Project Design Innovation Coordinator, OLS

About the role

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 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 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 Cycling & Micromobility Unit seeks to hire two motivated, detail-oriented Project Design Innovation Coordinators to support the design and development of construction-ready plans for bicycle infrastructure projects across all five boroughs of New York City. The team’s primary focus is the planning, design, and implementation of innovative street improvements that expand and enhance New York City’s bicycle and greenway network. Under the supervision of senior staff, the Project Design Innovation Coordinators will support the development of innovative, sustainable bicycle infrastructure projects in collaboration with engineers, planners, and other stakeholders. The selected candidates will contribute to the development of safe, high-quality street designs that reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries, enhance mobility, and encourage a shift to sustainable transportation modes in support of the NYC Streets Plan.

Responsibilities

• Manage street improvement projects through various stages of project development and implementation, including research, analysis, design, stakeholder engagement, and project delivery.
• Support the development of recommendations for bicycle facilities, bicycle boulevards, complete streets, and other multimodal improvements.
• Conduct traffic operations, safety, and before-and-after analyses using tools such as Synchro, AutoCAD, GIS, and field observations.
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, and design drawings to support project development and decision-making.
• Coordinate with DOT operational units, government agencies, and community stakeholders throughout project development and implementation.
• Support public outreach efforts; assist with presentations to Community Boards, elected officials, local organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Develop materials that communicate project benefits and impacts; prepare correspondence and responses to public and media inquiries.

Requirements

To be considered for this position candidate must be serving permanently in the title of City Planner, or be reachable on the open-competitive civil service list for Exam No. 5045.

Qualifications

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and two years of satisfactory full-time experience in city planning; or
• 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. However, all candidates must have a baccalaureate degree.

Skills

• Advanced AutoCAD proficiency, experience producing construction-ready civil engineering or transportation design drawings.
• Strong understanding of roadway design principles, geometric design, and complete streets concepts.
• Knowledge of protected bicycle lane design standards and implementation best practices.
• Experience applying MUTCD, AASHTO, or NACTO design guidelines.
• Experience with survey data, existing conditions mapping, and incorporating field measurements into designs.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) for creating presentation graphics and visualizations.
• Experience with ArcGIS or other GIS software for spatial analysis and mapping.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing accurate, high-quality technical drawings.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to coordinate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated interest in cycling and the built environment of NYC; willingness to work in the field in all seasons, traveling by bike, walking, or using mass transit.

Pay

$75,777.00 – $111,552.00