Design Coordinator, Cycling & Micromobility Unit

City of New York • New York, NY

40d • $64,157 - $92,657 • Hybrid

About The Position

Transportation Planning and Management (TPM) is responsible for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods on the City's streets, supporting the larger goals of economic and social vitality for people living, working, and doing business in New York City. The Division’s responsibilities include planning, street design, technical analysis, signs, transit development, freight mobility and markings, ensuring the safety of motor vehicle occupants, pedestrians, and cyclists.

The Office of Livable Streets (OLS) is tasked with prioritizing strategic planning, community engagement, research, policy, design, implementation, and long-term management. Their goal is to create streets that are livable, supporting safety, accessibility, inclusion, resiliency, active modes, community cohesion, and economic vitality citywide. Additionally, they aim to enhance New York City's pedestrian, bicycle, and micromobility networks, providing comfortable, connected, green, and reliable transportation options across the five boroughs. They place special emphasis on Priority Investment Areas, mode shift, and reimagining streets. The office also develops innovative new programs, design typologies, project delivery, and analysis tools to meet the demands of a rapidly changing population with evolving needs and technologies.

The Cycling & Micromobility Unit is responsible for the nation's largest network of on-street bicycle facilities (1,200+ lane-miles), enhancing street safety for all users, and increasing bike ridership in the five boroughs. The team's focus is the innovative redesign of city streets to expand and improve the bike network, with emphasis on improving connectivity between neighborhoods, increasing access to safe bicycle infrastructure across the city, and creating a more equitable transportation network that serves all New Yorkers.
The Cycling & Micromobility unit seeks to hire an experienced and detail-oriented Design Coordinator to aide in the design and development of ready construction plans for bicycle infrastructure projects across the five boroughs. Under the supervision of a Senior Project Manager, this position plays a critical role in collaborating with engineers and planners to ensure innovative urban bikeway designs rooted in sound principles are incorporated into projects that reduce preventable deaths and injuries and encourage mode shift in support of the NYCStreetsPlan.

The selected candidate will develop detailed proposed street designs that rebalance existing streets to integrate bicycle facilities, pedestrian improvements, and traffic calming to enhance safety for all street users. The candidate will create comprehensive AutoCAD drawings showing vehicle and bike lane configurations, intersection treatments, curb alignments, roadway dimensions, vertical elements, and pavement markings. The candidate will coordinate with project managers, engineers, and other key stakeholders to translate conceptual designs into technically accurate construction documents. The candidate will review and quality-check drawings produced by junior staff, consultants, and other team members. The candidate will manage multiple concurrent design projects and prioritize work to meet critical deadlines. The candidate will develop and maintain AutoCAD standards, templates, and best practices for the unit. The candidate will coordinate with other DOT divisions, including Geometric Design, Borough Engineering, and Traffic Signals, to ensure design consistency and to contribute to updating designs to reflect best practices and emerging designs that support many forms of micromobility, different trip purposes, and levels of comfort. The candidate will conduct site visits and field measurements to verify existing conditions and inform design decisions. The candidate will prepare design presentations and graphics for community meetings, stakeholder engagement, and internal coordination. The candidate will ensure all designs comply with AASHTO, MUTCD, and NYC DOT standards. The candidate will support junior staff training and technical development.

Requirements

• Serving in the title permanently, or be reachable on the civil service list, exam # 5045
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and two years of satisfactory full-time experience in city planning; or A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience that is equivalent to "1" above. Graduate education in city planning, urban planning, urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, transportation engineering, public administration, economic development or related fields may be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 graduate semester credits from an accredited college for one year of experience. However, all candidates must have a baccalaureate degree.
• One additional year of professional experience as described in "2" above for Assignment Level III.
• Two additional years of professional experience as described in "2" above for Assignment Level IV.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced AutoCAD proficiency with a minimum of 3-5 years of experience producing construction-ready civil engineering or transportation design drawings.
• Strong understanding of roadway design principles, geometric design, and complete streets concepts.
• Knowledge of protected bicycle lane design standards and implementation best practices.
• Experience applying MUTCD, AASHTO, or NACTO design guidelines.
• Experience with survey data, existing conditions mapping, and incorporating field measurements into designs.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) for creating presentation graphics and visualizations.
• Experience with ArcGIS or other GIS software for spatial analysis and mapping.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing accurate, high-quality technical drawings.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to coordinate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Valid New York State Motor Vehicle Driver's License (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed proposed street designs that rebalance existing streets to integrate bicycle facilities, pedestrian improvements, and traffic calming to enhance safety for all street users.
• Create comprehensive AutoCAD drawings showing vehicle and bike lane configurations, intersection treatments, curb alignments, roadway dimensions, vertical elements, and pavement markings.
• Coordinate with project managers, engineers, and other key stakeholders to translate conceptual designs into technically accurate construction documents.
• Review and quality-check drawings produced by junior staff, consultants, and other team members.
• Manage multiple concurrent design projects and prioritize work to meet critical deadlines.
• Develop and maintain AutoCAD standards, templates, and best practices for the unit.
• Coordinate with other DOT divisions, including Geometric Design, Borough Engineering, and Traffic Signals, to ensure design consistency and to contribute to updating designs to reflect best practices and emerging designs that support many forms of micromobility, different trip purposes, and levels of comfort.
• Conduct site visits and field measurements to verify existing conditions and inform design decisions.
• Prepare design presentations and graphics for community meetings, stakeholder engagement, and internal coordination.
• Ensure all designs comply with AASHTO, MUTCD, and NYC DOT standards.
• Support junior staff training and technical development.

Benefits

• The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) mission is to provide for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods in the City of New York and to maintain and enhance the transportation infrastructure crucial to the economic vitality and quality of life of our primary customers, City residents.
• DOT is an equal opportunity employer, committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse workforce in an open and inclusive environment.
• This position may be eligible for remote work up to 2 days per week, pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed between the City and DC37.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level