Professional Engineer ; Civil​/Transportation NY Helps

Position: Professional Engineer 1 (Civil/Transportation) NY Helps
Duties Description The NYSDOT Office of Structures is looking for qualified candidates to join the Structures Management Bureau in Albany, NY. As a member of the Structures Management Bureau, you will play a crucial role in managing NYSDOT's inspection, inventory, evaluations, and safety assurance programs ensuring that all state and federal mandates are followed.

Professional Engineers are need in the following units:

Bridge/Large Culvert/OSS Inspection Units

• Collaborate and communicate with NYSDOT and FHWA staff to ensure compliance with state and federal bridge inspection requirements and laws.

• Oversee New York State's bridge, large culvert and overhead sign struture inspection program and operations which includes state and consultant inspection teams.

• Perform quality assurance reviews of bridge, large culvert and overhead sign structure (OSS) inspection reports and field operations for both state and consultant forces.

• Assists in the development of inspection contract advertisements, Scope of Services and guidance/policy documents as necessary. Reviews contracts, conducts contract negotiations, reviews/approves consultant invoices and performance evaluations.

• Maintain and update NYSDOT inspection standards and documents as necessary.

• Stay updated in industry advances and innovations of inspection techniques and tools.

• Provide engineering expertise to special assignments within the Office of Structures.

Bridge Safety Assurance/Load Rating Unit

• Collaborate and communicate with NYSDOT and FHWA staff to ensure compliance with state and federal bridge safety/load rating requirements and laws.

• Perform structural analysis and create level 1 load ratings for existing bridges utilizing the Department's software tools.

• Perform quality assurance for both Level 1 and Level 2 Load Ratings statewide.

• Manage consultant's performing level 1 load ratings for NYSDOT.

• Review overload permit applications including engineering analysis for Superload permit applications.

• Stay updated in industry advances and innovations.

• Provide engineering expertise to special assignments within the Office of Structures.

Structures Data Services Unit

• Collaborate and communicate with NYSDOT and FHWA staff to ensure compliance with state and federal bridge inventory requirements and laws.

• Maintain the official authoritative source data for all asset locations using ArcGIS and ESRI Event Editor and provide all maps and mapping services as needed statewide.

• Perform Quality Assurance for all structural assets' inventories.

• Prepare the Annual National Bridge Inventory Submission for FHWA compliance.

• Perform advances queries of bridge condition and inventory data using Access and Excel in support of Asset Management analysis and Capital Program support.

• Directs the development, implementation, and maintenance of data inventory, collection, and analysis systems, including supporting documentation, based on user needs.

Bridge Program Development Unit

• Assist with coordination of bridge Capitol Program for the Office of Structures.

• Assure that Program Update submissions comply with the precepts of the Bridge Program Goals.

• Perform data analytics of bridge condition and inventory data to support Asset Management and Planning.

• Responsible for development, implementation, monitoring and support of a comprehensive Bridge Management System to help ensure cost-effective maintenance, preservation and upgrading of the State bridge infrastructure.

• Maintain the Office of Structures' bridge project database.

• Create reports on the progress and production work of the bridge projects being designed in the Structures Design Bureau.

• Maintain Bridge Project Cost Estimating and Reporting System.

• Serve as the Structures Division liaison to the FWHA for bridge conditions, bridge program development and bridge replacement cost.

• Notify Bridge Project Managers of Coast Guard permit requirements.

• Track and report progress of Bridge NY program.

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…