Highway Maintenance Supervisor 1 (NY HELPS)

About the Role

The Highway Maintenance Supervisor 1 (HMS 1) supervises a highway maintenance crew performing maintenance and repair projects on state highways or structural units. This is a working supervisor position that involves both hands-on work and crew oversight.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a highway maintenance crew operating various-sized equipment for projects including:
  • Patching pavements and filling potholes
  • Cleaning ditches and culverts
  • Cutting trees, shrubs, and grass
  • Repairing guiderails and signs
  • Plowing roads and salting icy pavements in winter
• Supervise phases of large maintenance projects under the direction of a Highway Maintenance Supervisor 2
• Operate light trucks, heavy dump trucks, and other highway equipment, including one-person snow plowing
• Instruct crew members on tasks, safety requirements, and Department policies
• Monitor work in progress and completed work to ensure adherence to guidelines
• Maintain time and attendance records, track materials used, and submit written reports as requested
• Complete all required HMS 1 training
• Respond to emergency calls outside regular work hours, including snow and ice callouts within one hour
• Serve within the Incident Command System to support regional and statewide emergency responses

Requirements

• Must meet one of the following qualifications:
  • Promotional: One year of permanent competitive, non-competitive, 55-b/55-c, or labor class service in one of the following titles:
    • Bridge Repair Assistant
    • Construction Equipment Operator
    • Equipment Operator Instructor
    • General Mechanic
    • Trades Generalist
    • Highway Equipment Operator
    • Highway Maintenance Worker 1 or 2
    • Maintenance Assistant
    • Pavement Marking Supervisor
    • Sign Crew Supervisor
    • Tree Pruner or Tree Pruner Supervisor
    • Bridge Repair Mechanic
    • Trades Specialist (Bridge)
    • Assistant Drill Rig Operator or Drill Rig Operator

    Note: Experience as a Highway Maintenance Worker Trainee 1 or 2 is not qualifying.

  • Open Competitive:
    • Two years of experience in the construction or maintenance of paved highways, streets, roads, or similar facilities, or
    • 30 semester credit hours in engineering, engineering technology, construction technology, forestry, or surveying and one year of experience as described above
• A diploma or certificate from a post-secondary trade school, apprenticeship program, military construction specialty school, or trade school in carpentry, masonry, welding, or construction may substitute for up to one year of non-supervisory experience
• Must pass a pre-employment physical/medical examination and drug test (may be waived with a valid CDL A or B and a current CDL Medical Certificate meeting specific criteria)
• Must possess and maintain a valid New York State Class A or B Commercial Driver’s License with no air brake restriction at the time of appointment and thereafter
• Must complete a "one-person plowing" certification program during the probationary period
• Cannabis use is not permitted for employees in this title and assignment
• Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis

Pay

The starting salary for this position is $62,413, which includes a base salary of $53,413 and a geographic pay differential of $9,000. The maximum compensation is $74,061, which includes a standard job rate of $65,061 and the same $9,000 geographic differential. Additional adjustments may apply depending on location:

• Mid-Hudson Adjustment: $1,650
• Downstate Adjustment: $3,400