Construction Specialist 1 - Albany, United States - Thruway Authority

Thruway Authority

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Albany, United States

2 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Minimum Qualifications

Current New York State employee with one year or more of qualifying permanent service to an Assistant Engineer Civil/Transportation SG-20 and eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the NYS Civil Service Law.

NY HELPS Qualifications:

High school graduation or equivalent and six years of full-time satisfactory experience in civil engineering or engineering technology related to transportation infrastructure work.

Substitutions; Thirty semester hours of training from a technical institute, community college or college in civil engineering, civil engineering technology, construction technology, engineering, physical or applied sciences on a year-for-year basis, up to four years.

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).

At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), 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 a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

Duties Description

The Construction Specialist - Transportation (CS-1) Position in Engineering Quality Assurance Unit will, as directed by the Professional Engineer EQAU lead, assist in preparing designs, proposals, specifications, and cost and quantity estimates for highway, bridge, traffic systems, related architectural buildings, and other transportation infrastructure work.

This work will require utilization of knowledge and experience in performing complex civil engineering technical activities to conduct reviews of construction ready documents for technical accuracy of plans and estimates.

The CS-1 will also be responsible to independently prepare the engineering portions of capital contracts, including cost estimates, using current construction contract preparation software platforms.

The Engineering Quality Assurance Unit (EQAU), is responsible for:

Assembling capital project construction agreement documents into a complete bid package, project advertisements, and to manage contract amendments until contract Letting.
Responsible to administer the Authority's Standard Sheets (drawings of standard details); cost engineering, value engineering, and engineering bulletin issuances.
Technical engineering work related to the construction contract development activities for the roads, structures, and architectural facilities that the Authority's Capital Plan addresses.

Additional Comments
Free onsite employee parking. Remote work availability and hours will be discussed at time of interview.
This is a NYS Thruway Authority Unit 2 CSEA position:
Health Insurance and Prescription Drug Coverage.
Dental and Vision Coverage.

13 Paid Holidays, 4 of which are floating holidays, which are credited in July each year for use from July 1st through June 30th.

Vacation, Sick and Personal Accruals.

Sick Leave is credited at the rate of one-half day each biweekly pay period up to a total of 165 days.

Sick Leave Incentive Plan - Employees who have not accumulated 165 sick days and have not used sick leave during the periods of January 1st to June 30th or July 1st to December 31st each year, may receive two days of pay for each six-month period.

Employees who have a sick leave balance of 165 sick leave days, and continuously maintain that balance for each six-month period, may receive four days of pay for each six-month period.

Employees with 20+ years of Authority/State service may receive up to an additional five days of vacation leave accruals annually.

Vacation Exchange Program - Between November 15th.

and December 31st of each year, employees who have previously earned and accrued vacation credits may elect to receive cash payments in lieu of the use of up to five days of such accrued vacation credits.

Employees who maintain a 35-day vacation accrual balance in the pay period prior to submitting the election form may exchange an additional five days for a total exchange of 10 days of accrued vacation credits.

Membership in the New York State and Local Retirement System, as well as optional enrollment in the NYS Deferred Compensation Plan.

Tuition Assistance Program, which reimburses 90% of tuition costs for approved courses up to 21 credit hours per year.
New York's 529 College Savings Program, which provides New York families with a tax-advantaged way to save for college.

Longevity Pay - Employees with five years of satisfactory service at or above the maximum salary of their grade will be eligible to have salary advanced to the First Longevity, 10 years of satisfactory service will advance to the Second Longevity, and 15 years of satisfactory service will advance to the Third Longevity.

Longevity pay has