Professional Engineer 1 (Civil/Transportation)

The New York State Thruway Authority is seeking a Professional Engineer 1 in Civil/Transportation. The role involves providing engineering design services for bridge and highway projects, managing design consultants, and ensuring compliance with New York State design standards.

Responsibilities

• Providing professional engineering design services for various bridge and highway repair, rehabilitation, and reconstruction projects
• Preparing design reports/studies, plans, specifications, engineer’s estimates, (PS&E), design calculations and other technical elements of a bridge or highway project
• Managing engineering design consultants, and review/approve design work performed by technicians under supervision
• Scopes of services, tracking progress of projects and evaluation of the consultant
• Additional duties as assigned

Skills

• Current New York State employee with one year or more of qualifying permanent service to a Grade 23 or above and eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the NYS Civil Service Law
• All transfer candidates are required to have a NYS Professional Engineer's license with current registration
• A New York State Professional Engineer's license and current registration AND a qualifying bachelor's degree or higher as listed below; OR a New York State Professional Engineer's license and current registration AND one year of full-time qualifying engineering experience as listed below
• Qualifying degrees: Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Technology, Construction Engineering, Construction Engineering Technology, Construction Engineering Management, Construction Engineering Management Technology, Geological Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Hydraulics Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Transportation Planning and Engineering, or Engineering Science with a recognized concentration in any of the above listed engineering degrees
• Qualifying experience: One year of full-time engineering experience with transportation projects related to highways/roadways, railroads, bridges, airports, waterways, building structures, or traffic management and safety systems
• All potential candidates for this position must be legally eligible to work in the United States at the time of appointment and throughout your employment with the New York State Thruway Authority

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Sick leave incentive
• Membership to the NYS Retirement System
• 90% tuition assistance
• FREE onsite employee parking

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