NY HELPYes

AgencyTransportation, Department of

TitleConstruction Specialist 1 (Transportation) (NY HELP)

Occupational CategoryOther Professional Careers

Salary Grade19

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $68523 to $87032 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 10%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 7 AM

To 3 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Albany

Street Address Office of Technical Services

50 Wolf Road

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12232

Duties Description Under the direction of a higher-level supervisor/manager, the candidate will perform engineering, data analysis or research work related to design and construction of highways, bridges, buildings, dams, and other facilities.

Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Providing technical expertise to the Department’s design, construction, and maintenance programs.

• Preparing construction and/or materials specifications.

• Evaluating, implementing, and monitoring the performance of new materials and processes used on Department projects.

• Conducting laboratory field tests using instrumentation and/or data acquisition equipment, as well as evaluating and analyzing the data.

• Performing non-destructive pavement testing in the field.

• Reviewing and coordinating all construction activities in support of the traffic monitoring continuous count system. Including meeting with EIC, Design, Residency, and contractor personnel.

• Procuring and maintaining equipment.

• Performing downloads, quality control, and data analysis of traffic pavement data, as assigned.

• Matching collected data and images to existing inventory data to ensure consistency.

• Traveling occasionally statewide to collect and analyze field data.

• Performing other duties, as required.


Please note: At least one of these vacancies is located at our Central Testing Laboratory, located at 7 Harriman Campus Road, Albany, NY 12206. Due to the nature of the work, Central Testing Laboratory employees are not permitted to telecommute.

Minimum Qualifications This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).*

To be considered for appointment through NY HELPS, or 55 b/c, candidates must meet the open competitive minimum qualifications for this position. The qualifications are:

Promotional: One year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-cc service as a Principal Drafting Technician (General), Principal Drafting Technician (Structural), Principal Engineering, Principal Engineering Technician (Soils), Mapping Technician 3, Mapping Technologist 1, Senior Engineering Materials Analyst, Senior Engineering Materials Chemist, Materials Testing Specialist 1, Engineering Geologist, or Traffic Systems Technician 2.

Open Competitive: High school graduation or equivalent and six years of full-time satisfactory experience in civil engineering or engineering technology related to transportation infrastructure work.

Substitution
30 semester hours of training for a technical institute, community college or college in civil engineering, civil engineering technology construction technology, engineering, physical or applied sciences on a year-for-year basis, up to four years.

Candidates may also be qualified for permanent competitive appointment if reachable from the appropriate Civil Service eligible list or eligible for reassignment or transfer in accordance with Civil Service Law.

Additional Comments *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.cfm


Please note: At least one of these vacancies is located at our Central Testing Laboratory, located at 7 Harriman Campus Road, Albany, NY 12206. Due to the nature of the work, Central Testing Laboratory employees are not permitted to telecommute.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Dana Thielke

Telephone

Fax

Email Address Dana.Thielke@dot.ny.gov

Address

Street New York State Department of Transportation

50 Wolf Road

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12232

Notes on ApplyingQualified candidates should submit a letter of interest and a current resume, titled by last name, with the Notice Number MO-25-041 and last name in the subject line and referenced in the letter of interest no later than February 13, 2025 to Dana.Thielke@dot.ny.gov