Senior Project Coordinator, OLS

City of New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work up to 2 days per week

Job summary

SmartRecruiters, Inc. in New York City seeks two Senior Project Coordinators to support the design of bicycle infrastructure and street improvements across the five boroughs.

You will develop construction-ready plans, coordinate with engineers and planners, and lead junior staff to meet project milestones. Responsibilities include AutoCAD detailing, Synchro traffic modeling, and ensuring compliance with NYC DOT, AASHTO, MUTCD standards, while engaging with stakeholders and communities.

Qualifications

• Must have a baccalaureate degree and two years of full-time city planning or related experience.
• Graduate education can substitute for experience per policy, with a required degree.
• Strong knowledge of city planning norms and civil design guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop construction-ready street designs for bicycle infrastructure across NYC boroughs.
• Create AutoCAD drawings showing lane configurations, curb alignments, and markings.
• Review Synchro models to assess capacity and level of service.
• Coordinate with Geometric Design, Borough Engineering, and Traffic Signals.
• Lead or mentor junior staff and ensure design quality and deadlines.
• Present designs at community meetings and internal reviews.

Skills

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Project coordination

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Baccalaureate degree

Graduate education substitutions

Tools

AutoCAD

Synchro

ArcGIS

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

• Job Category: Engineering, Architecture, & Planning
• Salary Band: $100,000 to $125,000
• Compensation: USD 85,175 - USD 124,426

Job Description

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 Office of Livable Streets (OLS) is tasked with prioritizing strategic planning, community engagement, research, policy, design, implementation, and long‑term management. Their goal is to create streets that are livable, supporting safety, accessibility, inclusion, resiliency, active modes, community cohesion, and economic vitality citywide. Additionally, they aim to enhance New York City's pedestrian, bicycle, and micromobility networks, providing comfortable, connected, green, and reliable transportation options across the five boroughs. They place special emphasis on Priority Investment Areas, mode shift, and reimagining streets. The office also develops innovative new programs, design typologies, project delivery, and analysis tools to meet the demands of a rapidly changing population with evolving needs and technologies. The Cycling & Micromobility Unit is responsible for the nation's largest network of on‑street bicycle facilities (1,200+ lane‑miles), enhancing street safety for all users, and increasing bike ridership in the five boroughs. The team's focus is the innovative redesign of city streets to expand and improve the bike network, with emphasis on improving connectivity between neighborhoods, increasing access to safe bicycle infrastructure across the city, and creating a more equitable transportation network that serves all New Yorkers. The Cycling & Micromobility Unit seeks to hire two experienced, detail‑oriented Senior Project Coordinators to support the design and development of construction‑ready plans for bicycle infrastructure projects across all five boroughs of New York City. Under the supervision of the Director/Deputy Director, the Senior Project Coordinators will play a critical role in collaborating with engineers and planners to develop innovative, sustainable bicycle infrastructure projects. The Senior Project Coordinators may lead a team of Project Coordinators, Inspectors, and College Aides, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support in the delivery of their portfolio of street improvement projects. The selected candidates will help advance safe, high‑quality street designs that reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries, improve mobility, and encourage a shift to sustainable transportation codes in support of the NYC Streets Plan. The candidates will develop detailed proposed street designs that rebalance existing streets to integrate bicycle facilities, pedestrian improvements, and traffic calming to enhance safety for all street users. The candidates will create comprehensive AutoCAD drawings showing vehicle and bike lane configurations, intersection treatments, curb alignments, roadway dimensions, vertical elements, and pavement markings. The candidates will develop and review Synchro traffic models to evaluate intersection capacity, delay, and level of service, ensuring analyses support safe and efficient multimodal street designs. The candidates will review and quality‑check drawings produced by junior staff and consultants. The candidates will manage multiple concurrent design projects and prioritize work to meet critical deadlines. The candidates will coordinate with other DOT divisions, including Geometric Design, Borough Engineering, and Traffic Signals, to ensure design consistency, comfortable advocating for best practices and emerging designs that support micromobility. The candidates will conduct site visits and field measurements to verify existing conditions and inform design decisions. The candidates will prepare design presentations and graphics for community meetings, stakeholder engagement, and internal coordination. The candidates will ensure all designs comply with AASHTO, MUTCD, and NYC DOT standards. The candidates will support junior staff training and technical development.

Preferred Skills

• Advanced AutoCAD proficiency with minimum 4 years of experience producing construction‑ready civil engineering or transportation design drawings
• Experience with survey data, existing conditions mapping, and incorporating field measurements into designs
• Advanced knowledge of Synchro and traffic operations analysis methodologies, with the ability to interpret modeling results and apply them to project design and decision‑making.
• Deep understanding of roadway design principles, geometric design, and complete streets concepts
• Knowledge of protected bicycle lane design standards and implementation best practices
• Experience applying MUTCD, AASHTO, and NACTO design guidelines
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) for creating presentation graphics and visualizations
• Experience with ArcGIS or other GIS software for spatial analysis and mapping
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing accurate, high‑quality technical drawings
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to coordinate with multidisciplinary teams
• Strong preference given to candidates who cycle regularly and/or are passionate about cycling, bicycle infrastructure, and the built environment of New York City.
• Preference will be given to candidate who possess a driver's license valid in the state of New York with no restrictions. This license must be maintained throughout duration of employment in this position.

Additional Information

This position may be eligible for remote work up to 2 days per week, pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed to between the City and DC37. For information on NYC Civil Service please visit https://www.nyc.gov/site/dcas/employment/apply-for-a-city-job.page.

Hours/Shift: Monday – Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm

Work Location: 55 Water Street, New York, NY, 10041

CITY PLANNER - 22122

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and two years of satisfactory full‑time experience in city planning; or

2. A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience that is equivalent to “1"" above. Graduate education in city planning, urban planning, urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, transportation engineering, public administration, economic development or related fields may be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 graduate semester credits from an accredited college for one year of experience. However, all candidates must have a baccalaureate degree.

Special Qualification Requirements

Assignment Level III

To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level III, individuals must have, after meeting the minimum requirements, one additional year of professional experience as described in "2" above.

Assignment Level IV

To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level IV, individuals must have, after meeting the minimum requirements, two additional years of professional experience as described in "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.

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