Transportation Planner 1
About The Position
This is a great opportunity to start a career as a Transportation Planner 1 with a ton of advancement potential. You’ll work with a team of experienced project managers, learning the steps in delivering a highway project, how projects are funded, and using a variety of software products for scheduling, GIS, and financial tracking. This is a Trainee / Journey position, so after 3 years of successfully learning the skills as a Transportation Planner 1, we expect the successful candidate to be upgraded to a Transportation Planner 2. The Project Management Bureau is a great place to share ideas and find mentors.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in any field.
- A total of four years of education and/or full-time experience, where one year of full-time work experience in civil/transportation/traffic engineering, environmental engineering or science finance, business administration, supply chain management, data science, geography, archaeology, economics, mathematics, community development planning, regional planning, urban planning, aviation (technology, management, or flight operations), or transportation planning equals thirty semester hours of accredited college or university course work in any field.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with scheduling software
- Experience with GIS software
- Experience with financial tracking software
Responsibilities
- Manage the delivery of small or medium projects from initiation to construction letting. The project could include bridge replacements or repairs, and roadway construction or repair on state highway or institutional roads.
- Assist senior project managers on large projects. This could include updating schedules, preparing project updates or reports, completing cost estimates, and preparing meeting minutes.
- Provide continuity and backup if the senior project manager is absent.
- Negotiate contracts for engineering services and assist in the documentation and reporting of engineering expenses.
- Lead meetings and facilitate conversations to track holistic schedule and cost performance for the DOT highway projects.
Benefits
- Competitive pay and benefits package
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- Paid time off
- Vacation
- Sick leave
- 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 (vision, cellular, fitness, recreation, season passes, travel, counseling; legal, financial)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
