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To be considered for this position candidate must be serving permanently or be reachable on the civil service list. The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Construction Mitigation and Coordination (OCMC)-Streets is tasked with coordinating all construction activity occurring within the City’s roadways and sidewalks as well as reviewing all construction permit applications and developing traffic stipulations. Our primary goal is to allow construction activity to occur with minimal disruption to businesses, motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians, while avoiding conflicts with special events and other construction projects. OCMC-Streets interacts with project engineers, other city agencies, community boards, elected officials, and the general public to resolve construction issues related to mobility. OCMC-Streets is seeking an ambitious and motivated individual to join our team as Project Coordinator. Under the supervision of the Director of OCMC-Streets, the candidate will act directly as the long-term manager of a specific geographical area within the five boroughs to which they will be assigned, and for which they will be responsible reviewing construction plans for both private and governmental contract work; collecting necessary data and information for the purpose of developing traffic stipulations for incorporation into governmental contracts; reviewing construction permit applications for the purpose of issuing traffic stipulations on construction activity permits; organizing, chairing and attending coordination meetings related to building construction activity occurring on the city’s roadways and sidewalks; conducting in-depth field investigations to develop necessary traffic detours related to construction; and following up with other NYC DOT units, other agencies, contractors and expediters as necessary to ensure construction is occurring according to permit requirements, and community concerns are being addressed. When needed, the candidate will make recommendations for alternative methods of performing construction in order to reduce the impact upon the public. The candidate will also be responsible for investigating complaints received from the public, elected officials, and other agencies, related to construction activity within their geographical review area, and preparing written responses based on obtained permit data and/or information gathered during site visits, and determining any further action to be taken. TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST - 22316

Qualifications

• A master's degree in transportation engineering, mathematics, urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban studies, or related physical and social science fields; or 2. A baccalaureate degree in engineering from an accredited college and one year of full-time satisfactory experience performing technical work on roadway transportation and traffic studies and area-wide traffic programs; or 3. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above; or 4. An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above; or 5. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above. SPECIAL NOTE: In addition to meeting the minimum Qualification Requirements above: To be assigned to Assignment Level II, the candidate must have an additional year of experience as described in the "Qualification Requirements" listed under "2" above. To be assigned to Assignment Level III, the candidate must have an additional two years of experience as described in the "Qualification Requirements" listed under "2" above.