Letterer and Sign Painter

Job Description:
Traffic Control & Engineering (TCE) is seeking a highly skilled Letterer and Sign Painter to join our team. Reporting to the Art Room Director, this role involves supporting TCE's signage design needs. Under general supervision, the candidate will perform all kinds of freehand, automated and/or computer designed lettering, sign painting and silk-screening work on various objects and surfaces using all sorts of mediums; performs related duties as assigned. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, precise, and an effective team player with a positive attitude and strong communication skills. Responsibilities include ensuring full compliance with agency safety protocols to maintain a safe work environment for themselves and colleagues, including the correct use and wear of all required safety equipment on-site. The candidate will work collaboratively and inclusively, supporting professional growth and maintaining clear communication with all stakeholders. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to a team committed to enhancing safety, accessibility, and mobility across New York City.

The Department of Transportation's (DOT) mission is to provide for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods in the City of New York and to maintain and enhance the transportation infrastructure crucial to the economic vitality and quality of life of our primary customers, City residents. DOT is an equal opportunity employer, committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse workforce in an open and inclusive environment. 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.

Traffic Control & Engineering is responsible for administration, engineering and operations related to the installation, manufacturing, maintenance and removal of signs, flexible bollards, moveable barriers, in-house traffic sign production and other traffic control devices. The office draws on the expertise and talents of engineers, sign designers, planners, inspectors, IT experts, analysts, and others to help the agency achieve Vision Zero and other city goals.

Preferred Skills:
-Proficiency in specialized computer graphics and logo design software, as well as the use of computer-driven tools such as thermal and vinyl cutting plotters to design, layout, and create lettering, text, graphics, logos, and signs.
-Proficient in the FLEXI program and may also utilize pressure-sensitive lettering and related equipment.
-Experience in working with both reflective and non-reflective vinyl sheeting is essential, including the application of these materials on a variety of substrates such as aluminum, other metals, plastic, wood, and glass.
-Comprehensive experience in all aspects of silk screen creation.
-Handling and lifting of heavy materials.
-Proficient in the use of pneumatic equipment.

Additional Information:
This position is open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a program. Please indicate in your resume or cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position under the 55-a program.

Work Location: 58-50 57th Road, Maspeth, New York

Hours/Shift: 37.5 hours per week / M - F 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

To Apply:
All resumes are to be submitted electronically using one of the following methods:
Current employees please log on into Employee Self Service at https://hrb.nycaps.nycnet and follow the Careers Link and search for Job ID#689733
All other applicants, go to www.nyc.gov/careers/search and search for Job ID #689733
No phone calls, faxes or personal inquiries permitted.
Only applicants under consideration will be contacted.
Most public libraries have computers available for use.
Note: New hires must reside in NYC for the first two years of employment. Appointments are subject to OMB approval.
For more information about DOT, visit us at: www.nyc.gov/dot.

Qualification Requirements
1. Five years of satisfactory full-time, paid experience, as a sign painter or letterer doing layout and preparation of lettering, signs and posters, using a brush freehand, paste-on or stenciled letters, or computer graphics software, and other related sign/lettering work; or

2. A satisfactory combination of experience and/or education which is equivalent to "1" above. Six months of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of related education and/or computer training in an accredited trade or vocational school, including apprenticeship or helper experience in lettering or sign painting. However, all candidates must have at least two years and six months of the experience described in "1" above.

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.