Assistant Design Standards Engineer

Assistant Design Standards Engineer

$78,968 – $116,197/annually

St. Paul, MN

This position will assist the Design Standards Engineer with directing significant department-wide projects related to traffic barriers, roadside safety, and design standards development for use on state improvement projects. You’ll be responsible for assisting in the creation, development, revision, monitoring, and interpretation, of design standards for the preparation of plans, for the construction of highways and other transportation modes. Other duties include: the review and publishing of MnDOT’s manuals (Facility Design Guide, Standard Plans, and Standard Plates) and Technical Memoranda; provide solutions to problems encountered by design, maintenance and construction personnel within Mn/DOT, counties, cities, and consulting engineering companies; research activities including literature searches on subjects related to highway design, assisting districts/division on monitoring performance of field experiments; assist in evaluating the crashworthiness of barriers and other traffic control devices.

WHY WORK FOR US

We offer excellent employee benefits, such as low-cost health and dental insurance, and affordable dependent coverage. Other benefits include:

• 12 paid holidays per year
• Earn up to 29 paid vacation days a year
• Earn 13 days paid sick time
• Defined pension plan
• Paid life insurance
• Some telework may be available

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Employee must be licensed as a professional Civil Engineer with the Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design or be able to obtain licensure through commodity.

AND experience in:

• Experience preparing and reviewing final design documents.
• Experience interpreting national design policies related to highway safety, roadway capacity, and environmental concerns.
• Experience with MicroStation products to review design plans and create plans.
• Experience communicating technical data to all audiences regarding complex design standards, and other technical correspondences.

APPLY ONLINE BY 6/23/2025:

1. Go to www.mn.gov/careers
2. Click “Search open positions”
3. Enter the Job Opening ID “86345” in the Keywords search box and click “>>”
4. Click on the Job Title to view the job posting
5. Click “Apply for Job”
6. When prompted for your Referral Source, please list: Other – AASHTO.

Only applicants received on mn.gov/careers will be considered.