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Automotive Services and Specialized Equipment Supervisors ensure service garage operations are safe, reliable, and efficient. Supervisor responsibilities include hiring, training, evaluating, developing, and supervising personnel; prioritizing and scheduling work; providing technical expertise; administering life-cycle programs; keeping abreast of industry trends; administering budgets, monitoring inventories, and processing requisitions; adhering to and enforcing policy, regulatory, and bargaining unit requirements.

• Ensure service garage operations are safe, reliable, and efficient
• Hire, train, evaluate, develop, and supervise personnel engaged in repairing and maintaining University owned vehicles and specialized equipment; establish work sequence; prioritize, schedule, and assign work; ensure job specification compliance and customer satisfaction
• Provide technical expertise, analysis, consultation; discuss, resolve, refer, and report issues
• Administer life-cycle programs including equipment maintenance, repair, renovation, and modernization; research and provide new equipment specifications; assess purchase and lease options; recommend and process requisitions
• Keep abreast of industry trends; evaluate, recommend, and implement organizational changes including workforce, materials, equipment
• Administer work unit budget; study data to determine efficient and cost-effective ways to manage operations; implement cost containment measures; develop and cultivate select supply sources; identify new and maximize existing revenue sources; monitor inventory
• Monitor regulatory requirements including licensing, certifications, and training; recommend or make work rules, polices, procedures; communicate, enforce, and ensure compliance
• Ensure a safe work environment; participate in emergency planning and response; investigate accidents and prepare reports
• Follow Collective Bargaining Agreement; participate in grievance procedures, hearings, and arbitrations

Level:

– Senior Supervisor

Base Description:

– Supervises direct reports, but primarily completes activities, tasks, and/or projects of a functional nature.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge to perform own work; spends majority of time on tasks related to own job responsibilities. May demonstrate subject matter expertise. Demonstrates intermediate to advanced planning, organizing, directing, and facilitating skills. Demonstrates the ability to coach assigned employees. Assigns and reviews completed work to verify accuracy, quality, and adherence to professional standards. Trains, coaches, mentors, and motivates staff. Anticipates potential problems, issues, and opportunities; researches and recommends solutions within defined policies. May develop creative recommendations for solving problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Typically oversees at least 2 full–time direct reports or equivalent team of part–time and/or student workers (for Professional track, performs work at the Senior Professional level or higher)

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– May validate and pay invoices
– Monitors and tracks budgets for specific area and/or grant(s)
– May assist in planning and forecasting budgets

Problem Solving:

– Encounters moderately complex problems
– Applies general precedents and practices and specialized knowledge and skills to resolve problems
– Understands benefits, limitations and impact of potential solutions
– Anticipates potential problems and recommends possible solutions within general guidelines

Independence of Action:

– Works independently on moderately complex work assignments, reviews progress, and evaluates results
– Organizes work of direct reports and sets team priorities
– Reviews the work of others to verify accuracy, quality, and adherence to professional standards

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates internally within working unit and the University
– Communicates with external audiences for scheduling/coordination
– May communicate with external audiences for business purposes
– Collaborates closely with team members; may interact with other staff outside of area
– Utilizes a communication style that is appropriate for a given situation
– Interprets and communicates information, ideas and instructions clearly, accurately and persuasively both verbally and in written materials intended for distribution

• Comp Grade – 11
• Minimum – $68,200.00
• MidPoint – $85,200.00
• Maximum – $102,300.00