Occ. Code 2132300

SENIOR TRANSPORTATION ANALYST, GRADE 23

New York State Department of Civil Service

Classification Standard

NATURE OF WORK

            Senior Transportation Analysts design, direct and conduct transportation systems planning, program planning, and project development and review activities in support of the State’s transportation program.  Positions supervise subordinate staff assigned to their section or project.

            These positions are found in the central office and regional offices of the Department of Transportation.

CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA AND DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

            Senior Transportation Analysts are characterized by directing project and program development, analyses, and review activities, developing and implementing planning programs, designing and implementing major surveys and studies, developing and testing new methods for studies, planning, and project accomplishment, and supervising Transportation Analysts and other professional and technical staff, in support of transportation programs.  Typically, incumbents direct a planning or program review section, although positions may be classified to direct and implement special projects or programs.

            These positions are distinguished from Transportation Analysts by the latter class’s lack of supervisory and program and project management responsibilities.

            Associate Transportation Analysts develop and direct major planning and project development programs and typically supervise several work sections, each headed by a Senior Transportation Analyst.

            Positions in this series are distinguished from other planning and research classes by their full-time involvement in activities designed to plan and improve transportation systems.

TYPICAL ACTIVITIES, TASK AND ASSIGNMENTS

Develops and directs transportation studies and surveys.

• Design study and survey plans, including developing objectives, assigning parameters, selecting methods of analysis, and scheduling projects and completion dates.

• Develops, evaluates, and implements performance measures.

• Establishes project and program priorities.

• Assigns work to subordinates and reviews work in progress and on completion.

• Reviews and resolves problems or may reassign for further analysis if alternatives or problems develop which were not anticipated.

• Develops and applies procedures and methods to identify and quantify impact of transportation alternatives on economic, social, environmental, and other factors.

• Assures that findings, recommendations, and methodology are documented.

• Reviews staff work and completes technical reports and recommendations.

• May prepare position papers and policy statements or revisions based on findings.

Supervises the review and evaluation of projects.

• Directs the review of applications for funding of transportation projects.

• Analyzes projects in regards to their size, relationship to existing and proposed transportation facilities, feasibility, impact, cost, possible alternatives, compliance with regional and statewide planning goals, legal and funding constraints, environmental, social, and economic impact, etc.

• Prepares recommendations about projects and project elements.

• Consults with agency staff and representatives of State and local governments and regulatory authorities about projects.

• Reviews changes in capital programs and projects, including costs, schedules, and priorities.

• Develops and reviews recommendations to correct existing and anticipated program imbalances, including documentation.

• Supervises complex studies of multi-mode transportation plans and projects.

Directs a variety of program support activities.

• Develops criteria for evaluating program economy, efficiency, and effectiveness.

• Evaluates and prepares reports about transit systems, including funding, maintenance, service plans, and policy.

• Attends hearings, conferences, and meetings and makes speeches and presentations about transportation studies and issues.

• Establishes program goals and objectives and procedures and techniques for evaluating goals, programs, and projects.

• Assures compliance of State and Regional planning with State and Federal regulations.

• Recommends changes in policy and proposes legislation based on study findings.

• Directs the processing, review, and monitoring of funding applications and grants, including preparation of progress reports and preparation of project, financial, and scheduling revisions.

• Evaluates programs and techniques used in other states for possible incorporation into New York State’s transportation program.

• Directs the development, implementation, and maintenance of data inventory, collection, and analysis systems, including supporting documentation, based on user needs.

• Directs the preparation of manuals and procedures for use by State, regional, and local transportation programs.

Directs regional planning activities by supervising studies and programs, serving as liaison with regional and local transportation agencies, maintaining inventories of local and State transportation facilities, coordinating State and local projects and programs, and providing technical assistance and advice to local authorities.

May develop, implement, and supervise special projects and programs for a regional or statewide program.

Supervises and trains subordinate staff.

• Plans, schedules, and assigns work.

• Trains staff in program procedures.

• Provides technical assistance and advice and resolves problems.

• Reviews work in progress and upon completion for adherence to objectives, policy, and guidelines.

• Evaluates employee performance, providing counseling as necessary.

May perform the duties of Transportation Analyst.

RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS

            Senior Transportation Analysts have frequent written and oral communications with subordinate staff, program staff, technical specialists in other areas, and representatives of State and local government to plan and implement projects and programs, discuss findings and recommendations, resolve problems, provide technical assistance and advice,  coordinate activities, and present and explain programs and recommendations to others.  Incumbents must exercise tact and diplomacy to gain cooperation and support for department programs and projects.

NATURE OF SUPERVISION

            Incumbents supervise the work of subordinate staff, which includes Transportation Analysts and technical and administrative support staff.  In this capacity, Senior Transportation Analysts plan and schedule work, determine project priorities and parameters, provide technical assistance and advice, resolve problems, review work, and make determinations.

            Incumbents are supervised by higher level Transportation Analysts who provide program and policy direction, assign staff to project or program areas, establish program priorities, and review completed work for compliance with program and policy objectives.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Good knowledge of the principles, procedures, and techniques used in transportation planning, program planning, and project development and evaluation.

• Good knowledge of the methods and procedures used in research analysis and planning.

• Good knowledge of statistical and information collection, manipulation, and analysis techniques, procedures, and methods.

• Working knowledge of agency program operations, policies, goals, and objectives.

• Working knowledge of the principles of supervision.

• Working knowledge of techniques used to evaluate transportation safety, financing, regulation, and social, environmental, and economic impact.

• Working knowledge of laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures governing the transportation planning program.

• Ability to plan, organize, schedule, and direct work.

• Ability to establish program and project priorities.

• Ability to communicate orally and in writing.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships with others.

• Ability to draw conclusions, identify important findings, forecast trends, and select approaches consistent with findings.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

            Promotion:  One year of permanent competitive service as a Transportation Analyst or Program Research Specialist 2 (Transportation).

Reviewed:  6/03

NOTE:  Classification Standards illustrate the nature, extent and scope of duties and responsibilities of the classes they describe.  Standards cannot and do not include all of the work that might be appropriately performed by a class.  The minimum qualifications above are those which were required for appointment at the time the Classification Standard was written.  Please contact the Division of Staffing Services for current information on minimum qualification requirements for appointment or examination.