Transportation Engineer jobs in Iowa

Iowa Department of Transportation’s Mission is Making Lives Better Through Transportation. To accomplish our Mission, the person selected for this position will demonstrate actions and behaviors guided by the Iowa Department of Transportation’s five CORE values: Safety First, People Matter, Customer Focused, Servant Leadership, and Integrity Without Exception.
 
The Team: 
This position is part of the Traffic Engineering Section within the Traffic and Safety Bureau. We are a section of ten full-time staff and we’re responsible for telling people where to go!  We do this by staying up-to-date with highway signing guidance, using it to design signs, and incorporating the designs into the Iowa DOT’s project plans. 
 
Want to join our team? Here are few things you should know:

• If you are a self-starter who is passionate about highway signs, this is the job for you!
• If your idea of fun involves curling up on the couch with a copy of the MUTCD, please submit your application.  We would love for you to be part of our team!
• We would prefer you have experience with Bentley MicroStation or other computer-aided drafting software products, but if you don’t, we can teach you.

• Providing technical assistance to district staff – you’ll develop your knowledge of all things related to signing.
• Preparing project plans for two statewide sign programs – you’ll make decisions about what signs say and where they get placed.
• Working with the DOT’s sign shop to create the signs – you’ll have input on whether the signs are just right. 

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:

1. Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in chemical, civil, construction, environmental, materials, mechanics, structural, or transportation engineering or in engineering management.
2. Possession of a verification of graduation with major course work in chemical, civil, construction, environmental, materials, mechanics, structural, or transportation engineering or in engineering management.

Applicants hired with verification of graduation will be required to graduate with a bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university within 10 months of hire.

Within a period of time after hire, as determined by the appointing authority, employees in this class may be required to obtain one or more of the following certificates, licenses, or endorsements:

• Certification as an engineer intern by the Iowa Engineering & Land Surveying Examining Board
• Licensure as a professional engineer by the Iowa Engineering & Land Surveying Examining Board is required within 9 years for continued employment; temporary training assignments will terminate within six months following a second attempt to obtain a professional engineer license or nine years from date of hire.