Source: NYC Open Data · Bespree is not the employer.
***TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION CANDIDATES MUST BE SERVING PERMANENTLY IN THE TITLE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEER, OR BE REACHABLE ON THE MECHANICAL ENGINEER CIVIL SERVICE LIST EXAM #
The Division’s responsibilities include planning, street design, technical analysis, signs, transit development, freight mobility, and markings, ensuring the safety of motor vehicle occupants, pedestrians, and cyclists.
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 NYC DOT Transportation Planning and Management Division (TPM), Office of Livable Streets (OLS), is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to serve as a Contract Engineer within Furniture and Operations. Furniture and Operations manages the design, contract initiation and implementation, planning, installation, and maintenance of bike parking, benches, leaning bars, wayfinding signage, curb extensions, and safety devices for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders throughout New York City. The goal of these programs is to make the city more vibrant, walkable, bikeable, and mass transit accessible, particularly for people who live and work outside.
The Contract Engineer will assist in procurement and quality assurance for standard assets such as bike racks, wayfinding signs, benches, and leaning bars. The Contract Engineer will also conduct research, investigations, studies, or examinations relating to new products such as bollards, edge treatments for bike lanes and pedestrian spaces, hanging signage, crash-rated versions of existing street furniture, and other new materials.
Duties may include, but are not limited to: writing specifications and preparing of or examining design plans and/or working drawings for contracts; drafting shop drawings and details; inspecting and testing samples and/or materials; drafting designs for new or redesigned assets; reviewing shop drawings created by fabrication contractors; engaging in research and investigation of new off-the-shelf products; researching raw materials for traffic maintenance devices; assisting in contract management for design and fabrication tasks; supervising installations; reviewing installation plans; participating in the supervision of the operation, maintaining and use of machinery; when assigned in writing, signing and sealing engineering and other official documents; coordinating with NYC DOT Capital and Department of Design & Construction to ensure updated drawings, specifications and related fabrication contacts are up to date and checking and certifying the installation of materials; evaluating performance and degradation of installed assets; ensuring manufacturing procurement regulation compliance; finding cost and operational efficiencies.
The ideal candidate should be committed to improving the experience and convenience of walking, cycling, and transit throughout New York City. The selected candidate will be asked to work collaboratively and inclusively. The candidate should demonstrate a willingness to work in the field in all seasons or at DOT warehouse facilities, traveling by biking, walking, or using mass transit.
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. DOT is an equal opportunity employer, committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse workforce in an open and inclusive environment.
Preferred Skills: Proficiency in MS Word, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), and Excel is required.
Experience in MS Access is desired. Additionally, a valid New York State Professional Engineer's License and four years of full-time experience in mechanical engineering is desired..
Work Location: 55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041 Hours/Shift: 35 hrs. per week / 9 am - 5 pm Additional Information: ***TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION CANDIDATE MUST BE SERVING PERMANENTLY IN THE TITLE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEER, OR BE REACHABLE ON THE MECHANICAL ENGINEER CIVIL SERVICE LIST, EXAM # 6074.*** Note: Less than 2 yrs. City Service
Appointments are subject to OMB approval. For more information about DOT, visit us at: www.nyc.gov/dot.
In addition to above qualification requirements, to be eligible for placement in Assignment Levels II and , individuals must have at least one year within the last three years of experience as a major contributor or a project leader on a complex project requiring additional and specific expertise in the disciplines needed to design or construct the project.
Proficiency in MS Word, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), and Excel is required. Experience in MS Access is desired. Additionally, a valid New York State Professional Engineer's License and four years of full-time experience in mechanical engineering is desired.
New York City Residency is not required for this position
***TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION CANDIDATE MUST BE SERVING PERMANENTLY IN THE TITLE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEER, OR BE REACHABLE ON THE MECHANICAL ENGINEER CIVIL SERVICE LIST EXAM # 6074.*** Note: Less than 2 yrs. City Service
The City of New York delivers public services through agencies working across education, parks, public safety, health, infrastructure, and other areas.
