Senior Project Coordinator

City of New York•New York, NY

20h•$99,761 - $127,143•Hybrid

About The Position

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 two experienced, detail-oriented Senior Project Coordinators to support the design and development of construction-ready plans for bicycle infrastructure projects across all five boroughs of New York City. Under the supervision of the Director/Deputy Director, the Senior Project Coordinators will play a critical role in collaborating with engineers and planners to develop innovative, sustainable bicycle infrastructure projects. The Senior Project Coordinators may lead a team of Project Coordinators, Inspectors, and College Aides, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support in the delivery of their portfolio of street improvement projects. The selected candidates will help advance safe, high-quality street designs that reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries, improve mobility, and encourage a shift to sustainable transportation codes in support of the NYC Streets Plan.

Requirements

Serving permanently in the title of Transportation Specialist or be reachable on the open competitive civil service list for Exam No. 3027.
A master's degree in transportation engineering, mathematics, urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban studies, or related physical and social science fields; or
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
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in '2' above; or
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
A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in '2' 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.

Nice To Haves

Experience with AutoCAD
Experience with Synchro traffic models
Experience in project management
Experience in leading a team

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.
Develop and review Synchro traffic models to evaluate intersection capacity, delay, and level of service, ensuring analyses support safe and efficient multimodal street designs.
Review and quality-check drawings produced by junior staff and consultants.
Manage multiple concurrent design projects and prioritize work to meet critical deadlines.
Coordinate with other DOT divisions, including Geometric Design, Borough Engineering, and Traffic Signals, to ensure design consistency, comfortable advocating for best practices and emerging designs that support micromobility.
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.