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Agency Transportation, Department of

Title Project Assistant

Occupational Category Other Professional Careers

Salary Grade 27

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

Salary Range From $106898 to $131665 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Temporary

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 10%

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? Yes

County To Be Determined

Street Address Engineering

TBD

City TBD

State NY

Zip Code 12232

Duties Description These positions are for the I-81 Viaduct project.Design Project Assistant role: This position reports directly to the Project Coordinator in charge of Design; travel to Syracuse will be required on a regular basis. This position is responsible for providing expertise and guidance related to highway design. Key duties and responsibilities include: • Manage, supervise, train, and lead assigned design units and staff throughout all stages of the project development process. Ensure compliance with Department policies, procedures, and guidelines. Communicate goals and objectives. Assist with development and review of project designs. • Coordinate with regional and Main Office functional units, groups, and bureaus to ensure the design/analysis and policies are met and adhered to.• Assist the Design Project Coordinator in managing the design needs of the project with an emphasis on scope, schedule, quality, and procedural compliance to produce Design Bid Build and/or Design Build procurement documents. • Manage the preparation of project reports, plans, specifications and estimates by design staff and consultant staff. Ensure projects are developed according to applicable design quality standards and environmental processes and regulations. Ensure proper coordination with project stakeholders. • Coordinate utilities during design and construction phases.• Coordinate and communicate with outside agencies, local officials, contractors, consultants, utility owners, the public, and other involved parties in conformance with Department policy to advance agency goals.• With the Design Project Coordinator, provide construction technical support for the project. Coordinate with consultant staff, regional staff, and Main Office bureaus as necessary to arrive at timely, cost effective, and sound engineering solutions to design problems during construction. Construction Project Assistant role: This position reports directly to the Project Coordinator in charge of Construction; travel to Syracuse will be required on a regular basis. This position requires knowledge and experience in managing complex projects and understanding of the Department’s construction quality assurance program including specifications and testing requirements. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Manage multiple construction Design Build and/or Design Bid Build contracts through the construction phase to project completion in conformance with Department policies to address project quality, schedule and budget. • Provide direction and leadership to subordinate staff in carrying out their duties in accordance with Department policies, procedures, and guidelines. • Manage NYSDOT staff, consultant term inspection contract, and other resources such as: ensuring adequate project staffing; consultant funding, overtime use, and travel expenditures. • Supervise construction staff and manage resources to ensure quality of construction; safety of staff, contractors, and the traveling public; adherence to specifications, policies, and standards; timely progression and completion of contracts; the integrity of contract administration; timely estimates, change orders and final agreements. • Manage contract work completion, scope changes, and costs by review of contract change orders for conformance with contract terms and consistency with documentation requirements. • Provide timely solutions to major construction problems; take appropriate action to allow solutions by subordinates or raise to the appropriate management level. • Monitor contractor disputes, facilitate appropriate actions to be taken by the EIC, work to resolve continuing disputes in accordance with the provisions of the contract. • Participate and/or monitor construction meetings for (but not limited to): progress, change order, utility, design RFI resolution, stakeholder coordination.• Apprise Project Coordinator of significant problems, issues, or schedule changes which require intervention or have potential to impact the Department or the public. • Serve as a construction resource on technical, contractual, and procedural issues. • Provide relevant construction input regarding scope, schedule, and constructability during project scoping and design phases and for pre-award bid analysis, including Case 2 bids, single bidders, or vendor performance. • Proactively coordinate and communicate within the Department and with outside agencies, local officials, contractors, consultants, utilities, the public, and other involved parties in conformance with Department policy to advance agency goals. • Prepare weekly progress reports and executive summaries as needed. Be prepared to present project status or needs to executives when necessary.Responsibilities may include serving a role within the Incident Command System to support the department's response to regional and statewide emergency situations.

Minimum Qualifications These positions will be filled by temporary appointment, without examination, via Section 64.3 of Civil Service Law.Candidates must have a valid New York State Professional Engineer’s License with current registration and at least 4 years of post-licensure civil engineering experience with transportation projects related to highways/roadways, railroads, bridges, airports, waterways, building structures, or traffic management and safety systems.

Additional Comments Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. 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.

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Name Amy Campion

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 and a current resume, titled by last name, with the Notice Number MO-25-425 and last name in the subject line and referenced in the letter of interest no later than October 24, 2025 to:NYS Department of Transportation Michelle Sefcik, Director of Personnel ATTN: Amy Campion 50 Wolf Road Albany, NY 12232 [email protected]