Transportation Technician Railroad Intern

Wisconsin DOT; Green Bay (WI); Hybrid; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

WisDOT's Northeast Region in Green Bay is seeking a Transportation Technician Railroad Intern to help inventory and document highway-railroad crossings, providing guidance to staff under limited supervision. The role offers a hybrid schedule with a minimum two days per week in the Green Bay office and telework within Wisconsin.

It is a part-time internship during the school year, with possible full-time work in summer.

Qualifications

• Experience with and ability to follow technical instructions.
• Experience providing administrative support (such as emailing, researching, document management, etc.).
• Experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) or a similar software.

Responsibilities

• Document the highway‑railroad inventory by working with the RRC to field inventory in the Railroad Crossing Inventory (RCIS) database.
• Assist RRC with coordinating and guiding activities to ensure the project development process addresses highway‑railroad coordination.

Skills

Follow technical instructions

Administrative support

Microsoft Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Introduction

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), Division of Transportation Systems Development (DTSD), Northeast Region (NER) is currently recruiting for a Transportation Technician Railroad Intern. This internship opportunity provides hands‑on experience with maintaining inventory and documenting highway-railroad crossings.

This internship position is headquartered in Green Bay, WI.

This position offers a hybridized work schedule. The position will be headquartered at and required to work from the NER Green Bay Office at least 2 days per week. All employees working a hybrid schedule are still expected to telework from within the State of Wisconsin. This topic will be discussed more at the time of the interview.

This intern position is part‑time during the school year. This position may begin as full‑time during the summer. Students who have already graduated are ineligible. However, students who have graduated from and undergraduate program but are enrolled in or entering a graduate program are eligible.

WisDOT is a great place to work! In addition to meaningful and rewarding work, we provide:

A casual office atmosphere, flexible work schedules, and telework options depending on the position’s requirements
A free and confidential employee assistance program that offers employees and their immediate family dependents a variety of tools, resources, and professional consultation services to support their health, goals and overall well‑being
LTE positions assist in the development of your skills and experience and offer growth potential via opportunities to join our team in a permanent role!

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is an organization dedicated to creating transportation solutions through innovation and exceptional service. We are committed to fostering an environment rooted in Integrity, Diversity, Excellence, and Accountability.

Every day, WisDOT’s Division of Transportation System Development plays the leading role in the upkeep and improvement of nearly 12,000 miles of state highways and bridges used by millions of people. You’ll find that behind every barrel is a dedicated team from a wide array of backgrounds including engineering, planning, environmental services, public outreach, real estate, finance and many more.It can be a challenging job, but we think you’ll find it’s an awfully rewarding one, too.

We’re looking for detail‑oriented critical thinkers to help deliver a quality program to build, improve and maintain transportation infrastructure throughout the state. We encourage anyone at any point in any career to take a look at WisDOT opportunities and give some thought to how your skills and resume line up. Having a good attitude, a willingness to learn and a passion for creating lasting, impactful work will go a long way here. It’s a big system with lots of opportunity and responsibilities.

Are you up for it? At WisDOT, you can Build the Future – NOW.

Position Summary

This position inventories and documents the highway-railroad crossings and assists with providing guidance to staff and coordination on highway-railroad crossings. This position functions under close to limited supervision of the Technical Services Section (TSS) Supervisor and at the direction of the Northeast Region (NER) Regional Railroad Coordinator (RRC).

This position will be responsible for performing the following duties:

• Document the highway‑railroad inventory by working with the RRC to field inventory in the Railroad Crossing Inventory (RCIS) database.
  Assist RRC with coordinating and guiding activities to ensure the project development process addresses highway‑railroad coordination.

Salary Information

This position is in schedule-range (06-10) with a salary of $18.00 per hour.

Job Details

This state agency does not sponsor work visas. This state agency is not enrolled in USCIS E-Verify and is not eligible to employ international F-1 students seeking STEM‑OPT extension. Any appointment made will be contingent on the applicant being able to prove valid status to work in the United States.

Prior to any appointments for position(s) filled from this announcement, candidates may be subject to a comprehensive criminal background check which may include FBI fingerprinting.

This is a Limited Term Employment (LTE) position and limited to 1,039 hours in 26 consecutive pay periods (1 year).

Wisconsin residency is not required for internship positions. However, all interns are expected to be headquartered and work within the State of Wisconsin. Working outside of Wisconsin will not be approved.

Limited Term Employment (LTE) positions are not civil service classified positions, do not give any rights to permanent civil service classified positions and do not lead to permanent status.

Qualifications

Minimally qualified candidates will have:

• Experience with and ability to follow technical instructions.
• Experience providing administrative support (such as emailing, researching, document management, etc.).
• Experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) or a similar software.

In addition to the above, well qualified candidates will have:

• Experience interpreting highway plans and engineering concepts.
• Experience reading and interpreting technical documents.

Deadline to Apply

The application deadline is Monday, November 16th at 11:59 pm.