Work Zone Design Engineer (TE Specialist)

State of Iowa; Ames (IA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

IPERS Retirement

Paid time off

Job summary

Iowa Department of Transportation is seeking a Work Zone Design Engineer (TE Specialist) to oversee the design and application of traffic control measures for construction projects on Iowa’s primary and interstate systems. You will lead efforts to ensure motorist and worker safety, maintain traffic flow, and contribute to statewide practices from the Ames Design Bureau.

The role requires collaboration with multiple stakeholders, field reviews, and participation in task forces.

Qualifications

• Active Iowa professional engineering license is required or must be obtained prior to appointment.
• Must possess and maintain a Class C Driver's License.
• No immigration sponsorship will be provided now or in the future to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Advise engineers and designers on solutions to non-standard and highly complex challenges.
• Advance innovation in safety analysis, investment optimization, technologies, and methods related to construction zone traffic control.
• Collaborate with central highway design, district design teams, and consulting partner teams to ensure training, adaptability, and efficient delivery of transportation services.

Skills

Leadership

Safety analysis

Stakeholder collaboration

Construction zone traffic control

Education

Professional engineering license (Iowa)

Tools

Class C Driver's License

Job description

Are you interested in ensuring safe, effective traffic control in construction zones? Do you have a passion for leading and setting standards and polices on complex projects? If yes, this could be a great opportunity for you. The Iowa DOT is a national leader in using data collection and analysis to improve driver and worker safety in work zones, and we want you to come be a part of our team!

We are looking for a Work Zone Design Engineer (TE Specialist) to join the Iowa Department of Transportation Design Bureau. You will be a key player in overseeing the design and application of traffic control measures for use during the construction of improvement projects on the primary and interstate systems in Iowa. Your leadership will help us ensure motorist and worker safety, traffic flow, and project success.

You will partner with multiple stakeholders to develop effective construction staging and traffic control strategies, conduct field reviews to evaluate performance in real-world conditions, and contribute your expertise to task forces and committees. This is a chance to take on meaningful responsibility, influence statewide practices, and grow within a highly valued engineering specialty.

Location: Ames, Iowa – Design Bureau

Shift Requirements: Days, Monday through Friday. Flexible work hours available. Some travel will be required.

Our most successful candidate will have a thorough understanding of the highway development process, highway design, construction zone traffic control design, and assessment, as well as the capability to research evolving practices in construction zone traffic control advances to aid the agency in deploying the most current and effective measures.

• Advise engineers and designers on solutions to non-standard and highly complex challenges.
• Advance innovation in safety analysis, investment optimization, technologies, and methods related to construction zone traffic control.
• Work closely and effectively as part of our central highway design team, district design teams, and our consulting engineering partner teams to ensure that they are highly trained, adaptive, and efficient in the delivery of excellent transportation services that support our agency goals.

Additional Requirements:

• Must have, or prior to appointment, must obtain an active Iowa professional engineering license through the Iowa Professional Licensing Bureau -Engineering and Land Surveying Examination Board.
• Must possess and maintain a Class C Driver's License.

At this time, we're not considering applicants who need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information on work authorization needs, please use the following links.

Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

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 https://www.asce.org/membership.

The 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.

As a State of Iowa employee, you will be eligible for the following benefits:

• Competitive pay and benefits package including health, dental, flexible spending, and life insurance
• Insurance benefits start the first month following 30 days of employment, and costs can be reviewed here.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Paid time off effective immediately - biweekly vacation, separate sick leave, accruals rollover on a yearly basis, and 9 paid holidays per year.
• Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) Retirement Package with employer match
• Optional 401A plan with employer contributions.
• Employee Discount Programs from a variety of vendors (vision, cellular, fitness, recreation, season passes, travel, counseling; legal, financial).

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 AA/EEO Officer at [e-mail].

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

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees' rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.

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

1. Three years of full-time work experience in engineering survey, which included the operation of survey instruments.
2. A total of three years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in number one), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university course work in civil engineering, construction engineering, or photogrammetry equals one year of full-time experience.
3. Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes one year of full-time work in survey, construction, maintenance, or design as a Highway Technician Associate, Highway Technician, Highway Technician Senior, Construction Technician Assistant, Construction Technician, or Construction Technician Senior.

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• All positions are required to have and maintain a minimum of a valid Class C Non-Commercial Operator's License.
• Prior to starting employment, all persons are required to have a post offer pre‑employment physical verifying the physical ability to perform the duties described.
• Employees must be able to travel and may be required to stay away from home overnight during assignments.