Transportation Analyst​/Trainee​/Trainee ; NYHELPS

Position: Transportation Analyst/Trainee 1/Trainee 2 (NYHELPS)
Duties Description Under the Structures Data Services Unit in the Structures Management Bureau, the duties include but are not limited to:

• Update and maintain location data for new and deleted bridges, large culverts, and overhead sign structures.

• Review data on internal and public-facing structural data platforms for consistency and timeliness.

• Assist with GIS tasks as needed for the Office of Structures.

• Perform basic data analysis and develop reports to assist with federal reporting and internal NYSDOT needs.

• Support the Office of Structures IT requester, IT Liaison for Work Intake Requests, and IT technical assistance to Office staff and management of technical equipment and technical support for conferences.

• Assist with posting Office of Structures web content.

• Coordinate with ITS related to technology issues, system upgrades, and ticket resolutions.

Responsibilities may include serving a role within the Incident Command System to support the department's response to regional and statewide emergency situations.

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:

Transportation Analyst Trainee 1:
Four years of experience directly related to highways or transportation in either planning, engineering management, systems analysis or quantitative analysis of transportation or highway systems, and must have included direct responsibility for the preparation of written materials, such as narrative reports, letters of memoranda documenting the accomplishments, or supervision of such activity.

Transportation Analyst Trainee 2:
Five years of experience directly related to highways or transportation in either planning, engineering management, systems analysis or quantitative analysis of transportation or highway systems, and must have included direct responsibility for the preparation of written materials, such as narrative reports, letters of memoranda documenting the accomplishments, or supervision of such activity.

Transportation Analyst 1:
Six years of experience directly related to highways or transportation in either planning, engineering management, systems analysis or quantitative analysis of transportation or highway systems, and must have included direct responsibility for the preparation of written materials, such as narrative reports, letters of memoranda documenting the accomplishments, or supervision of such activity.

Substitutions:
An associate degree may substitute for two years of experience; a bachelor's degree may substitute for four years of experience; a master's degree may substitute for five years of experience; and a doctorate may substitute for six years of experience.

If chosen, you may, at the agency's discretion, be appointed to a higher level. You must inform the agency of any additional qualifications at your interview.

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 Additional Information

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

* 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.

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