Transportation Analyst​/Trainee​/Trainee ; NY HELPS), Region

Duties Description

Typical duties include, but are not limited to:

• Reviewing and processing payment requests for local projects in accordance with the Local Projects Manual.
• Documenting and monitoring status of local projects agreements and project deliverables.
• Assisting the CHIPs Coordinator with processing reimbursement requests for the Consolidated Highway Improvement Program (CHIPs) and related programs that provide quarterly reimbursements to municipalities for local transportation improvements.
• Assisting with outreach and project selection for Capital Program Update, special funding programs such as Transportation Alternatives Program, and other statewide initiatives as needed. May serve on a rating team for special initiatives.
• Assisting with other Planning and Program Management Group functions as needed, which may include rail, aviation, or port coordination; participation in Metropolitan Planning Organization studies;
  Capital Program Update; data analysis.

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

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:

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.

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.

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.

Region 3, Planning and Program Management Group, Senator Hughes State Office Building, Syracuse, Onondaga County

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,…