Transportation Engineer Specialist

Are you looking to build your professional strengths as a member of a design team? Do you value an inclusive, collaborative, flexible, engaging work environment? As our newest Transportation Engineer Specialist, youll spend your day leading project designs, finding innovative solutions that are vital to make Iowa highways safer while fulfilling our Mission - Making Lives Better Through Transportation .

Location : Ames, IA Transportation Development Division/Design Bureau

Shift Requirements : Days, Monday through Friday

As a Transportation Engineer Specialist (TES) , you will assist the Transportation Engineer Manager (TEM) with coordinating and leading the Design section. You will be responsible for complex to highly complex highway projects. This position will foster growth and support the team through the five core values of the department: Safety First, People Matter, Customer Focused, Servant Leadership, and Integrity Without Exception

Our most successful candidate will have a comprehensive understanding of highway design and the processes necessary to develop highway construction plans for letting. These projects include, but are not limited to, system interchanges, urban/rural interstate improvements and expansion, and complex urban/rural projects. These projects typically include complicated staging and traffic control, context-sensitive design, and coordination with various bureaus, districts, and other agencies.

Additional duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Reviewing designs to ensure projects meet design criteria, specifications, and constructability.
• Using advanced software applications and working in a 3D design environment
• Representing the DOT and the Design Bureau at public meetings and project management team meetings
• Serving on various design committees and having a role in updating the Design Bureau's policy and procedures
• Training other staff members in CADD, proper design methodology, design processes, and other areas as needed.

Special Requirements:

Possess and maintain a professional engineering license as defined by the Iowa Professional Licensing Bureau.

The Iowa Department of Transportation is proud to be a partner with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Through this partnership, DOT engineers are granted membership at a largely discounted price, as well as discounts for conferences and continuing education through the ASCE. We are excited to offer this benefit and to have you join this partnership with us! If you're interested in learning more about this benefit, please visit

• Competitive pay and benefits package including health, dental, flexible spending, and life insurance
• Insurance benefits start first of the month following 30 days of employment. 2025 health and dental insurance premiums can be found !

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  The Iowa Department of Transportation is an equal opportunity employer. If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing any screening, interviewing, pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the selection process, please direct your request to the Affirmative Action & Equal Employment Opportunity (AA/EEO) Officer at: ...

  Reasonable accommodation such as: interpreter, translator, written materials, modified equipment / devices, ADA access, etc. This does not include scheduling needs.

  Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:
  
  1) All of the following (a and b):
  a. Licensure as a professional engineer; and
  b. Two years of full-time professional work experience in transportation engineering or civil engineering.
  2) All of the following (a, b, and c):
  a. Licensure as a professional engineer; and
  b. One year of full-time professional work experience in transportation engineering or civil engineering; and
  c. Graduation from an accredited college or university with a masters degree in chemical, civil, construction, environmental, materials, structural, or transportation engineering; engineering management; or a field closely related to transportation engineering.
  3) Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes one year of full-time work as a Transportation Engineer.
  
  For additional information, please click on this link to view the job description .Prior to appointment, applicants must possess active licensure as a professional engineer by the Iowa Engineering & Land Surveying Examining Board.