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.
Location: District 1 Office, Ames
Shift: Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM
As an Engineering Office Assistant 2, you will be providing support to the maintenance garages and management.
What we are looking for:
- Commitment to excellence.
- Collaborative teammates.
- Proactive problem solver with strong attention to detail.
- Motivated, friendly, inclusive, and get-it-done attitude.
- Embrace and encourage a culture that thrives on innovative ideas and changes.
- Professional positive attitude.
In this position, you will:
- Serve as the assistant to the District Maintenance Manager, District operations Manager and District Executive Officer.
- Support the Highway Maintenance Supervisors, garage personnel, District Paint Crew and Bridge Repair Crew staff.
- Be responsible for working with a variety of departments in the Central Complex to ensure that proper procurement, tracking practices are followed for goods and services used by the maintenance garages.
- Maintain formal agreements with other state agencies, other states, counties, and cities.
- Establish and maintain vendor accounts.
- Create and maintain databases and spreadsheets to be used for analysis, tracking, and monitoring a variety of business functions.
- Administer Adopt-A-Highway program for the district.
- Assist the district in the hiring process.
- Process the hiring documents in Workday.
- Serve as the first contact with the public for questions or concerns on the services we provide or the assets we maintain.
- Operate computer programs such as MS Office programs, Workday, Fleetio, and internally developed software programs.
What we offer YOU:
- Competitive pay and benefits package including health, dental, flexible spending, and life insurance
- Insurance benefits start first of the month following 30 days of employment - Monthly insurance premiums for 2024 (Iowa Choice*):
Single: $61/mo. employee share; $818/mo. state share
Family: $205/mo. employee share; $1,854/mo. state share
*Other insurance options available. Please review HERE
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- Paid time off effective immediately - Biweekly vacation, separate sick leave, accruals rollover on a yearly basis, and 9 paid holidays per year
- Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) Retirement Package with employer match
- Optional 401A plan with employer contributions
- Employee Discount Programs from variety of vendors (vision, cellular, fitness, recreation, season passes, travel, counseling; legal, financial)
You have the freedom to flourish to fly in Iowa – Apply now!
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
Reasonable accommodation such as: interpreter, translator, written materials, modified equipment / devices, ADA access, etc. This does not include scheduling needs.
