The State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation (CTDOT), is now accepting applications for a Connecticut Career Trainee position, with a target class of Transportation Planner 1 within the Bureau of Policy & Planning, Roadway Information Systems Office, Photolog Unit. The position is located at the Department of Transportation Headquarters in Newington.
This position requires working collaboratively with unit and office staff, and with other offices within the Department of Transportation, as well as public entities to collect, model, enhance, and expand the Roadway Inventory features and assets that are contained within the network.
The position will perform duties of increasing difficulty split between the field and office to assist with collection of data from a variety of sources and manage that information within specialized software platforms and databases.
POSITION HIGHLIGHTS
- Schedule: Full-Time (40 Hour), First Shift, Monday - Friday
- Location: Newington, CT
- This position is eligible to apply for telework after successful completion of the working test period, and thereafter, in accordance with the Telework Policy. Employees in their working test period must work on site in the office. Learn more about the Telework Policy.
- Applicants must be available to travel for training, conferences, meetings, field reviews, etc.
- A valid driver's license is required and must be maintained.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
- Visit our new State Employee Benefits Overview page!
- Professional growth and development opportunities
- A healthy work/life balance to all employees
- Work for an award-winning agency! CTDOT has been recently awarded the Employer of the Year award by the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE) and named the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) CT Employer of the Year for 2024!
- The convenience of an on-site, low-cost fitness center, on-site cafeteria, and Electric Vehicle (EV) charging at our Newington, CT, Headquarters facility. All CTDOT facilities have ample free parking with easy access from major highways and by public transportation.
APPLICATION DETAILS
Please list your driver’s license number, expiration date, and issuing State, and any other job-relevant licenses or certifications you hold, in the Licenses and Professional Certifications section of your application.
THE TEAM AND ROLE
The Roadway Information Systems Section is responsible for the collection, analysis and dissemination of roadway transportation data including Pavement condition data, Right-of-Way imagery, vehicle volumes, classifications, travel speeds and truck weigh-in-motion and the collection of a variety of other roadway attribution. The data and information are necessary to assess and predict roadway network performance, keep an accurate accounting of miles of road and attribution, and must be done in order to comply with Federal regulations. Detailed transportation data are needed for capital project support, for funding allocation and for Federal reporting purposes. This is an exciting opportunity to learn and start a career in this “behind the scenes” data gathering and analysis that is a critical part of transportation planning in our State.
Field duties will include assisting with the setup, calibration, operation and maintenance of the Department’s state-of-art and highly technical High-speed Profilling vans; performing an annual, bidirectional collection of pavement condition data and imagery for the entire state route network and ramps, a subset of the local roads and the CT Fastrak System; and will assist with the identification, layout and maintenance of control and verification sites.
In this role you will:
- Upload and processing of data in the advanced data processing and online data viewing platform environments;
- Support, configuration and troubleshooting of the platform hardware with our vendors and Information Technologies group;
- Development of data and final reports for Department, federal and other business needs; reading and interpreting engineering plans, diagrams and schematics;
- Performing daily quality control checks; keeping logs;
- Populating databases and working with spreadsheets;
- Reviewing and preparing statistical, written and technical reports;
- Working with Geographic Information Systems and utilizing maps in ArcGIS and other Linear Reference System (LRS) platforms to analyze data for impacts to transportation facilities, projects and programs.
This position requires traveling, and the following requirements:
- Must possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s license.
- Operate a large Ford Transit/Sprinter Style van in traffic for long periods of the day.
- Advance through and pass each of three operator certification levels as required by the Department’s Data Quality Plan (DQMP).
APPOINTMENT
The length of the development program is determined by the experience and training requirements of the designated class and the prior experience of the incumbent. At the completion of the development program incumbents must meet the experience and training requirements of the designated class. The program cannot be less than one (1) year and cannot exceed three (3) calendar years in accordance with C.G.S. 5-234.
Incumbents in this class will be eligible for reclassification to the designated class without competitive examination upon successful completion of the development program and satisfactory service.
All appointments to this class shall be under terms of a development program and in accordance with a time schedule approved by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. All development programs must be approved by the Department of Administrative Services prior to appointment to this class.
Eligibility for promotion to the target classification of Transportation Planner 1 is earned upon successful completion of your training program:
- Candidates with a bachelor’s degree may be eligible to serve a 2-year development program.
- Candidates with a master’s degree in a closely related field may be eligible to serve a 1-year development program.
- Candidates with three (3) years of professional experience in transportation engineering or transportation, urban, regional or environmental planning may be eligible to serve a 3-year development program.
The salary for an employee who completes any of the above minimum requirements after initial appointment to the Connecticut Careers Trainee job class will be adjusted commensurate with the schedule above and effective the pay period following the date the master’s degree has been conferred or the pay period following the date the appropriate number of credits as indicated above have been earned.
For current state employees, compensation will be in accordance with guidelines for computing salary adjustments set forth by the Department of Administrative Services, Determining Salary Upon Change in Class manual.
ABOUT US
As one of Connecticut's largest State agencies, DOT employs approximately 3,300 individuals statewide in five bureaus. It is the DOT's mission to improve quality of life through transportation. We have a significant transportation infrastructure system that is essential to maintaining mobility for Connecticut residents and businesses and supporting economic and community development while preserving environmental and cultural resources. The Department of Transportation is committed to cultivating a diverse staff that is representative of the communities we serve. Applications from individuals having diverse backgrounds and life experiences are strongly encouraged.
Learn more about our mission, vision, and values here!
