedule repairs in the regional shop and commercial facilities and schedules overtime repairs as needed at the residency.
• As required, performs the activities and tasks listed in the Classification Standard for Service & Repair Mechanic Motor Equipment.

Responsibilities may include serving a role within the Incident Command System to support the Department’s response to regional and statewide emergency situations.

Minimum Qualifications

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).*

To be considered for appointment through NY HELPS, or 55 b/c, candidates must meet the minimum qualifications for this position. The qualifications are:

Promotional: One year of permanent competitive, non-competitive, 55-b/55-c, or labor class service as follows:

Service and Repair Mechanic (Motor Equipment) or Construction Equipment Mechanic.

Open Competitive: One year of experience supervising staff engaged in the maintenance, overhaul, and repair of gasoline and/or diesel-powered motor equipment, including passenger vehicles, construction and heavy equipment, freight and other commercial cargo vehicles, self-propelled off-road equipment, and non-self-propelled motor equipment.

At the time of appointment, and continuously thereafter, you will be required to have a valid New York State Class A or Class B Commercial Driver’s License with no air brake restriction.

NOTE: Cannabis use is not permitted for employees in this title and assignment. Cannabis use will be tested for during the pre-employment screening process and may be the basis for disqualification for employment or may be a basis for removal from employment.

Candidates may also be qualified for permanent competitive appointment if reachable from the appropriate Civil Service eligible list or eligible for reassignment or transfer in accordance with Civil Service Law.

If a viable eligible list does not exist, a provisional appointment may be made in accordance with Civil Service Law. Candidates who accept a provisional appointment must take the next competitive examination and be reachable on the resultant eligible list in order to be considered for permanent appointment to the position.

Additional Information

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

*For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply.

At a future date, it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in an NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

The starting salary for this position is $68,049. This amount is comprised of the base salary of $59,049 with an additional geographical pay differential of $9,000, specific to this title and location. The maximum compensation for this position is $78,909. This amount is comprised of the standard job rate of $69,909 with an additional geographic pay differential of $9,000, specific to this title and location.

In addition, a Mid-Hudson Adjustment of $1,650 or a Downstate Adjustment of $3,400 may also apply depending on the location of the position.

Cannabis use is not permitted for employees in this title and assignment. Cannabis use will be tested for during the pre-employment screening process and may be the basis for disqualification for employment or may be a basis for removal of employment.

DOT is an equal opportunity employer. Disabled persons are encouraged to apply.

In compliance with Public Law 99-603, candidates selected for appointment must provide an original document to prove their citizenship and/or legal right to work in the United States. Candidates for employment must have proper authorization to work in the United States at the time an offer of employment is made. The Department will not sponsor a nonimmigrant for a temporary employment visa (H-1B or similar), OPT STEM, or for permanent residence. Offers of permanent employment may not be made to nonimmigrants whose employment authorization is limited to a period of practical training (F-1 or similar).