Job Posting: Transportation Planner 1, Iowa Department of Transportation The Iowa Department of Transportation, Office of Systems Planning is seeking a Transportation Planner that will serve on the Traffic Forecasting, Modeling and Highway Planning Team. Responsibilities of this position will focus on providing critical urban transportation planning technical support to Iowa's nine metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), 18 regional planning affiliations (RPA), smaller cities, and counties; as well as performing a variety of long-range transportation planning activities for the Department of Transportation. This position will play a critical role in strengthening and improving the department's urban traffic modeling efforts and analytical capabilities using geographic information system software. Additional responsibilities include performing long-range planning activities for highways including capacity analyses, asset management system integration, sufficiency analyses, Census data analysis, etc. Other responsibilities include representing the department and making presentations to MPO and RPA technical committees and policy boards. This position will require good writing, and excellent oral communications skills. Graduation from an accredited four-year college with a Planning or closely related degree is a plus. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential. Shift: Days, Monday thru Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm with flextime available. Travel: Overnight travel not regularly required. In addition to applying to DAS-HRE, all candidates must submit a resume to: Iowa Department of Transportation Office of Systems Planning Attention: Phil Mescher 800 Lincoln Way Ames, IA 50010 Minimum Qualifications Graduation from an accredited college or university course work with a major in civil/transportation engineering, community development planning, economics, environmental engineering, mathematics, regional planning, transportation planning or urban planning. To Apply: Submit a completed Iowa Department of Administrative Services - Human Resources Enterprise (DAS-HRE) application form by the closing date (11/15/2009). To complete an electronic application form, click on "Apply for Job Vacancy(s)" button. You may also mail an application form to: Iowa Department of Administrative Services - Human Resources Enterprise, Hoover State Office Building, 1305 East Walnut, Des Moines, IA 50319-0150 or fax your application to (515) 281-7970. http://das.hre.iowa.gov/state_jobs.html Phillip J. Mescher, AICP Office of Systems Planning Iowa Department of Transportation 515-239-1629 Phil.Mescher(a)dot.iowa.gov Phillip J. Mescher, AICP Office of Systems Planning Iowa Department of Transportation 515-239-1629 Phil.Mescher(a)dot.iowa.gov