GOT-IT

Motor Carrier Investigator

Grade 15

New York State has approximately 34 positions* in this title statewide. You may view a breakdown of positions by county. This position exists in Transportation, Department of. View links to all New York State agencies including agencies that have this title. For more information, New York State employees can contact the Career Mobility Office at (518) 485-6199 or (800) 553-1322. If you are not a current New York State employee, you can use the Department of Civil Service Web site to explore possible employment opportunities.

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Summary of Job Description

As a Motor Carrier Investigator, you would:

Maintain knowledge of federal and state laws, rules, and regulations, including Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulations, NYS Transportation Law, and Title 17 of New York State Code of Rules and Regulations; interprets and applies laws, rules, and regulations.

Issue Notices of Violations (NOVs) that lead to civil penalties and testifies in administrative, criminal, and civil courts.

Collect evidence and build cases against carriers by creating indexes and exhibits, and citing evidence.

Assist attorneys by testifying in court, submitting evidence, and making recommendations for settlements.

Successfully complete mandatory training and maintains required certifications provided by the FMCSA as well as extensive on-the-job training.

Pass tests on various motor carrier safety disciplines from the national training center to become certified and performs a designated number of roadside inspections and safety audits per year consistent with the FMCSA standard, to maintain certifications to perform roadside inspections and safety audits.  In order to maintain the certification to perform safety audits, incumbents must maintain the certification to perform roadside inspections.

Conduct roadside and terminal driver and vehicle inspections randomly and based on system safety measurement indicators as well as, in response to consumer and industry complaints.

Complete both federal and state compliance audits, which include New Entrant Safety Audits (NESAs) on behalf of the FMCSA of interstate motor carriers providing either for-hire or private transportation services.

Conduct the following audits of motor carriers based upon safety scores.  

Perform safety audits of motor carriers that have an unsatisfactory inspection history.

Perform terminal inspections and safety reviews of passenger carriers that have an alert status in FMCSAs Safety Measurement System.

Performs Driver Vehicle Examination Report (DVER) reviews of motor carriers that do not show proof of corrections for out-of-service violations.

Perform audits of carriers with high out-of-service rates, and multiple audits of motor carriers who are repeat out-of-service offenders.

Perform complaint investigations of unauthorized operations of for-hire motor carriers; consumer and industry complaint investigations concerning household goods companies and complaint investigations concerning unsafe motor carrier operations.

Conduct compliance reviews of motor carriers including but not limited to records involving commercial driver files which include drug and alcohol testing; medical qualification; Commercial Driver Licensing (CDL) requirements (when applicable); driver abstracts and former employment records as well as reviewing vehicle maintenance records.

Perform administrative duties such as scheduling work, preparing detailed reports of investigations, and contacting motor carriers on behalf of state and federal governments.

View the classification standard for this title, on the Classification and Compensation webpage.

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Summary of Minimum Qualifications

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

You must take and pass a Civil Service examination in order to be considered for this position.

On or before the date of the examination, the candidate must have either:

1. a bachelor's degree, including or supplemented by 12 semester credit hours in transportation management, transportation economics, traffic management, transportation law, physical distribution, transportation planning, transportation systems management, economics, public administration, accounting, political science, or criminal justice. You must include with your application a list of qualifying courses showing the name of the course, the number of semester credit hours, the date completed, and the college or university where taken;

OR

2. three years of experience in a position with responsibility for commercial vehicle enforcement or motor carrier traffic management as dispatcher, traffic manager, or terminal manager with a motor carrier of property or passengers that is regulated by the United States Department of Transportation or the New York State Department of Transportation. Similar experience with other state or federal transportation regulatory agencies will be considered qualifying. Experience in a position with a government regulatory agency with responsibility for the investigation and reporting of compliance with state, federal, and/or local government laws, rules, and regulations will also be considered qualifying.

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

25-886

How to Apply

When this examination is scheduled to be held, the announcement can be found on the Department of Civil Service, Examination Announcements web page. If you do not see an examination currently scheduled please check back on a monthly basis or sign up for announcement notification by email so that you will automatically be notified when new examinations are being offered.

Career Mobility

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through other examinations, additional education and/or work experience or transfer opportunities. For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office. Visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists. If you are not a current New York State employee, see Employment Opportunities with New York State and find out how to become a New York State employee.

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