Design Technician Specialist Job at State of Iowa in Ames

Are you passionate about shaping best practices in highway design and becoming a go-to expert in our agency’s design manual? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. We are excited to hire a Design Technician Specialist (DT Specialist) who will be an essential member of the Methods team in the Design Bureau. You will work with members of our Method’s team focused on providing outstanding engineering solutions to transportation challenges in service to the public.

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.

Location : Ames, Iowa – Design Bureau

Shift Requirements : Days, Monday through Friday. Flexible work hours available.

Our most successful candidate will have a good understanding of the highway development process, experience with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act for website formatting, and experience with technical software.

In this position, you will contribute to the agency by working on a wide variety of projects, including the Design Bureau Manual, standards, details, and presentations for the Design Bureau staff :

Helps with the development of Standard Road Plans, typical drawings, and Design Manual Sections.

Lead the updating of web documents for the Design Bureau to be ADA accessible, for screen readers using Adobe software.

Create and update electronic files to comply with current automation standards for the Design Bureau.

Be a developer and point of contact for tabulations used in design plans. (tabs)

Present updates to the design manual

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

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).

You have the freedom to flourish in Iowa – Apply now!

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.

To qualify for positions in this job classification, applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements :

Graduation from high school (or GED equivalent), and experience equal to eight years of full-time work in design drafting, cartography, photogrammetry, or right of way.

All of the following : six years of full-time work experience in design drafting, cartography, photogrammetry, or right of way; and a total of two years of education and / or full-time experience.

All of the following : six years of full-time work experience in design drafting, cartography, photogrammetry, or right of way; and a total of two years of education and / or full-time experience, where thirty semester hours of an accredited vocational program in engineering technology, design drafting, engineering survey, soils survey, land survey, construction inspection, or cartography equals two years of full-time experience.

Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes one year of full-time work as a Design Technician.

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