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Job Description
*** In order to be considered for this position candidate must be either serving permanently in the Transportation Specialist Title, or be reachable on the Civil Service List, or eligible through the 55A
Program. ***
The Division of Transportation Planning and Management (TPM) is responsible for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods on the City's streets, supporting the larger goals of economic and social vitality for people living, working, and doing business in New York City. The Division's responsibilities include planning, street design, technical analysis, signs, transit development, freight mobility and markings, ensuring the safety of motor vehicle occupants, pedestrians, and cyclists. The multidisciplinary Pedestrian and Public Space Unit is responsible for engaging New Yorkers to reimagine and utilize their city streets as public space and oversees the development of programs, policies, projects, and management tools to elevate the public realm experience for its primary user - the pedestrian. Through initiatives and programs ranging from the Pedestrian Mobility Plan, Public Space Programming, the Public Space Equity Program, Open Streets, Super Sidewalks, Street Seats, Complex Intersections, Shared Streets and Plazas, the Pedestrian and Public Space Unit creates vibrant and inclusive spaces that improve safety, accessibility, and walkability while enhancing commerce, community, and culture throughout New York City.
DOT is seeking an experienced and motivated Analysis Lead for its Pedestrian and Public Space Unit in the Office of Street Improvement Programs (OSIP) within the TPM Division. Reporting to senior unit leadership, the candidate will support project design and development though progressive transportation policy and analysis. Primary responsibilities include developing and testing improvement measures that upgrade mobility and safety for all street users. The candidate must be familiar with transportation engineering principles and policies, have knowledge about standards and specifications for pedestrian facilities, including AASHTO, MUTCD, and NACTO guidelines and be familiar with national and global precedent reports on the benefits of public realm improvements. The Analysis Lead will support efforts to more effectively analyze how the public realm is measured including: Shared Street analysis, DOT's Livability Study, Public Space observational and user analysis, pedestrian flow modeling, various economic, health, and community cohesion benefits, and measuring when a design treatment should be used versus other similar treatments.
The candidate should be experienced in executing traffic analyses including collecting data using various statistical, planning and engineering techniques, preparing AutoCAD drawings, developing recommended measures to address transportation safety and operations issues, organizing and preparing written reports and graphic materials for presentations, participating in community board meetings, providing technical assistance to agency staff, and collaborating with other agency representatives on department studies and projects. Supervision of interns and support staff may be required.
The Department of Transportation s (DOT) mission is to provide for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods in the City of New York and to maintain and enhance the transportation infrastructure crucial to the economic vitality and quality of life of our primary customers, City residents. DOT is an equal opportunity employer, committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse workforce in an open and inclusive environment.
Preferred Skills:
Proficiency in HCS, Synchro; AutoCAD; Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Knowledge of transportation planning and traffic engineering principles, traffic impact studies; Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), MUTCD, NACTO, PROWAG, AASHTO strongly preferred. Understanding of safe street design issues and interest in progressive transportation policy, demonstration of problem-solving ability, leadership skills and interest in policy and design solutions. Must be a clear and effective communicator both verbally and through written reports and work well both independently and as part of a team.
All resumes are to be submitted electronically using one of the following methods:
External applicants, please go to www.nyc.gov/careers/search and search for the Job ID #: 606990
Current employees, please log on into Employee Self Service at https://hrb.nycaps.nycnet follow the Careers Link. Job ID #: 606990
No phone calls, faxes or personal inquiries permitted.
Only applicants under consideration will be contacted.
Most public libraries have computers available for use.
Note: New hires must reside in NYC for the first two years of employment. Appointments are subject to OMB approval.
For more information about DOT, visit us at: www.nyc.gov/dot.
7hrs / 9 - 5 Monday - Friday
55 Water St Ny Ny
Qualifications
1. A master's degree in transportation engineering, mathematics, urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban studies, or related physical and social science fields; or
2. A baccalaureate degree in engineering from an accredited college and one year of full-time satisfactory experience performing technical work on roadway transportation and traffic studies and area-wide traffic programs; or
3. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above; or
4. An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above; or
5. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above.
SPECIAL NOTE:
In addition to meeting the minimum Qualification Requirements above:
To be assigned to Assignment Level II, the candidate must have an additional year of experience as described in the "Qualification Requirements" listed under "2" above.
To be assigned to Assignment Level III, the candidate must have an additional two years of experience as described in the "Qualification Requirements" listed under "2" above.
