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<p>The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT), Systems Planning Bureau, is seeking a Transportation Planner 1 who will serve on the Traffic Modeling, Forecasting, and Telemetrics Team. You will be focusing on providing critical transportation planning technical support to Iowa's local agencies, including the nine metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), as well as performing a variety of long-range transportation planning activities for the Iowa DOT. </p> <p>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.</p> <p>Location: Ames, Iowa</p> <p>Shift: Days, Monday through Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm with flextime and telework available. Occasional travel; overnights are not regularly required.</p> <p>This position will play a critical role in strengthening and improving the department's travel demand modeling efforts and analytical capabilities using Geographic Information System software. Responsibilities include performing long-range planning activities for highways, including capacity analyses, asset management system integration, condition analyses, Census data analysis, etc. Other responsibilities include representing the department and making presentations to MPO Technical committees and policy boards.</p> <p>Duties include, but are not limited to:</p> <ul> <li>Investigates and uses a wide range of software programs, including but not limited to Microsoft Office Suite, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and other transportation planning-related software </li><li>Analyzes and interprets various types of transportation planning data (e.g., Census, Survey, Inventory, Highway Performance and Monitoring System, Pavement, Traffic Count) for forecasting, travel analysis, and long-range transportation plan development </li><li>Prepares background research and gathers information to support travel demand modeling, traffic forecasting, project analysis, interchange justification, and long-range plan development </li><li>Provides professional written and verbal communication to coworkers, internal and external customers for traffic forecasting, travel analysis, travel demand modeling, interchange justification, and long-range plan development on a regular basis </li><li>Conduct on-site visits to Iowa's nine metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and 18 Regional Planning Affiliations (RPAs), and other Iowa DOT partners and affiliates </li></ul> <p>In this position, we are seeking an individual with:</p> <ul> <li>Strong writing and oral communication skills. </li></ul> <p>What we offer YOU:</p> <p> - Competitive pay and benefits package including health, dental, flexible spending, and life insurance.</p> <p> - Insurance benefits start first day of the month following 30 days of employment. 2025 health and dental insurance premiums can be found here.</p> <p> - Opportunities for professional growth and development.</p> <p> - Paid time off effective immediately - biweekly vacation, separate sick leave, accruals rollover on a yearly basis, and 9 paid holidays per year.</p> <p> - Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) Retirement Package with employer match</p> <p> - Optional 401A plan with employer contributions.</p> <p> - Employee Discount Programs from a variety of vendors (vision, cellular, fitness, recreation, season passes, travel, counseling; legal, financial).</p> <p>We encourage you to learn more about the State of Iowa Employee benefits and costs at the State of Iowa Employee Benefits Website!</p> <p>You have the freedom to flourish in Iowa - Apply today!</p> <p>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: aa-eeo@iowadot.us</p> <p>Reasonable accommodation includes an interpreter, translator, written materials, modified equipment/devices, ADA access, etc. This does not include scheduling needs.</p> <p> </p> <p>Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:</p> <p> </p> <p>1) Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in civil/transportation/traffic engineering, environmental engineering, finance, business administration, supply chain management, data science, geography, economics, mathematics, community development planning, regional planning, urban planning, aviation (technology, management, or flight operations), or transportation planning. </p> <p>2) 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, finance, business administration, supply chain management, data science, geography, 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 (as described in number one).</p> <p>For additional information, please click on this link to view the job description.</p>
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