
BOB-Assistant Team Leader
New York, NYFull-time$66–100K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The New York City Department of Transportation’s Division of Bridges manages bridges, tunnels, and retaining walls. The Assistant Team Leader serves as a Senior Bridge Inspector, conducting inspections and documenting bridge conditions under a team leader’s direction. The role includes fieldwork in varied weather and confined spaces, preparing reports and safety documentation, and may involve evening, night, and weekend work.
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Job Description
Civil Service Title- Assistant Engineer (Civil)
To be considered for this position candidate must be serving in the title permanently, or must have filed for Exam # 7006 and provide proof.
The New York City Department of Transportation, Division of Bridges is responsible for managing the full life cycle of over 800 bridges and tunnels and over 600 retaining walls, ensuring safety of the public and ensuring mobility for all users. Team members may work on major project designs, oversee construction, oversee maintenance activities, perform engineering reviews and quality assurance tasks on some of the most iconic and complex projects in the City.
Serves as a Senior Bridge Inspector in the Bridge Inspection & Management unit of the Bureau of Maintenance, Inspection, and Operations. Under supervision, performs In-depth, routine, special, and emergency inspections using a variety of equipment and tools. The job requires inspecting elevated structures over roadways, railroads, and water, as well as tunnels, in a confined space, using equipment such as a bucket truck, man-lift, ladder, and snooper in all weather conditions. Prepares bridge condition sketches for thorough documentation. Produces bridge inspection reports per the accepted New York State bridge inspection standards under the direction of a team leader. Identifies and prioritizes potential hazards. Prepares structural and safety flags will all necessary plans, drawings, and technical specifications. The position requires an employee to drive an inspection van for fieldwork. May assist the Director of Bridge Inspection in the office with bridge inspection-related work. Maybe required to work evenings, nights, and weekends. Performs other related duties
Work Location
30-30 THOMSON AVE, QUEENS, 11001
Hours
35/ Monday - Friday
All resumes are to be submitted electronically. All applicants please go to https://cityjobs.nyc.gov and search for Job ID# 804533. No phone calls, faxes or personal inquiries permitted. Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. Appointments are subject to OMB approval. For more information about DOT, visit us at: www.nyc.gov/dot.
Other reasons you should work for us: Benefits: City employees are entitled to unmatched benefits such as: a premium-free health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually, per a 2024 assessment. additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the positions associated union/benefit fund. a public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement. College savings plan Commuter Benefits (Pre-Tax) a tax-deferred savings program and access to robust Wellness Programs that offer resources and opportunities you can enjoy as a City employee Work From Home Policy: Depending on your position, you may be able to work up to two days during the week from home. 35-hour base work week. Job Security - you could enjoy more job security compared to private sector employment and be able to contribute to making NYCs 4 East River Bridges Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg and Queensboro and other bridge infrastructures safer for pedestrians and motorists.
ASSISTANT CIVIL ENGINEER - 20210
Qualifications
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A baccalaureate degree in civil engineering from an accredited college or university and one year of fulltime satisfactory experience in civil engineering work; or
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A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in civil engineering technology and three years of full-time satisfactory experience in civil engineering work; or
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A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and a master’s degree in civil engineering from an accredited college or university.
Additional Information
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 Min: $ 66,330.00
Salary Max: $ 99,528.00
How this job compares
Set against the 4,953 open Civil Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$66–100K/yr
- New York median$95–134K/yr232 salary ranges
- US median$91–145K/yr2,697 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $83K, is 28% below the New York median midpoint ($115K) — in the lowest quarter of Civil Engineer salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 339 open Civil Engineer jobs in New York and 4,953 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, LLC25 open
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- Experience
- Civil Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (4,012 postings).
- Education
- 3,864 of the 4,953 open Civil Engineer jobs (78%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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