Engineer Trainee​/Assistant Engineer; Civil​/Transportation NY HELPS - Region

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Engineer Trainee/Assistant Engineer (Civil/Transportation) NY HELPS - Region 7 role at NYS Department of Transportation

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$66,951.00/yr - $/yr

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. Specific job duties will be discussed at the interview. Under the direction and supervision of a licensed Professional Engineer, incumbents perform a variety of duties depending on assignment.

Engineer Trainees/Assistant Engineers are found throughout DOT in a variety of programs.

• Function as Chief Inspector or Engineer-in-Charge on Department construction projects.
• Ensure work performed by contractors meets contract specifications or engineering standards and is performed safely.
• Supervise project inspection forces.
• Review design, consultant and contractor plans, shop drawings, estimates, etc.
• Initiate design changes and orders-on-contract. 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 MURK and prepare monthly estimates for payment to the contractor.
• Engage in use of CADD, highway design software and GPS systems.
• Overnight stays, night work, and weekend work may be required for field assignments.

• Under the direction and supervision of a licensed professional engineer, the incumbents would perform a variety of duties depending on assignment. Engineer Trainee’s typical duties may include but are not limited to design of capital roadway or bridge projects including site investigations, preparation of engineering drawings utilizing 2D/3D CADD applications, and preparation of estimates, or may fill the role of an assistant team leader for a bridge/culvert inspection crew.
  
  Assistant Engineer’s will perform the aforementioned duties, as well as draft project reports, supervise and review the work of engineering technicians, perform quality control review of project documents prepared by others for consistency with Department standards and for constructability, and assist in public outreach, and provide construction support.

• Conduct operational studies pertaining to various traffic control devices, including signs, traffic signals, ITS devices, and pavement markings.
• Perform speed studies for the purposes of establishing speed limits.
• Review crash histories and roadway characteristics for Highway Safety Investigations.
• Design and review Work Zone Traffic Control plans for Capital Projects and Highway Work Permit projects.
• Perform design review of Capital Project & Highway Work Permit plans for content related to signs, signals, pavement markings, access management, etc. for compliance with NYSDOT & Federal standards.
• Evaluate and modify traffic signal timing plans and programs, perform and conduct traffic signal designs, conduct traffic signal warrant analyses, review Traffic Impact Studies, provide oversight and guidance to regional signal crews.

The Assistant Resident Engineer will work under the direction of the Resident Engineer and support the management of their maintenance organization by helping develop and track the annual work plan, investigating service requests, overseeing maintenance crew work, managing maintenance contract work, supervising highway supervisors, overseeing snow and ice operations, managing salt use and inventories, processing highway work permits, coordinating equipment use, procuring goods and services, and enforcing departmental policies.

A significant amount of contact with the public is required. Assistants to the Resident Engineers are also directly involved with workforce management, employee and…