Job Description

Do you enjoy analyzing complex situations and providing professional engineering leadership to co-workers? The Iowa Department of Transportation is looking to hire a Transportation Engineer Senior for the District 3 Office in Sioux City, Iowa! You will serve as the Team Lead for the District 3 Design Team and help oversee and coordinate the daily work assignments of 5 reporting positions.
The Iowa Department of Transportation's Mission is Making Lives Better Through Transportation. This position will foster growth and support for its reporting team through the five core values of the department: Safety First, People Matter, Customer Focused, Servant Leadership, and Integrity Without Exception.
Location: Sioux City District Office
Shift Requirements: Days, Monday through Friday (Flexible, hybrid schedules available)
As a Transportation Engineer Senior, your duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Serves as the team lead for developing projects and managing assets for primary highways in District 3. This involves working closely with district staff, maintenance, central office staff, cities, and counties.
• Leads a team of engineers and technicians in the development and design of projects that are designed by the district. This includes developing the project scopes, preliminary and final plans. Typical project types include pavement resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation (3R) and pavement maintenance. Occasionally, other project types like reconstruction, safety, emergency repairs, erosion, fencing, and other miscellaneous projects will need to be developed.
• Serves as district lead on projects being developed by central offices (Bridge or Design), cities, Counties, or consultants. Includes concept and plan reviews, field reviews, detour agreements, preconstruction agreements, coordination with local public agencies, public involvement, and review of traffic control and staging.
• Serves as the district lead in developing the pavement management program utilizing asset management principles. This program has an annual budget of $30-45 million for rehabilitation and maintenance. The district is responsible for 3700 lane miles of highway and 270 lane miles of interstate highway.
• Reviews and addresses operational, maintenance, drainage, and safety concerns.

Additional Requirements:

• Maintain License as a Professional Engineer in the state of Iowa
• Maintain a valid driver's license

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 .
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 first of the month following 30 days of employment. 2025 health and dental insurance premiums can be found

. * 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).

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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 an interpreter, translator, written materials, modified equipment/devices, ADA access, etc. This does not include scheduling needs.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
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. Four 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. Three years of full-time professional work experience in transportation engineering or civil engineering; and
c. Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's 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 18 months of full-time work as a Transportation Engineer Specialist or Transportation Engineer Manager.
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Additional Qualification Requirements
Prior to appointment, applicants must possess active licensure as a professional engineer by the Iowa Engineering & Land Surveying Examining Board.
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