Construction Specialist Transportation; NY HELPS

Construction Specialist 1 Transportation (NY HELPS)

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This range is provided by NYS Department of Transportation. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

$70,579.00/yr - $89,645.00/yr

Under the direction of a higher‑level supervisor/manager, the candidate will perform engineering, data analysis or research work related to design and construction of highways, bridges, buildings, dams, and other facilities.

• Providing technical expertise to the Department’s design, construction, and maintenance programs.
• Evaluating, implementing, and monitoring the performance of new materials and processes used on Department projects.
• Conducting laboratory field tests using instrumentation and/or data acquisition equipment, as well as evaluating and analyzing the data.
• Performing geotechnical engineering and analysis for bridges, walls, embankments, and landslides.
• Traveling occasionally statewide to collect and analyze field data.
• Performing other duties, as required.

Responsibilities may include serving a role within the Incident Command System to support the department’s response to regional and statewide emergency situations.

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).

• Promotional:
  One year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as a Principal Drafting Technician (General), Principal Drafting Technician (Structural), Principal Engineering Technician, Principal Engineering Technician (Soils), Mapping Technician 3, Mapping Technologist 1, Senior Engineering Materials Analyst, Senior Engineering Materials Chemist, Materials Testing Specialist 1, Engineering Geologist, or Traffic Systems Technician 2.
• Open Competitive:
  High school graduation or equivalent and six years of full‑time satisfactory experience in civil engineering or engineering technology related to transportation infrastructure work.
• Substitution: 30 semester hours of training from a technical institute, community college or college in civil engineering, civil engineering technology, construction technology, engineering, physical or applied sciences on a year‑for‑year basis, up to four years.
• Candidates may also be qualified for permanent competitive appointment if reachable from the appropriate Civil Service eligible list or eligible for reassignment or transfer in accordance with Civil Service Law.

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis.
• For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non‑competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply.

At a future date, it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non‑competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in an NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

Your required educational credentials must have been awarded by an educational institution accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the United States (U.S.) Department of Education/Secretary of Education. If awarded by an institution outside of the U.S. and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. A list of companies that provide these services (fees must be paid to the company you choose) can be found at: http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..cfmt

The salary range listed reflects the full range for this graded position. For new State employees appointed into graded positions, the annual salary is the hiring rate (beginning of the Salary Range) of the position. Promotion…