Engineer Trainee​/Assistant Engineer; Civil​/Transportation NY HELPS Reg Design Const Planning Traffic

Position: Engineer Trainee/Assistant Engineer (Civil/Transportation) NY HELPS Reg 5 Design Const Planning Traffic
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Date Posted 05/19/26

Applications Due
11/19/26

Vacancy ID216336

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NY HELPYes

Agency Transportation, Department of

Title Engineer Trainee/Assistant Engineer (Civil/Transportation) NY HELPS Reg 5 Design Const Planning Traffic

Occupational Category

I.T. Engineering, Sciences

Salary GradeNS

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

Salary Range From $66951 to $101121 Annually

Employment Type

Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 5%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5/40

Workday

From 7 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? Yes

Compressed workweek allowed? Yes

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Erie

Street Address 100 Seneca Street

City Buffalo

StateNY

Zip Code
14203

Duties Description Design

Typical duties will include, but are not limited to:
The design of capital roadway or bridge projects including site investigations, the preparation of engineering drawings utilizing 2D/3D CADD applications, the preparation of estimates; draft project reports; supervise and review the work of engineering technicians; or may fill the role of an assistant team leader for a bridge/culvert inspection crew; or, may fill the role of survey crew chief performing a variety of duties such as working as a team to gather and process field data using various survey equipment and software to generate survey control and base mapping.

Construction

At the time of appointment, and continuously thereafter, possession of a valid license to operate a motor vehicle in New York State is required or the ability to meet the travel requirements of the position must otherwise be demonstrated. As an Engineer Trainee/Assistant Engineer in the Regional Construction Group, your duties may include the following:
• Function as the Chief Inspector or Engineer-in-Charge on Department construction projects.
• Ensure work performed by contractors meets contract specifications and engineering standards and is performed safely.
• Supervise project construction inspection forces.
• Review in-house design, consultant and contractor plans, shop drawings, estimates, etc.
• Initiate design changes and change orders. Complete daily work reports. Prepare final documents and Record Plans.
• Act as an office engineer. Check computations on DWRs, keep job records in accordance with Department policies and prepare monthly or biweekly payments to the contractor.
• Night and weekend work may be required for project field assignments.

Planning

Duties may include but are not limited to: traffic modeling using Synchro and other modeling software, project scoping tasks (including but not limited to; researching record plans, researching Local Municipality Comprehensive Plans, conducting initial field investigations, and facilitating scoping meetings in coordination with other functional groups), preliminary engineering estimates, IPP preparation, scoping document preparation, and providing support for other Planning and Program Management functions, under the supervision of a unit supervisor.

Traffic

Under the direction and supervision of a licensed, professional engineer, the incumbent will perform a variety of duties, including, but not limited to, the following:
• Investigate, assess, and monitor traffic signal system operations along priority corridors,
• Develop optimized solutions using most current field data and applicable analytical tools,
• Collect and maintain performance measurement data,
• Collect and maintain asset management information,
• Perform milestone reviews on capital…