Roadway Information Systems Connecticut Careers Trainee (Engineering and Related

The State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation (CTDOT), is now accepting applications for a Connecticut Career Trainee position, with a target class of Transportation Planner 1 within the Bureau of Policy & Planning, Roadway Information Systems Office, Photolog Unit. The position is located at the Department of Transportation Headquarters in Newington.

• Schedule:
  
  Full-Time (40 Hour), First Shift, Monday - Friday
• Location:
  
  Newington, CT
• This position is eligible to apply for telework after successful completion of the working test period, and thereafter, in accordance with the Telework Policy. Employees in their working test period must work on site in the office.
• Applicants must be available to travel for training, conferences, meetings, field reviews, etc.
• A valid driver's license is required and must be maintained.

• Professional growth and development opportunities
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees
• Work for an award‑winning agency! CTDOT has been recently awarded the Employer of the Year award by the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE) and named the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) CT Employer of the Year for 2024!
• The convenience of an on‑site, low‑cost fitness center, on‑site cafeteria, and Electric Vehicle (EV) charging at our Newington, CT, Headquarters facility.
• All CTDOT facilities have ample free parking with easy access from major highways and by public transportation.

The Roadway Information Systems Section is responsible for the collection, analysis and dissemination of roadway transportation data including Pavement condition data, Right-of-Way imagery, vehicle volumes, classifications, travel speeds and truck weigh-in-motion and the collection of a variety of other roadway attribution. The data and information are necessary to assess and predict roadway network performance, keep an accurate accounting of miles of road and attribution, and must be done in order to comply with Federal regulations.

Detailed transportation data are needed for capital project support, for funding allocation and for Federal reporting purposes. This is an exciting opportunity to learn and start a career in this “behind the scenes” data gathering and analysis that is a critical part of transportation planning in our State.

Field duties will include assisting with the setup, calibration, operation and maintenance of the Department’s state‑of‑art and highly technical High‑speed Profiling vans; performing an annual, bidirectional collection of pavement condition data and imagery for the entire state route network and ramps, a subset of the local roads and the CT Fastrak System; and will assist with the identification, layout and maintenance of control and verification sites.

• Upload and processing of data in the advanced data processing and online data viewing platform environments;
• Support, configuration and troubleshooting of the platform hardware with our vendors and Information Technologies group;
• Development of data and final reports for Department, federal and other business needs; reading and interpreting engineering plans, diagrams and schematics;
• Performing daily quality control checks; keeping logs;
• Populating databases and working with spreadsheets;
• Reviewing and preparing statistical, written and technical reports;
• Working with Geographic Information Systems and utilizing maps in ArcGIS and other Linear Reference System (LRS) platforms to analyze data for impacts to transportation facilities, projects and programs.

• Must possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s license.
• Operate a large Ford Transit/Sprinter Style van in traffic for long periods of the day.
• Advance through and pass each of three operator certification levels as required by the Department’s Data Quality Plan (DQMP).

The length of the development program is determined by the experience and training requirements of the designated class and the prior experience of the incumbent. At the completion of the development program incumbents must meet the experience and training requirements of the designated…