Design Coordinator, Cycling & Micromobility Unit

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 an experienced and detail‑oriented Design Coordinator to aid in the design and development of ready construction plans for bicycle infrastructure projects across the five boroughs. Under the supervision of a Senior Project Manager, this position plays a critical role in collaborating with engineers and planners to ensure innovative urban bikeway designs rooted in sound principles are incorporated into projects that reduce preventable deaths and injuries and encourage mode shift in support of the NYCStreetsPlan. Selected candidate will develop detailed proposed street designs that rebalance existing streets to integrate bicycle facilities, pedestrian improvements, and traffic calming to enhance safety for all street users. The candidate will create comprehensive AutoCAD drawings showing vehicle and bike lane configurations, intersection treatments, curb alignments, roadway dimensions, vertical elements, and pavement markings. Responsibilities include coordinating with project managers, engineers, and other key stakeholders to translate conceptual designs into technically accurate construction documents, reviewing and quality‑checking drawings produced by junior staff, consultants, and other team members, managing multiple concurrent design projects and prioritizing work to meet critical deadlines, developing and maintaining AutoCAD standards, templates, and best practices for the unit, coordinating with other DOT divisions to ensure design consistency, conducting site visits and field measurements to verify existing conditions, preparing design presentations and graphics for community meetings, stakeholder engagement, and internal coordination, ensuring all designs comply with AASHTO, MUTCD, and NYC DOT standards, and supporting junior staff training and technical development. Preferred Skills Advanced AutoCAD proficiency with a minimum of 3‑5 years of 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. Valid New York State Motor Vehicle Driver's License (desirable). Work Location 55 Water Street, NY, NY Hours / Shift 35 hours / M – F Additional Information This position may be eligible for remote work up to 2 days per week, pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed between the City and DC37. Minimum Qualifications A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in civil engineering and one year of full‑time satisfactory experience in civil engineering work; or A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and a Master’s degree from an accredited college in civil engineering. 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. Salary: $76,279.00 – $99,528.00 #J-18808-Ljbffr City of New York