What is a fair salary range for this job description?

October 31, 2019 4:43 AM

I requested a raise recently, and my boss asked me to write up my current job description so he could present it to management in my behalf. Based on the following, what would you consider a reasonable salary range? I live in the Portland, ME area.

Tool Program Manager
Job Description

• Stores, maintains, and assigns equipment
o Conducts frequent audits of vehicles, cabinets, and other tool storage locations
o Schedules repairs and routine maintenance as necessary
o Replaces defective equipment
o Builds and repairs welding leads
o Stages equipment for road crew use and provides accompanying documentation
o Coordinates with supervisors and third-party vendors, e.g. United Rental, Handyman Rental, as necessary to ensure equipment availability.
o Tracks tool spending
o Manages a tool-tracking database
o Maintains clean and well-organized tool storage locations
• Assigns and maintains vehicles in a fleet of 55+
o Coordinates vehicle maintenance, inspection, and repair with drivers and various service providers
o Digitizes vehicle invoices and tracks expenditures through Excel
o Provides meaningful data summaries of vehicle expenditures upon demand
o Conducts frequent audits of gas cards and EZPass transponders
o Occasionally reviews gas card usage, reporting potential inaccuracies to the Purchasing Manager
o Ensures cleanliness of fleet vehicles
o Coordinates with insurance companies to schedule work when claims are filed
• Conducts Safety Orientation, AWP, and Forklift training
o Coordinates training classes with the various department managers
o Designs and implements classroom training packets
o Maintains database of employees’ training status
o Retains physical and digital copies of training material
o Prints and distributes AWP and Forklift licenses
• Performs Safety Inspections
o Inspects ladders, fire extinguishers, AWP, and Forklifts
o Maintains spreadsheets of inspection records
o Collects inspection information from road crew foremen
• Other Jobs: The Tool Program Manager may be asked to perform tasks outside of his or her job description. Examples include the following:
o Deliver material to job sites throughout New England
o Perform repairs on property, such as rain gutters
o Update and maintain Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
o Supervise employees as needed
o Order eye wash station to replace non-functioning shop eye-wash station

posted by jwhite1979 to Work & Money (2 answers total)

I would give your boss both an updated job description, if you need one (substantial changes to duties, say if training wasn't in it before and is now >10% of your role) and a list of accomplishments that are above expectations for the role, especially anything that saved the company money.

You can do salary research on Glassdoor, to start, and a lot of state and federal jobs also have public pay scales, you can search for "XX University salary" and probably find lists that you would then search on some likely job titles. Federal wage scales. Bear in mind that government employees are probably getting somewhat low salaries in exchange for good benefits. If you're friendly with folks at your vendors who have similar jobs, you can try asking them, too.
posted by momus_window at 10:00 AM on October 31, 2019

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posted by youarenothere at 10:23 AM on October 31, 2019 [2 favorites]