Job Posting: Transportation Planner 1, Iowa Department of Transportation The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT), 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 assisting with the development of an Asset Management Plan for the department, working on various highway planning projects, supporting travel demand modeling and traffic forecasting work, utilizing Geographic Information System software 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 developing working partnerships among various offices within the Department with the goal to integrate asset management principles and techniques into the transportation planning process and to support programming decisions. This position will assist with various highway planning activities such as analyzing data to support the development of plans and studies. In addition, this position will assist with work to strengthen and improve the department's urban traffic modeling/forecasting 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. 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 (08/05/2010). 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