NY HELPYes

AgencyTransportation, Department of

TitleTransportation Analyst / Trainee 1 / Trainee 2 NY HELPS

Occupational CategoryOther Professional Careers

Salary GradeNS

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $53764 to $85138 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 2%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8 AM

To 4 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Albany

Street Address 50 Wolf Road

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12232

Duties Description The primary responsibility of this position will be to assist in maintaining the Department’s information systems and perform various analyses on the funding and programming of the Department’s Capital Program.
Reporting will be both on a routine and ad-hoc basis, and for audiences both internal and external to the Department. Duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Extract and analyze data related to the Department’s Capital Program, including incorporating data
from multiple sources, such as Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management (OPPM), the federal Fiscal
Management Information System (FMIS), and the Statewide Financial System (SFS);
• Assist the System Administrator for OPPM in user support, system testing and repair, data integrity
testing, and other related tasks that ensure the continuous operation of the database system and
warehouses;
• Assist in the system administration of the electronic version of the State Transportation Improvement
Program (STIP);
• Computation of STIP performance and STIP fiscal constraint;
• Coordinate with other units in the Department, as needed, to obtain necessary data and information;
• Present results of analyses to management;
• Write summaries of analyses to be distributed to necessary management and staff;
• Assist regional program management units in interpreting analyses of Capital Program;
• Document Program Management Bureau Capital Program management procedures;
• Provide data and its associated analysis as input to multiple reporting needs such as the quarterly
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) report to the State Legislature, the annual Governmental
Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 34 (GASB-34) audit.
Successful candidates will have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, be a self-starter and have a strong
commitment to customer service. Strong data analysis and reporting skills are required – daily use of MS
Access, Excel and Oracle Business Intelligence in conjunction with other tools can be expected. Experience
with writing ad-hoc queries is preferred. Flexibility in accommodating additional, time-sensitive tasks as well as
occasional travel to support regional staff and Bureau missions may be required

• Responsibilities may include serving a role within the Incident Command System to support the department’s response to regional and statewide emergency situations.

Minimum Qualifications This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).*
To be considered for appointment through NY HELPS, or 55 b/c, candidates must meet the open competitive
minimum qualifications for this position. The qualifications are:

Transportation Analyst Trainee 1:
A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 24 qualifying semester credit hours*.
Your required educational credentials must have been awarded by an educational institution accredited by a
regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the United States (U.S.)
Department of Education/Secretary of Education. If awarded by an institution outside of the U.S. and its
territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. A list of companies that provide these
services (fees must be paid to the company you choose) can be found at:
http://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfmt

Transportation Analyst Trainee 2:
A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 24 qualifying semester credit hours* AND
Either 1. One year of qualifying experience** OR
2. A master's degree including or supplemented by 24 qualifying semester credit hours*

Transportation Analyst:
A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 24 qualifying semester credit hours* AND
Either 1. Two years of qualifying experience** OR
2. A master's degree including or supplemented by 24 qualifying semester credit hours* AND one year of
qualifying experience**.

*Qualifying semester credit hours: calculus, chemical engineering, civil engineering, civil engineering
technology, civil engineering technology statistics, climate change science, coastal engineering, coastal
management, coastal policy, computer modeling/science, economics, electrical engineering, energy
engineering, energy management, energy policy, engineering, environmental law, environmental
administration, environmental and community land planning, environmental engineering, environmental
management, environmental planning, environmental policy, sustainable engineering, sustainable
management, sustainable policy, geography, geographic information systems, geological engineering,
information science, information systems, information technology, landscape architecture, mathematics,
mechanical engineering, mining engineering, operations research/management, petroleum engineering,
political science, political economy and development, public administration, public policy,
quantitative/analytical methods (mathematical or computer), quantitative analysis, statistics, transportation
engineering, transportation or highway planning, transportation or highway management, transportation or highway systems engineering

**Qualifying Experience is directly related to highways or transportation in either planning, engineering
management, systems analysis or quantitative analysis of transportation or Highway systems and must have
included direct responsibility for the preparation of written material such as narrative reports, letters of
memoranda documenting the accomplishments and/or supervision of such activity. Additionally, this
professional experience must have included one or more of the following: the identification an documentation
of transportation problems and needs; the inventory, data analysis and description of highway or other
transportation facilities, conditions or performance; the analysis and evaluation of existing or proposed
transportation services including plans, programs, projects and policies; the development and/or coordination
of transportation plans or policies; the development of projects for transportation facilities and/or service
improvements (including traffic engineering or safety improvements); supervision and coordination of local
transportation planning programs; the development and/or evaluation of transportation planning methods or
models or program techniques or strategies
Examples of Non-Qualifying Experience: Experience in which the primary duties consist of data collection,
clerical processing of information, fleet and crew dispatching or routing, school bus transportation
administration, transportation related to travel and tourism, construction inspection, preparation of nonnarrative statistical or tabular reports, route sales/delivery, product distribution/warehousing or other similar
work that did not involve analytical techniques, the preparation of written material, traffic or transportation
systems operations, or cartography will not be considered qualifying .
If chosen, you may, at the agency's discretion, be appointed to a higher level. You must inform the agency of
any additional qualifications at your interview.

Candidates may also be qualified for permanent competitive appointment if reachable from the appropriate
Civil Service eligible list or eligible for reassignment or transfer in accordance with Civil Service Law.

Additional Comments *This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). For
the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means
no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they
apply.
At a future date, it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment
status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be
afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While
serving permanently in an NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which
they are qualified.
If you are on the Professional Career Opportunities (PCO) eligible list, please state that along with your score in
your cover letter.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Kelli Shattuck

Telephone

Fax

Email Address dot.sm.mo.fims@dot.ny.gov

Address

Street NYS Department of Transportation

50 Wolf Road

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12232

Notes on ApplyingQualified candidates should submit a letter of interest, a current resume, and a copy of transcripts titled by last
name, with the Notice Number MO-25-197 and last name in the subject line and referenced in the letter of
interest no later than May 14, 2025 to:
New York State Department of Transportation
ATTN: Kelli Shattuck
50 Wolf Road, POD 6-4
Albany, NY 12232
Email: dot.sm.mo.fims@dot.ny.gov