Professional Engineer 1 (Civil/Transportation) NY HELPS

NYS Department of Transportation; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 102,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

NYSDOT Office of Transportation Maintenance seeks a Professional Engineer 1 (Civil/Transportation) to serve as Drainage, Roadside, or Facilities Engineer. The role focuses on policy development, statewide program leadership, and supervision of staff to deliver maintenance and construction support.

Responsibilities include developing policies, coordinating training, and managing contracts, with emphasis on drainage, roadside, and facility projects across the state.

Qualifications

• New York State Professional Engineer license and current registration with a qualifying bachelor's degree or higher.
• Or license plus one year of full-time qualifying engineering experience.
• Eligible applicants include NY HELPS candidates for non-competitive appointment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and promote drainage maintenance policies, guidelines, and standards.
• Lead the statewide Drainage Maintenance Community of Practice and coordinate contracts.
• Develop and maintain Work Order Contracts for drainage services.
• Advise on equipment for drainage maintenance, rehabilitation, and repair.
• Coordinate training for regional maintenance staff on drainage issues.
• Supervise technical and administrative staff within OTM.
• Support roadside and facility programs as part of OTM responsibilities.
• Perform other assigned tasks within OTM as needed.

Skills

Policy development

Staff supervision

Project management

Transportation engineering

Education

New York State Professional Engineer license

Civil Engineering degree

Job description

Duties Description

As a Professional Engineer 1 (Civil/Transportation) in the Office of Transportation Maintenance (OTM), the position will serve one of the following roles: Drainage Program Manager, Roadside Program Manager, or Facilities Engineer. Under the general direction of higher-level staff in OTM, the typical duties will be as follows:

As a Professional Engineer 1 (Civil/Transportation) in the Office of Transportation Maintenance (OTM), the position will serve one of the following roles: Drainage Program Manager, Roadside Program Manager, or Facilities Engineer. Under the general direction of higher-level staff in OTM, the typical duties will be as follows:

Drainage Program Manager

• Develop and promote large and small culvert, closed and open drainage maintenance policy, guidelines, best practices, and performance standards for the drainage maintenance program.
• Lead the Drainage Maintenance Community of Practice to assess statewide needs and provide effective service by developing and optimizing policies, guidance, systems, training programs, equipment patterns and specifications, and contracts.
• Develop and maintain Work Order Contracts for various drainage maintenance services such as ditching and culvert cleaning.
• Advise on equipment for drainage maintenance, rehabilitation, and repair such as ditching, excavation, culvert maintenance, and closed drainage cleaning.
• Provide guidance on options for drainage maintenance, rehabilitation, and repair.
• Arrange and conduct training for regional maintenance staff on drainage maintenance and related safety issues.
• Manage the statewide small culvert inventory and inspection data.
• Coordinate with other Functional Groups (Structures, Inspection, Materials, Fleet, Research, Construction, Safety and Health) to achieve the Department’s mission as it relates to Drainage maintenance.
• Supervise subordinate technical, engineering, and/or administrative staff.
• Perform other assigned tasks within OTM as needed.

Roadside Program Manager

• Develop and promote roadside vegetation control policy, guidelines, best practices, and performance standards in order to provide roadside landscapes that maximize highway safety and can be economically maintained.
• Arrange certified herbicide/pesticide applicator training and testing for Maintenance staff.
• Arrange training for hazard tree identification for maintenance managers and supervisors.
• Manage the statewide hazard tree inventory and inspection data.
• Create work order contracts for various roadside maintenance services such as hazardous tree removal and carcass removal.
• Advise on equipment for tree work, herbicide application, litter control and carcass removal and disposal.
• Represent OTM in the NYSDOT Adopt-A-Highway and Sponsor-A-Highway programs.
• Coordinate with other Functional Groups (i.e. Fleet, Office of Environment, Research, Construction, Safety and Health) to achieve the Department’s mission as it relates to roadside maintenance.
• Train regional maintenance staff related to roadside maintenance.
• Supervise subordinate technical, engineering, and/or administrative staff.
• Perform other assigned tasks within OTM as needed.

Facilities Engineer

• Working with DOT MO Staff, Regional Staff, the Office of General Services (OGS), and consultants to progress facility projects. Projects may include upgrades/repairs like roof replacements, heating system upgrades/replacements, electrical system upgrades, salt storage upgrade/replacements and work on other specialty buildings or facility replacements.
• Manage annual energy reporting for the Build Smart 2025 Program.
• Working on the development and delivery of facility energy savings program.
• Working on Emergency Projects with the Office of General Services.
• Working with Regions on the Departments building inventory (OGS statewide fixed asset accounting System).
• Manage collecting facility inventory data used to populate and manage the Facility Manager Module of Agile software.
• Working on the development of statewide contracts for various facility components (i.e.. generators and overhead doors).
• Supervise subordinate technical, engineering, and/or administrative staff.
• Perform other assigned tasks within OTM as needed.

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. 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: [phone] ext. (570); Email: [e-mail] or Fax [phone].

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 $102,406. This amount is comprised of the base salary of $95,406 with an additional geographic pay differential of $7,000, specific to this title and location. The maximum compensation for this position is $127,439. This amount is comprised of the standard job rate of $120,439 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).