Review Vacancy
AgencyTransportation, Department of
Occupational CategoryOther Professional Careers
Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary RangeFrom $54903 to $69882 Annually
Minimum Qualifications In order to be considered for permanent appointment, candidates must be reachable on the current Civil Service eligible list or be eligible for reassignment or transfer in accordance with Civil Service Law.
If a Viable eligible list does not exist, a provisional appointment may be made in accordance with Civil Service Law. Candidates who accept a provisional appointment must take the next competitive examination and be reachable on the resultant eligible list in order to be considered for permanent appointment to the position.
The minimum requirements for taking the examinations are:
Either 1. five years of technical experience in the fields of mapping or digital photogrammetry;*
Or 2. a bachelor’s degree in cartography, civil engineering, computer science, engineering technology, forestry, geography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), geology, landscape architecture, photogrammetry, planning or surveying, including or supplemented by 18 semester credit hours in cartography, LiDAR, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), surveying, and/or photogrammetry;** AND one year of technical experience as described above.*
*Use of GIS or CAD tools to produce high accuracy base maps through digitizing and other data entry methods, in accordance with industry-accepted and well documented base mapping specifications and procedures, which may form the foundation of GIS user applications will be considered mapping experience (or photogrammetric experience if applicable). Experience limited to CAD use or GIS user production of thematic overlays to such base maps or to generate system-produced GIS maps will NOT be considered as appropriate experience.
**You must include, with your application, a transcript or a list of qualifying courses showing the name of the course, the number of semester credit hours, dates of completion, the college or university attended, and whether the course is at the graduate or undergraduate level.
Duties Description Perform complex technical duties in support of the Photogrammetry Section in the Design Mapping and Automation Bureau that may include, but are not limited to the following duties:
• The use of digital photogrammetric workstations for the compilation of mapping projects, digital terrain, and orthoimagery following standard specifications and procedures. May also perform special tasks and assignments including aerotriangulation measurement, aerotriangulation adjustment, and special LiDAR mapping.
• The review and edit of digital photogrammetric mapping and digital terrain following standard specifications and procedures. May also perform special tasks and assignments including contract vendor mapping review or digital terrain accuracy analysis.
• The acquisition and evaluation of aerial photography, point cloud data (LiDAR), and stereocompilation services by private firms. Coordination with regional design staff to determine project requirements.
Preparation of written correspondence and specifications. Development and monitoring of project schedules and technical requirements.
Responsibilities may include serving a role within the Incident Command System to support the department’s response to regional and statewide emergency situations.
Additional Comments ***This position does not include the option of Telecommuting***
*Telecommuting: The Department’s current telecommuting agreement is valid through January 31, 2023
and is subject to extension beyond that date.
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Email Address miranda.schingledecker@dot.ny.gov
Address
Street NYS Department of Transportation, Office of Design
50 Wolf Road, POD 2-3
Notes on ApplyingQualified candidates should submit a letter of interest and a current resume, titled by last name, with the Notice Number MO-23-47 and last name in the subject line and referenced in the letter of interest no later than February 7th 2023.