• Student Assistant - Region 2 Construction

    New York State Civil Service (Utica, NY)


    NY HELP No

     

    Agency Transportation, Department of

     

    Title Student Assistant - Region 2 Construction

     

    Occupational Category Administrative or General Management

     

    Salary Grade NS

     

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

     

    Salary Range From $20.10 to $20.10 Hourly

     

    Employment Type Full-Time

     

    Appointment Type Temporary

     

    Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class

     

    Travel Percentage 0%

     

    Workweek Mon-Fri

     

    Hours Per Week 37.5

     

    Workday

     

    From 8 AM

     

    To 4 PM

     

    Flextime allowed? No

     

    Mandatory overtime? No

     

    Compressed workweek allowed? No

     

    Telecommuting allowed? No

     

    County Oneida

     

    Street Address Region 2 Construction

     

    207 Genesee Street

     

    City Utica

     

    State NY

     

    Zip Code 13501

     

    Duties Description NYSDOT is a leading-edge team of motivated, empowered, and respected professionals whose customers value our high-quality engineering and technical services and products. Each NYSDOT employee plays an important part in fulfilling the Department’s mission and goals, as we are one DOT working cohesively to ensure the state has a safe, efficient, balanced and environmentally sound transportation system.This position will report directly to professional level staff within the Regional Construction Office as an assistant to the Regional Public Information Officer (PIO). This position will involve working outdoors during the summer construction season in and around NYSDOT Highway and Bridge construction projects to fulfill the following duties:• Interacting with and maintaining a dependable line of correspondence with field engineers and staff on behalf of the PIO on all projects within the six-county region.• Develop media pertaining to individual construction project activities, events and milestones for use on official NYSDOT social media channels as well as internal/project specific use.• Attending and assisting the PIO with various media and public eventsResponsibilities may include serving a role within the Incident Command System to support the department’s response to regional and statewide emergency situations.

     

    Minimum Qualifications Must have completed at least 12 credit hours of college study and be currently enrolled in an accredited degree program.

     

    Additional Comments While fulfilling the prescribed duties students would gain experience with the following:• Exercises in writing for press releases & travel advisories on behalf of a public agency.• Photographing highway and bridge construction work site activities ensuring specific content requests are fulfilled.• Storytelling NYSDOT construction project activities with photos, video and limited characters.• Interacting with NYSDOT and contractor employees at multiple levels and encouraging participation and engagement. Including conducting informal interviews of internal staff for newsletter and articles for internal media• Organizing tasks while meeting spontaneous media request deadlines.• Shadowing the PIO during media and public events while they act as an official representative of a public agency.• Being present for internal meetings and discussions concerning engineering and construction topics.• A fast-paced, active construction administration and engineering office environment.• Use of official branding.• General construction safety.________________________________________The New York State Department of Transportation is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women, minority group members, disabled persons and Veterans are encouraged to apply. Upon request, reasonable accommodations will be provided for the disabled.________________________________________In compliance with Public Law 99-603, candidates selected for appointment must provide an original document to prove their citizenship and/or legal right to work in the United States.

     

    Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

     

    Name Bernard Holloman

     

    Telephone

     

    Fax

     

    Email Address [email protected]

     

    Address

    Street NYS Department of Transportation

    50 Wolf Road

     

    City Albany

     

    State NY

     

    Zip Code 12232

     

    Notes on Applying Qualified candidates should submit a letter of interest, resume and copy of current transcript, titled by last name, with the Notice Number MO-25-101 and last name in the subject line and referenced in the letter of interest no later than May 30, 2025, to [email protected].