Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Minnesota Department of Transportation develops transportation infrastructure and provides essential services to improve the quality of life for Minnesotans. The Assistant District Engineer leads engineering and administrative functions for District 1’s project pipelines, overseeing early project planning and scoping, multidisciplinary coordination, fiscal alignment, and district-wide management to prepare highway improvement projects for design and construction.
Responsibilities
- This position leads engineering and administrative functions that shape MnDOT’s District 1 project pipelines, including planning, traffic engineering, project management, right of way, and surveying
- It provides executive oversight of early project planning and scoping, promotes efficient program development, coordinates work across teams and external partners, and contributes to district-wide management
- Overall, the role ensures District 1’s highway improvement program is strategically aligned, fiscally responsible, and ready for successful design and construction
Skills
- Licensure as a professional Engineer with the Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design (AELSLAGID)
- Five years of professional post-registration experience of which three years of experience must be at the Engineer Principal level or equivalent
- Technical expertise: Experience leading multidisciplinary transportation program development that includes planning, traffic analysis, project scoping, environmental review, right of way, and survey coordination; and experience directing engineering decisions, aligning resources, and ensuring timely, well-coordinated project readiness
- Leadership: Experience leading and managing organizational initiatives and developing and implementing innovative solutions to complex issues
- Experience leading and motivating direct reports and other staff to accomplish projects or programs
- Fiscal: Experience managing large, complex budgets including allocating resources
- Communication/Human relations: Strong oral and written communication skills with experience building and maintaining relationships with staff and a variety of agencies, organizations and/or stakeholders
- Individuals must be legally authorized to work in the US at the start of employment
Benefits
- Telework, hybrid schedule, or work in the office may be available, subject to a telework arrangement and agency policy.
- Paid vacation and sick leave
- 12 paid holidays each year
- Low-cost medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans
- Fertility care, including IVF
- Diabetes care
- Dental and orthodontic care for adults and children
- 6 weeks paid leave for parents of newborn or newly adopted children
- Pension plan that provides income when you retire after working at least three years
- Employer-paid life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Tax-free expense accounts for health, dental, and dependent care
- Resources that provide support and promote physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being
- Training, classes, and professional development
- Tuition reimbursement
- MnDOT Student Loan Reimbursement Program
- Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program; some positions may qualify
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for work/life support
- A voluntary confidential program that helps employees and their families with life challenges that may impact overall health, personal well-being, or job performance
- Daily Living/Convenience Services, including chore services, home repair, trip planning, and child/elder care
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