Professional Engineer 1 (Civil/Transportation) NY Helps

Duties Description

The NYSDOT Office of Structures is looking for qualified candidates to join the Structures Management Bureau in Albany, NY. As a member of the Structures Management Bureau, you will play a crucial role in managing NYSDOT’s inspection, inventory, evaluations, and safety assurance programs ensuring that all state and federal mandates are followed.

Professional Engineers Are Need In The Following Units

Bridge/Large Culvert/OSS Inspection Units

• Collaborate and communicate with NYSDOT and FHWA staff to ensure compliance with state and federal bridge inspection requirements and laws.
• Oversee New York State’s bridge, large culvert and overhead sign struture inspection program and operations which includes state and consultant inspection teams.
• Perform quality assurance reviews of bridge, large culvert and overhead sign structure (OSS) inspection reports and field operations for both state and consultant forces.
• Assists in the development of inspection contract advertisements, Scope of Services and guidance/policy documents as necessary. Reviews contracts, conducts contract negotiations, reviews/approves consultant invoices and performance evaluations.
• Maintain and update NYSDOT inspection standards and documents as necessary.
• Stay updated in industry advances and innovations of inspection techniques and tools.
• Provide engineering expertise to special assignments within the Office of Structures.
  
  

Bridge Safety Assurance/Load Rating Unit

• Collaborate and communicate with NYSDOT and FHWA staff to ensure compliance with state and federal bridge safety/load rating requirements and laws.
• Perform structural analysis and create level 1 load ratings for existing bridges utilizing the Department’s software tools.
• Perform quality assurance for both Level 1 and Level 2 Load Ratings statewide.
• Manage consultant’s performing level 1 load ratings for NYSDOT.
• Review overload permit applications including engineering analysis for Superload permit applications.
• Stay updated in industry advances and innovations.
• Provide engineering expertise to special assignments within the Office of Structures.
  
  

Structures Data Services Unit

• Collaborate and communicate with NYSDOT and FHWA staff to ensure compliance with state and federal bridge inventory requirements and laws.
• Maintain the official authoritative source data for all asset locations using ArcGIS and ESRI Event Editor and provide all maps and mapping services as needed statewide.
• Perform Quality Assurance for all structural assets’ inventories.
• Prepare the Annual National Bridge Inventory Submission for FHWA compliance.
• Perform advances queries of bridge condition and inventory data using Access and Excel in support of Asset Management analysis and Capital Program support.
• Directs the development, implementation, and maintenance of data inventory, collection, and analysis systems, including supporting documentation, based on user needs.
  
  

Bridge Program Development Unit

• Assist with coordination of bridge Capitol Program for the Office of Structures.
• Assure that Program Update submissions comply with the precepts of the Bridge Program Goals.
• Perform data analytics of bridge condition and inventory data to support Asset Management and Planning.
• Responsible for development, implementation, monitoring and support of a comprehensive Bridge Management System to help ensure cost-effective maintenance, preservation and upgrading of the State bridge infrastructure.
• Maintain the Office of Structures’ bridge project database.
• Create reports on the progress and production work of the bridge projects being designed in the Structures Design Bureau.
• Maintain Bridge Project Cost Estimating and Reporting System.
• Serve as the Structures Division liaison to the FWHA for bridge conditions, bridge program development and bridge replacement cost.
• Notify Bridge Project Managers of Coast Guard permit requirements.
• Track and report progress of Bridge NY program.
  
  

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).*

Open Competitive

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

Either 1. A New York State Professional Engineer's license and current registration and a qualifying bachelor's degree or higher as listed below;

Or. a New York State Professional Engineer's license and current registration and one year of full-time qualifying engineering experience as listed below.

Qualifying degrees: Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Technology, Construction Engineering, Construction Engineering Technology, Construction Engineering Management, Construction Engineering Management Technology, Geological Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Hydraulics Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Transportation Planning and Engineering, or Engineering Science with a recognized concentration in any of the above listed engineering degrees.

Qualifying experience: One year of full-time engineering experience with transportation projects related to highways/roadways, railroads, bridges, airports, waterways, building structures, or traffic management and safety systems.

Professional Engineer 1 (Civil/Transportation) is a continuous recruitment examination for promotional candidates only. All interested promotional candidates must complete their online application here: New York State Career Opportunities in Engineering (ny.gov). There is no fee for this examination. The minimum qualifications are:

Promotional: You must have a New York State Professional Engineer's License and current registration AND be a qualified employee of New York State AND have had one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as follows: Assistant Engineer (Civil/Transportation).

Notes

• New York State Education Department (NYSED) Guidelines for Professional Engineering Practice, Guideline 1: As a licensed professional engineer, you are required to practice within your authorized scope of practice, as defined in the Education Law, Commissioner's Regulations and Rules of the Board of Regents. It is your responsibility to be knowledgeable of any restrictions that are based on law or regulation, as well as those that relate specifically to your area of professional competence.
• Continued employment as a Professional Engineer 1 is dependent upon continued possession of a New York State Professional Engineer's license with current registration. Failure to maintain your New York State License and registration may result in removal from the Professional Engineer 1 title. Information regarding New York State professional engineering licensing may be obtained by writing to: NYS Office of the Professions, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12234-1000; Voice: (518) 474-3817 ext. (570); Email: op4info@mail.nysed.gov or Fax (518) 474-1449.
  
  

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.

Additional Comments

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.

Your required educational credentials must have been awarded by an educational institution accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the United States (U.S.) Department of Education/Secretary of Education. If awarded by an institution outside of the U.S. and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. A list of companies that provide these services (fees must be paid to the company you choose) can be found at: http://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfmt

The starting salary for this position is $98,298. This amount is comprised of the base salary of $91,298 with an additional geographic pay differential of $7,000, specific to this title and location.

The maximum compensation for this position is $122,252. This amount is comprised of the standard job rate of $115,252 with an additional geographic pay differential of $7,000, specific to this title and location.

In addition, a Mid-Hudson Adjustment of $2,000 or a Downstate Adjustment of $4,000 may also apply depending on the location of the position.

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).