Transit Signals & Bus Priority Design Engineer

City of New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 66,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

City of New York seeks an Assistant Civil Engineer to support planning, design, analysis and implementation of bus priority street projects in the NYC Streets Plan. You will assist with geometry, traffic studies, and documentation for reviews with MTA and utilities.

The role emphasizes ADA compliance, MUTCD standards, and Vision Zero, with collaboration across planners, borough engineers, and community stakeholders. NYS driver license preferred and residency not required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering and one year of full-time civil engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree and a Master's in civil engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develop geometric layouts, bus lanes, curbside regulations, intersection treatments, and transit priority street configurations.
• Conduct traffic studies, bus speed assessments, turning movement counts, and safety analyses to support design decisions.
• Prepare CAD drawings, concept plans, signing/striping layouts, and technical exhibits for internal review and external partners.
• Document existing conditions, verify measurements, assess constraints, and support feasibility evaluations for proposed bus priority treatments.
• Support analysis and implementation of Transit Signal Priority (TSP), queue jumps, and signal timing adjustments.
• Collaborate with planners, operations teams, borough engineers, MTA staff, utilities, and community stakeholders.
• Assist with shop drawing review, field checks, punch lists, and verification of installed bus priority elements.
• Maintain GIS layers, project databases, and engineering records related to bus lanes, stops, signals, and curb regulations.
• Ensure designs meet ADA standards, MUTCD requirements, NYC Street Design Guidelines, and Vision Zero principles.

Skills

Bus priority projects

Vision Zero

Signal timing

Traffic modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Master's degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

GIS

Traffic modeling tools

Job description

City of New York seeks an Assistant Civil Engineer to support planning, design, analysis and implementation of bus priority street projects in the NYC Streets Plan. You will assist with geometry, traffic studies, and documentation for reviews with MTA and utilities.

The role emphasizes ADA compliance, MUTCD standards, and Vision Zero, with collaboration across planners, borough engineers, and community stakeholders. NYS driver license preferred and residency not required.