Assistant Transportation Specialist
- Pay
- $ 84,334.00
- Location
- Queens, NY
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Entry level
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Listed
- 24 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- traffic engineering
- field surveying
- traffic control devices
Also useful
- Sign Inventory Management System
About the role
The Parking Implementation and Studies sub-unit in the Parking Planning and Policy group seeks to hire three (3) Assistant Transportation Specialists (ATS). The ATSs will work under close supervision while performing inspections and field surveys for the purpose of regulating and controlling vehicular traffic regulations and/or conducting traffic related studies.
Inspection duties include (but are not limited to) measuring sidewalks, curbsides, streets, (e.g. measuring length, width, and radius of corner curb) obtaining footage of all street furniture (e.g. Muni-meters, fire hydrants, trees, signs, drive rails, light poles, mailboxes, cellars, subway grates, ventilation grates, kiosks, pedestrian benches, bike racks, etc.) and determining the direction of traffic flow for all adjacent streets.
Duties also include investigating complaints, making recommendations on the need for traffic signs, traffic signals, Muni-meters, pavement markings, and other traffic control devices and monitoring for their installation and/or removal.
The candidate will be required to prepare reports, diagrams and/or sketches of observed field conditions; prepare reports on traffic and traffic-related conditions; create work orders to initiate sign and meter changes; inspect completed work to ensure compliance with established standards and specifications.
Physical activities related to the work include bending and lifting equipment (e.g. measuring wheel), exposure to vehicle emissions over extensive intervals of time, climbing up/down stairwells and/or walking and standing outdoors for long periods in all weather. Inspectors use computer database programs such as DOT’s internal Sign Inventory Management System and related operational business systems.
Assistant Transportation Specialists perform other related operational duties and responsibilities as needed.
Work Location: 34-02 Queens Blvd., Long Island City, NY 11101
Hours/Shift: 35 Hours/M-F/6:00am to 2:00pm
*This position may be eligible for remote work up to 2 days per week, pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed to between the City and DC37.*
Qualifications & Requirements
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with a major in engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, urban studies, planning or mathematics or one of the physical sciences; or
- High school diploma or its educational equivalent and 4 years of full-time experience performing technical work on traffic programs and citywide transportation studies; or
- Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
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.
From City of New York's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 17, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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