Job description
Only applicants who meet the Minimum Qualification Requirements and meet all selective requirements (listed below) will be placed on the eligible list.
Join our NEPA Team
Is your idea of a good time writing and editing technical reports and making them into something a teenager would want to read?
Do you like to entertain your friends and family with your extremely detailed stories about how you decided what was for dinner?
Are you a rule follower and love making sure everyone else follows the rules too?
If you answered yes to one or more of the above questions, we have a job for you!
The NEPA Team:
This position plays a pivotal role in ensuring the Iowa Department of Transportation stays in its lane when it comes to federal-aid transportation projects complying with environmental regulations. This four-person team makes up the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Compliance Section of the Location and Environment Bureau (LEB). This team is responsible for a variety of tasks associated with the planning and preparation of environmental documents.
Preferred Characteristics:
We need someone who has a working knowledge of (or is willing to learn) the appropriate laws, regulations, and guidance required to comply with NEPA- Great organizational skills
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Displays high standards of ethical conduct
- Commits to providing a high-quality product and service
- Works collaboratively with diverse group of people
- Addresses and listens to others in a respectful manner
- Treats customers courteously and is responsive to their needs
- Preparing technical reports and documents
- Working with city and county project applicants
- Coordinating with resource/regulatory agencies
- Representing the bureau in project management teams
- Interacting with the public and interested stakeholders on a routine basis
Location: Ames, Iowa
Travel: This position may require some travel
What we offer YOU :
- Team-oriented, positive work environment
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- Excellent pay and benefits package including health, dental, flexible spending, and life insurance
- Biweekly vacation accrual and separate sick leave
- Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) Retirement Package
- Optional 401A plan with employer contributions
- Employee Discount Programs from variety of vendors (vision, cellular, fitness, recreation, season passes, travel, counseling; legal, financial).
Iowa DOT’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 DOT’s five CORE values: Safety First, People Matter, Customer Focused, Servant Leadership, and Integrity Without Exception.
If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing any screening, interviewing, pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employment selection process, please direct your inquiries to the following email: aa-eeo@iowadot.us
Reasonable accommodation such as: interpreter, translator, written materials, modified equipment / devices, ADA access, etc. This does not include scheduling needs.
595 Regional Planning
6 months’ experience, 12 semester hours, or a combination of both in developing plans and programs for utilization of land and physical factors of counties (one or more) for residential, commercial, industrial and community uses. Recommendations affect land-use, public utilities, community factors, housing and transportation. This may include rural areas.
OR
450 Natural Resources
6 months’ experience, 12 semester hours, or a combination of both in one or in a combination of more than one of the following:
- Ecology
- Environmental planning
- Soil conservation
- Biological sciences
- Waste water treatment
- Forestry
- Engineering related to natural resource areas (dams, sanitary engineers, etc.)
- Outdoor recreation planning
- Physical sciences
- River basin planning
- Geography
- Wildlife management
Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:
- 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, or transportation planning.
- 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, or transportation planning equals thirty semester hours of accredited college or university course work (as described in number one).
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Whether it's caring for those in need, making highways safer, or improving agriculture production, the work that we do matters to the people of Iowa.
We take our responsibilities and the public trust very seriously. We are committed to delivering the services that matter most to the people of Iowa. If you have the skills, the commitment and the desire to make a difference, then we invite you to explore the career opportunities available with the State of Iowa.
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State government is one of the largest employers in Iowa, and also one of the most diverse. From state trooper to nurse to engineer, the state offers a wide variety of career opportunities.
The state offers paid vacation, sick time and holidays, a defined benefit retirement plan, health, dental, vision, and long-term disability insurance along with flexible spending accounts. For more information, please visit the executive branch employee benefits website.
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