Street Improvement Project Coordinator, OLS

New York City Department of Transportation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

New York City Department of Transportation seeks a Transportation Specialist to coordinate Street Improvement Projects (SIP) across agencies, align resurfacing with signal construction, and advance projects within and beyond DOT. Responsibilities include prioritizing workloads, tracking progress, and communicating timelines to project teams.

The role supports TPM and OLS objectives, focusing on safe, efficient, and accessible city streets through data-driven planning and collaborative execution.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in transportation engineering, mathematics, urban planning, architecture, or related fields.
• Bachelor's degree with required years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination.
• Experience coordinating multiple street workstreams and capital projects is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate SIPs with DOT divisions to align resurfacing, signal construction, and state of good repair programs.
• Prioritize SIP locations, manage schedules, and communicate updates with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Project coordination

Scheduling

Stakeholder communication

GIS experience

Excel/data tracking

Multitasking

Education

Master's degree in transportation engineering / related field

Bachelor's degree + 1 year of relevant experience

Bachelor's degree + 2 years of relevant experience

Associate degree + 4 years of relevant experience

High school diploma + 6 years of relevant experience

Tools

GIS databases

Job description

TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST - 22316

In order to be considered for this position candidate must be serving permanently in the title, or reachable on the civil service list, exam # 3027.

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, curb management, 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 city-wide. 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 NYC DOT Transportation Planning and Management Division (TPM), OLS is seeking a Street Improvement Project (SIP) Coordinator; SIPs involve the use of the agency's operations teams to implement rapid and meaningful changes to city streets, including Vision Zero safety projects, bus priority projects, bicycle network projects, pedestrian priority projects, among others. The SIP-Central team within OLS is responsible for organizing and prioritizing an increasingly complex work program across agency. The SIP-Central team also analyzes and determines implementation capacities to communicate realistic annual work plans; leads coordination with other agencies; and uses database tracking and improving efficiencies to increase output while advancing project quality.

Under the direction of the Director of Street Improvement Projects, the selected candidate will provide critical support to the Street Improvement Projects (SIP) program by aligning project implementation schedules with resurfacings, traffic signal construction, state of good repair work, and other programs within and external to DOT. The candidate will be responsible for improving efficiency by coordinating with multiple divisions to inform the sequencing of new Street Improvement Projects and upgrades to existing SIPs; they will work independently and collaboratively and be required to manage and reconcile multiple competing priorities. Responsibilities include identifying project overlaps and conflicts, communicating dynamically with various stakeholders, aligning schedules, and pro-actively advancing implementation priorities across multiple units and agencies.

The candidate will streamline project delivery by identifying upcoming SIP locations that either overlap with the agency's scheduled state of good repair work, or where the physical and fiscal integrity of the project would benefit from a resurfacing. The candidate will strategize, prioritize, and track requests to align resurfacing dates with SIP implementations. Working with the Deputy Director of SIPs, the candidate will also manage upcoming SIP locations with signal construction work that overlaps with scheduled resurfacings to inform signal construction priorities and timelines. The candidate will use the SIP-Portal, maps and databases to identify existing SIPs scheduled for resurfacing or refurbishment, coordinate with project managers or their delegates to determine treatment changes or upgrades, and work with the Deputy Director to prioritize updates in the design queue. Candidate will coordinate with the Furniture and Operations Unit to plan for temporary furniture relocations related to resurfacings, liaise with internal and external partners on other agency or city-wide initiatives, and perform additional tasks related to the assigned role as needs arise.

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.

Minimum 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.

Preferred Skills

• Strong project coordination and scheduling experience across multiple workstreams.
• Experience working with roadway resurfacing, capital projects, or transportation infrastructure.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills in a fast-paced environment. Ability to manage and track multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience using GIS, databases, or project tracking tools.
• Proficiency in Excel and data tracking systems.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience working with design, construction, or implementation team.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

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.