Additional Information
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
Job Description
*** In order to be considered for this position candidate must be either serving permanently in the Transportation Specialist Title, or be reachable on the Civil Service List, or eligible through the 55A
Program. ***
The Division of Transportation Planning and Management (TPM) is responsible for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods on the City's streets, supporting the larger goals of economic and social vitality for people living, working, and doing business in New York City. The Division's responsibilities include planning, street design, technical analysis, signs, transit development, freight mobility and markings, ensuring the safety of motor vehicle occupants, pedestrians, and cyclists. The multidisciplinary Pedestrian and Public Space Unit is responsible for engaging New Yorkers to reimagine and utilize their city streets as public space and oversees the development of programs, policies, projects, and management tools to elevate the public realm experience for its primary user - the pedestrian. Through initiatives and programs ranging from the Pedestrian Mobility Plan, Public Space Programming, the Public Space Equity Program, Open Streets, Super Sidewalks, Street Seats, Complex Intersections, Shared Streets and Plazas, the Pedestrian and Public Space Unit creates vibrant and inclusive spaces that improve safety, accessibility, and walkability while enhancing commerce, community, and culture throughout New York City.
DOT is seeking an experienced and motivated Analysis Lead for its Pedestrian and Public Space Unit in the Office of Street Improvement Programs (OSIP) within the TPM Division. Reporting to senior unit leadership, the candidate will support project design and development though progressive transportation policy and analysis. Primary responsibilities include developing and testing improvement measures that upgrade mobility and safety for all street users. The candidate must be familiar with transportation engineering principles and policies, have knowledge about standards and specifications for pedestrian facilities, including AASHTO, MUTCD, and NACTO guidelines and be familiar with national and global precedent reports on the benefits of public realm improvements. The Analysis Lead will support efforts to more effectively analyze how the public realm is measured including: Shared Street analysis, DOT's Livability Study, Public Space observational and user analysis, pedestrian flow modeling, various economic, health, and community cohesion benefits, and measuring when a design treatment should be used versus other similar treatments.
The candidate should be experienced in executing traffic analyses including collecting data using various statistical, planning and engineering techniques, preparing AutoCAD drawings, developing recommended measures to address transportation safety and operations issues, organizing and preparing written reports and graphic materials for presentations, participating in community board meetings, providing technical assistance to agency staff, and collaborating with other agency representatives on department studies and projects. Supervision of interns and support staff may be required.
The Department of Transportation s (DOT) mission is to provide for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods in the City of New York and to maintain and enhance the transportation infrastructure crucial to the economic vitality and quality of life of our primary customers, City residents. DOT is an equal opportunity employer, committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse workforce in an open and inclusive environment.
Preferred Skills:
Proficiency in HCS, Synchro; AutoCAD; Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Knowledge of transportation planning and traffic engineering principles, traffic impact studies; Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), MUTCD, NACTO, PROWAG, AASHTO strongly preferred. Understanding of safe street design issues and interest in progressive transportation policy, demonstration of problem-solving ability, leadership skills and interest in policy and design solutions. Must be a clear and effective communicator both verbally and through written reports and work well both independently and as part of a team.
All resumes are to be submitted electronically using one of the following methods:
External applicants, please go to www.nyc.gov/careers/search and search for the Job ID #: 606990
Current employees, please log on into Employee Self Service at https://hrb.nycaps.nycnet follow the Careers Link. Job ID #: 606990
No phone calls, faxes or personal inquiries permitted.
Only applicants under consideration will be contacted.
Most public libraries have computers available for use.
Note: New hires must reside in NYC for the first two years of employment. Appointments are subject to OMB approval.
For more information about DOT, visit us at: www.nyc.gov/dot.
7hrs / 9 - 5 Monday - Friday
55 Water St Ny Ny
Qualifications
1. A master's degree in transportation engineering, mathematics, urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban studies, or related physical and social science fields; or
2. A baccalaureate degree in engineering from an accredited college and one year of full-time satisfactory experience performing technical work on roadway transportation and traffic studies and area-wide traffic programs; or
3. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above; or
4. An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above; or
5. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above.
SPECIAL NOTE:
In addition to meeting the minimum Qualification Requirements above:
To be assigned to Assignment Level II, the candidate must have an additional year of experience as described in the "Qualification Requirements" listed under "2" above.
To be assigned to Assignment Level III, the candidate must have an additional two years of experience as described in the "Qualification Requirements" listed under "2" above.
Additional Information
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