Source: NYC Open Data · Bespree is not the employer.
***TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION CANDIDATES MUST BE SERVING PERMANENTLY IN THE TITLE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEER, OR BE REACHABLE ON THE MECHANICAL ENGINEER CIVIL SERVICE LIST EXAM #
The Division’s responsibilities include planning, street design, technical analysis, signs, transit development, freight mobility, and markings, ensuring the safety of motor vehicle occupants, pedestrians, and cyclists.
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 NYC DOT Transportation Planning and Management Division (TPM), Office of Livable Streets (OLS), is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to serve as a Contract Engineer within Furniture and Operations. Furniture and Operations manages the design, contract initiation and implementation, planning, installation, and maintenance of bike parking, benches, leaning bars, wayfinding signage, curb extensions, and safety devices for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders throughout New York City. The goal of these programs is to make the city more vibrant, walkable, bikeable, and mass transit accessible, particularly for people who live and work outside.
The Contract Engineer will assist in procurement and quality assurance for standard assets such as bike racks, wayfinding signs, benches, and leaning bars. The Contract Engineer will also conduct research, investigations, studies, or examinations relating to new products such as bollards, edge treatments for bike lanes and pedestrian spaces, hanging signage, crash-rated versions of existing street furniture, and other new materials.
Duties may include, but are not limited to: writing specifications and preparing of or examining design plans and/or working drawings for contracts; drafting shop drawings and details; inspecting and testing samples and/or materials; drafting designs for new or redesigned assets; reviewing shop drawings created by fabrication contractors; engaging in research and investigation of new off-the-shelf products; researching raw materials for traffic maintenance devices; assisting in contract management for design and fabrication tasks; supervising installations; reviewing installation plans; participating in the supervision of the operation, maintaining and use of machinery; when assigned in writing, signing and sealing engineering and other official documents; coordinating with NYC DOT Capital and Department of Design & Construction to ensure updated drawings, specifications and related fabrication contacts are up to date and checking and certifying the installation of materials; evaluating performance and degradation of installed assets; ensuring manufacturing procurement regulation compliance; finding cost and operational efficiencies.
The ideal candidate should be committed to improving the experience and convenience of walking, cycling, and transit throughout New York City. The selected candidate will be asked to work collaboratively and inclusively. The candidate should demonstrate a willingness to work in the field in all seasons or at DOT warehouse facilities, traveling by biking, walking, or using mass transit.
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. DOT is an equal opportunity employer, committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse workforce in an open and inclusive environment.
Preferred Skills: Proficiency in MS Word, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), and Excel is required.
Experience in MS Access is desired. Additionally, a valid New York State Professional Engineer's License and four years of full-time experience in mechanical engineering is desired..
Work Location: 55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041 Hours/Shift: 35 hrs. per week / 9 am - 5 pm Additional Information: ***TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION CANDIDATE MUST BE SERVING PERMANENTLY IN THE TITLE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEER, OR BE REACHABLE ON THE MECHANICAL ENGINEER CIVIL SERVICE LIST, EXAM # 6074.*** Note: Less than 2 yrs. City Service
Appointments are subject to OMB approval. For more information about DOT, visit us at: www.nyc.gov/dot.
In addition to above qualification requirements, to be eligible for placement in Assignment Levels II and , individuals must have at least one year within the last three years of experience as a major contributor or a project leader on a complex project requiring additional and specific expertise in the disciplines needed to design or construct the project.
Proficiency in MS Word, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), and Excel is required. Experience in MS Access is desired. Additionally, a valid New York State Professional Engineer's License and four years of full-time experience in mechanical engineering is desired.
New York City Residency is not required for this position
***TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION CANDIDATE MUST BE SERVING PERMANENTLY IN THE TITLE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEER, OR BE REACHABLE ON THE MECHANICAL ENGINEER CIVIL SERVICE LIST EXAM # 6074.*** Note: Less than 2 yrs. City Service
The City of New York delivers public services through agencies working across education, parks, public safety, health, infrastructure, and other areas.