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Project Coordinator, OLS at City of New York

Project Coordinator, OLS

City of New York · NY, US

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Project Coordinator, OLS

City of New York · NY, US

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About the Role

The Cycling & Micromobility Unit seeks to hire two motivated, detail-oriented Project Coordinators to support the design and development of construction-ready plans for bicycle infrastructure projects across all five boroughs of New York City. 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 modes in support of the NYC Streets Plan.

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.
  • Ensure all designs comply with AASHTO, MUTCD, and NYC DOT standards.
  • Perform basic traffic operations analyses using Synchro, including evaluating intersection capacity, delay, and level of service under the guidance of senior staff.
  • 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 Division, to ensure design consistency.
  • 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.

Requirements

  • Must be serving permanently in the title of City Planner or be reachable on the open competitive civil service list for Exam No. 5045.
  • A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and two years of satisfactory full-time experience in city planning.
  • A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience that is equivalent to the 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.
  • All candidates must have a baccalaureate degree.
  • For Assignment Level III, one additional year of professional experience is required.
  • For Assignment Level IV, two additional years of professional experience is required.

Skills

  • AutoCAD
  • Synchro

Location

  • New York City

Work Type

  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • Assignment Level III
  • Assignment Level IV

Education Level

  • Baccalaureate degree

Salary/Compensations

  • $100,000 to $125,000
  • USD 75777 - USD 111552

About the Company

  • 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 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 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.

Equal Opportunity

  • DOT is an equal opportunity employer, committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse workforce in an open and inclusive environment.
  • The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.