This is supervisory work directing a variety of city-wide street and highway maintenance and construction activities performed by district forces and asphalt repair crews. Work also involves planning, directing and coordinating through subordinate supervisors the city-wide concrete-mobile and asphalt-mobile operations, lot cleaning programs, snow and ice removal programs and a variety of other projects. The employee in this class is routinely required to work in excess of the regular scheduled work day. The organization of work activities, the motivation of subordinates and the coordination of different organizational work units are significant aspects of the work.

Work is performed under the general supervision of an administrative superior. Assignments require evaluative thinking and are performed in accordance with standard maintenance and construction practices and general work instructions. The employee participates with others in a city-wide street maintenance and construction program.

• Receives a variety of street and highway maintenance and construction projects from an engineering supervisor and reviews requests to determine automotive equipment, materials and labor needs; lays out and assigns project to street repair or paving foremen, together with the necessary sketches or plans and instructions; supervises work or reviews work in progress and upon completion for conformance to work standards and established construction or maintenance requirements; confers with subordinate supervisor regarding labor or material problems; confers with district engineers, supervisors and foremen as well as supervisors of other construction and maintenance crews regarding the coordination of work activities.
• Confers with district engineers, department personnel or other requesting authorities needed concrete or asphalt repair or construction work; determines priorities of work and plans work of concrete- mobile and asphalt-mobile crews; spot checks work progress of crews for adherence to schedule; checks materials on hand and functioning of equipment; confers with equipment salesmen; reads materials on hand and functioning of equipment; confers with equipment salesmen; reads literature to keep abreast of latest maintenance and construction methods and practices.
• Schedules the cleaning of lots, determines equipment, materials and labor needs; plans and coordinates the timetable of work; supervises work in progress and upon completion; resolves unforeseen problems arising during the course of the work.
• Assists the chief highway engineer in the snow and ice control program; tours various sections of the city where crews are at work and observes their progress; notes condition ;of personnel and equipment; redeploys personnel and equipment or orders additional units into service; takes corrective measures to solve material problems; reviews and changes the operating procedures on snow and ice control programs to reflect changes in traffic patterns, street openings and closing or other conditions.
• Receives notices of plumbers ditches and departmental lists of street and highway openings; assigns ditch inspection work to district inspectors with any special instructions needed; reviews inspectors' work reports and confers with them about specific assignments; personally checks those jobs where legality of work is in question; assigns inspectors to meet with citizens to resolve complaints.
• Performs related work as required.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• the methods and practices used in street and highway maintenance and construction work.
• the materials and equipment used in street and highway maintenance and construction work.
• the capabilities, uses and functioning of automotive and related equipment used in street and highway maintenance and construction work.
• the properties of concrete, asphalt and other materials used in street and highway maintenance and construction work.
• supervisory methods and techniques.
• the occupational hazards and safety methods and procedures involved in street and highway maintenance and construction work.

ABILITY TO:

• plan, assign and review the work of diversified crews engaged in a variety of street and highway maintenance and construction work.
• lay out work and to understand and interpret blueprints, specifications and sketches.
• make accurate arithmetic computations.
• estimate materials, equipment, manpower and time needed to complete projects.
• convey ideas clearly and concisely.
• establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates.

• Education equivalent to the completion of the twelfth school grade.
• Eight years of experience in street and highway construction and maintenance work, two years of which has been above the foreman level directing the activities of a variety of street and highway crews.

PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required of a position in this class.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, AND/OR CERTIFICATES

• Possession of a valid proper class motor vehicle operator's license as issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania prior to appointment and during tenure of employment as a Highway Maintenance Superintendent.

PAY RANGE: EP19
Class Established: 1/1969
Latest Spec. Revision: 7/1977

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